Blaffer Art Museum

(713) 743-9530
4173 Elgin Street | Houston, TX 77004
Hobby Airport/Third Ward

Blaffer Gallery is the University of Houston's laboratory for the visual arts and contemporary culture.

The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery was founded in 1973, named in honor of the late Sarah Campbell Blaffer, who during her lifetime made available to the University a collection of major artworks dating from the fifteenth century to modern day.

Blaffer Gallery has presented over 250 exhibitions. The current exhibition policy, adopted by the Advisory Board and University Regents in 1986, focuses upon art of the past 100 years and its artistic, cultural, and intellectual antecedents. Following a facility expansion in 1999, the museum now presents and/or originates between six to eight exhibitions annually. The annual schedule may include major traveling exhibitions that have a particular relevance to Houston audiences, mid-sized retrospectives of national and international artists, exhibitions of regional artists, thematic surveys which place artists' work into new contexts, and special projects by local artists.

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  • Hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm
  • Free
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  • ADA Accessible
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