Menil Collection

The Menil Collection, located in Houston, Texas, United States, is a museum that houses the private art collection of founders Jean and Dominique de Ménil. Dominique was an heir to the Schlumberger oil-drilling fortune, and Jean (a.k.a. John) was an executive of the company. The Renzo Piano-designed museum opened to the public in June 1987 and houses the de Ménil's privately-assembled collection of the twentieth century. It is made up of approxim... more

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