The Campaign For The Menil

Campaign Concluded

The Menil Collection concluded the first comprehensive capital campaign in its thirty-year history on December 31, 2017. Donations to The Campaign for the Menil totaled more than $121 million, exceeding the goal by $6 million.

The Campaign has made possible the construction of the Menil Drawing Institute, an energy-efficient central plant, a café, additional neighborhood greenspaces and parks, and a new landscaped parking lot and campus gateway on West Alabama Street. Additionally, $50 million of the money raised will be added to the museum’s endowment to support its growth. The Campaign has also enabled important upgrades to the award-winning Renzo Piano-designed main museum building, which provides an unparalleled art viewing experience for visitors.

More than 500 individual donors and foundations contributed gifts ranging from $5 to over $5 million to support the Menil Collection’s vision for the future.

Campaign Overview

Since the Menil Collection opened in 1987, the scope of its programming has expanded and the art collection has doubled in size. Strategic acquisitions of surrounding properties have extended the Menil’s historic Houston neighborhood, with smaller buildings that invite visitors to contemplate art with quiet personal concentration in what has become the Menil’s hallmark. Designed by Johnston Marklee, the Menil Drawing Institute is the newest addition to the Menil. The Menil Drawing Institute is the only freestanding facility in America created expressly for the acquisition, study, exhibition, conservation, and storage of modern and contemporary drawings. The Campaign for the Menil was created in part to support the realization of this innovative vision and to further the growth of the Menil within the context of local civic and international art communities.

Other projects completed in conjunction with The Campaign for the Menil are a new Energy House, also designed by Johnston Marklee, an efficient and environmentally sustainable central utilities plant for the campus; a landscaped entrance sequence to the Menil campus designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates; the Menil’s first café, Bistro Menil, designed by Stern and Bucek Architects of Houston; as well as two new parks. Access to all Menil Collection properties and programming is free to the public.

Campaign Steering Committee

The Menil is pleased to recognize members of the Campaign Steering Committee for their leadership and acknowledge gifts of $10,000 or more to The Campaign for the Menil.

Donor Honor Roll for The Campaign for the Menil

Menil Contemporaries Steering Committee

Menil Contemporaries Fund

The Menil Contemporaries joined The Campaign for the Menil through the creation of the Menil Contemporaries Fund, a $250,000 crowdfunding effort. The Menil Collection is grateful to the following individuals for their generous lead commitments to the Menil Contemporaries Fund:

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Campaign Concluded

Campaign Overview

Campaign Steering Committee

Donor Honor Roll for The Campaign for the Menil

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