David B. Warren Houston Antiques Symposium: American Legacies
Established by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, to honor Bayou Bend’s founding director emeritus, the David B. Warren Symposium has been presented biennially since 2007. The 2025 “David B. Warren Houston Antiques Symposium: American Legacies” explores the lasting impact that Ima Hogg (in Houston) and her collecting friends (across the country) had on the study of American art and antiques. During the 20th century, she and her friends established some of the most important collections and museums of American decorative and fine arts. This symposium features speakers from many of these major museums and also highlights new scholarship that reveals how these legacies continue to shape our understanding of the American past to this day.
Tickets
Admission offers access to the symposium on both days, including the post-keynote talk reception on Friday; all-day presentations and box lunch on Saturday; and BBQ reception at Bayou Bend on Saturday evening (transportation between the MFAH campus and Bayou Bend provided). Workshop tickets are purchased separately.
$75 General Admission
$60 MFAH Members
$25 Students
Workshop Add-ons | October 10 | Participants may select one
“Insiders Tour: Bayou Bend and the MFAH” | Learn More / Get Tickets
· Bayou Bend segment hosted by Remi Dyll, collections manager, Bayou Bend; and Daniel Ackermann, director, Bayou Bend. MFAH segment hosted by Christine Gervais, the Fredericka Crain Director, Rienzi and curator of decorative arts, craft, and design; and Kaylin Weber, the Lora Jean Kilroy Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
· $75 General Admission / $60 MFAH Members. (A symposium ticket is also required.)
“Houston Architecture Tour” | Learn More / Get Tickets
· Hosted by Margaret Culbertson, librarian, the Kitty King Powell Library and Study Center; and Jim Parsons, programs director, Preservation Houston.
· $75 General Admission / $60 MFAH Members. (A symposium ticket is also required.)
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Additional Details
Institution or Organization name - Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
