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
Summer Exhibition 2016
The first french Art Car Parade 2004 in Audincourt, France. Photos by Tom Massimin. Ann and James Harithas and The Art Car Museum...
Arts Brookfield presents The Legendary Art Car Ball
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2016 6 to 11 PM I & II ALLEN CENTER in DOWNTOWN HOUSTON ...
29th Annual Houston Art Car Parade
The pinnacle of Houston Art Car Parade Weekend is the Parade itself! On April 9, 2016 nearly 250 jaw-dropping cars, bikes, skaters, and...
FotoFest 2016
Art Car Museum new exhibit: FotoFest 2016, March 26th through May 29th, 2016 Opening, March 26th, 2016, 7-10pm Ann and James Harithas and...
Seductions
Art Car Museum new exhibit: Seductions January 16th through March 12th, 2016 Opening, January 16th, 2016, 7-10pm Ann and James Harithas and The...
WORLD ART CAR DAY
WORLD ART CAR DAY CHILDREN’S MINI ART CAR WORKSHOP SAT. NOV. 14, 2015 from 12-3pm Bring the kids on Sat. Nov. 14th from...
REINCARNATION
The Art Car Museum presents: The 10th Open Call Show “REINCARNATION” After a brief hiatus, the Open Call Show has been reincarnated! This...
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