Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - Antiquities and Pre-Columbian Collections

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston holds and exhibits antiquities from ancient Egypt, the Near East, the Mediterranean, and Pre-Columbian Americas as part of its permanent collections. These departments preserve, study, and display archaeological objects such as pottery, sculpture, and funerary items, and the museum publishes research and hosts loans and exhibitions related to ancient material culture. The MFAH's collections are used for scholarship and public programs on archaeology and ancient art.