Houston Museum District

Dedicated to working collaboratively with 18 museums within a 1.5 mile radius of the Mecom Fountain to promote the Houston Museum District as a destination to maximize the use of artistic, scientific and educational resources of its institutions.

4200 Montrose, Suite 425
Houston, TX 77006
713.715.1939 office
713.715.4252 fax

Executive Director: Susan Young, susan@southmainalliance.org

Programs Director & Webmaster: Michael Young, michael@southmainalliance.org

Office Manager: Jo Ann Wolf, joann@southmainalliance.org

• Mission Statement
  The Houston Museum District Association is dedicated to collaborative efforts that maximize use of the artistic, scientific and educational resources of Houston Museum District institutions by all citizens of and visitors to Houston.
   
• HMDA History
  Eleven institutions formed the Houston Museum District Association on January 27, 1997 and received the IRS 501 (c) (3) designation as of August 22, 1997. Five new museums joined the District in June 2002 and two more in April 2007. The District is now comprised of the following 18 museums located within an approximate 1.5 mile radius of the Mecom Fountain in Hermann Park :
  
  

  Buffalo Soldiers National Museum	Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
  Children's Museum of Houston	Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
  Czech Center Museum Houston	Holocaust Museum Houston
  Houston Center for Contemporary Craft	Houston Center for Photography
  Houston Museum of Natural Science	Houston Zoo, Inc.
  The John C. Freeman Weather Museum	The Health Museum
  The Jung Center of Houston	Lawndale Art Center
  The Menil Collection	Museum of Fine Arts , Houston
  Rice University Art Gallery The Rothko Chapel

  
   
• Annual Attendance
  Combined On-Site Attendance, FY07/08 - exceeds 6.6 million per year
  Combined Outreach Audience , FY07/08 - 1.6 million
  TOTAL ATTENDANCE 8,746,746

Click here to download the fact sheet.