Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Bayou Bend is a historic estate and gardens that was the home of philanthropist Ima Hogg and now serves as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's house museum for American decorative arts. The property includes a large formal garden and period rooms exhibiting furniture, silver, and textiles set within a residential landscape along Buffalo Bayou. Its combination of a private-house scale and extensive planted grounds gives it a secluded museum experience distinct from larger institutions.