Houston Museum of Fine Arts

Plan to spend about two hours browsing through the exhibits, and time your visit around lunch. The museum's Cafe Express serves delicious salads, soups, and sandwiches, and makes its own pastries. Don't miss the pecan tartlets. Diners dine indoors or spread lunch on benches across the street in the Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden. The museum is free on Thursday (half price if there's a ticketed exhibition). Regular admission is $3 adults, $ 1.50 ages 6 to 18 and seniors.

Call (713) 639-7300.

Located: 1001 Bissonnet Street

Houston, TX 77005

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