Houston’s Iconic Art Car Museum Closing April 28th, 2024
Houston’s nationally renowned Art Car Museum will be closing on Heights Boulevard in late April 2024. Under current plans, the last day the museum will be open to the public is April 28th, 2024.
Founded by Ann Harithas in 1998, the Art Car Museum opened to national fanfare with its audacious profile designed by artist David Best. Soon after opening, it was featured in national newspapers and publications, and has since become a must-see item on tourist itineraries in the Houston area. For more than 25 years the museum has showcased works from both local and international artists. It has provided a showcase for the art car collection of Ann Harithas and the wider US and worldwide art car community, and it has participated in broad community-based events such as Houston’s Art Car Parade, and the FotoFest Biennial.
Discussions are in progress with local and regional arts organizations to continue and evolve the Art Car Museum’s presence, legacy, and mission in the future. The details of those discussions and plans will be shared further as and when they take shape.
News, Events, & Exhibitions
World Art Car Day
WORLD ART CAR DAY CHILDREN’S MINI ART CAR WORKSHOP SAT. NOV. 11, 2017 from 12-3PM Bring the kids on Sat. Nov. 11th from...
Trump THIS!
Bruce Anthony Hunt, “Divided We Stand” 12th Annual Open Call Exhibition: Trump THIS! Opening, September 9, 2017 – 7:00 – 10:00 pm Exhibition...
FotoFinish 2017
FotoFinish 2017 Opening reception Saturday, May 13, 2017 For the Kids and Families from 2PM-4PM & Regular Opening from 7PM-10PM Literacy Through Photography...
The 30th Annual Houston Art Car Parade
Orange Show Center for Visionary Art Thursday, April 6 Main Street Drag – 9am Friday, April 7 The Legendary Art Car Ball – 6pm...
Tim Glover & Randall McCabe
Art Car Museum presents Two Solo Exhibitions Tim Glover WORKING IN THE MARGINS Randall McCabe DRAWINGS FROM THE EQUINOX Opening: Saturday, February 25, 2017...
LIVES MATTER
Art Car Museum new exhibit: 11th Annual Open Call Show LIVES MATTER November 19, 2016 – January 29, 2017 Opening: Saturday, November 19th...
WORLD ART CAR DAY
WORLD ART CAR DAY CHILDREN’S MINI ART CAR WORKSHOP SAT. NOV. 12, 2016 from 12-3pm Bring the kids on Sat. Nov. 12th from...
The Rørpost Collaboration Project
The Rørpost Collaboration Project 2 COUNTRIES – 4 EXHIBITIONS – 42 ARTISTS – 84 WORKS OF ART Art Car Museum, Houston, TX, USA...
The Art Car Museum, or “Garage Mahal” as many know it, opened in February 1998. It was founded as a not-for-profit arts organization by Ann Harithas, artist and long-time supporter of the Art Car movement, and James Harithas, currently Director of the Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas.
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Art Car Museum
140 Heights Blvd.
Houston, Texas 77007
713.861.5526