Drop-in Tour | Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica
Installation view of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
Georg Zeiller, Torah Shield, 1825, silver‐gilt, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Susie and David Askanase, Alexander Dell, and Carol and David Neuberger families.
Installation view of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica.
April/May/June 2024
Explore the collection of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Gallery for Judaica. The gallery features an outstanding collection of historical Judaica recently acquired by the MFAH. Among the highlights are an early-19th-century silver and gold Torah Shield, an especially precious 14th-century illustrated prayer book, and a rare 5th-century oil lamp.
Plan Your Visit
- This tour is free with Museum admission. Meet your docent in the lobby of the Law Building.
- Parking Information | Museum Hours | MFAH Campus Map
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from H-E-B; Institute of Museum and Library Services; Sempra Foundation; the Brown Foundation, Inc.; the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Joe Barnhart Foundation; the Cockrell Family Fund; the CFP Foundation; Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Texas Commission on the Arts; and the Junior League of Houston, Inc.
Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Medha and Shashank Karve; Virginia and Ira Jackson; Jesse H. Jones II; the CFP Foundation; the Favrot Fund; gifts in memory of John Wynne; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.