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Family Day at Bayou Bend & Rienzi: Myth, Folklore & American Tales

Family Day at Bayou Bend & Rienzi

On Family Day, Bayou Bend and Rienzi both offer free admission and plenty of family-friendly activities for all ages! (Photo courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston)

Visit the two MFAH house museums - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens and Rienzi - for an afternoon of free, family-friendly programs that connect myths, folklore, and American & European history through storytelling, music, activities, and demonstrations. At Bayou Bend, visit with experts on the origins and legends of baseball; explore Native American legends; hear the story and background behind the poem “Paul Revere’s Ride”; learn to lasso with a cowboy; and more. At Rienzi, search for all of the mythological figures hiding throughout the house; learn more about Greek and Roman heroes and myths; and go home with your own mythological creation.

Park at Bayou Bend and take the complimentary shuttle between locations!

Activity Highlights at Bayou Bend:

  • Kid-friendly performances
  • Craft activities
  • Bayou Bend's historic gardens
  • House tours of the first floor by Houston Junior Woman's Club volunteers
  • Children of all ages welcome

Activity Highlights at Rienzi:

  • Art activities
  • Refreshments
  • Scavenger hunt
  • Stationed docents throughout the house
  • Spotlight talk
Event type: 
Dates: 
Sunday, January 25, 2026, 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Price: 
Free and open to the public
Venue: 
Park at Bayou Bend and take the complimentary shuttle between locations!
Address: 
6003 Memorial Dr.
Houston, TX 77007

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