Contemporary Arts Museum Houston reopens for the first time since March 2020 By Amber Elliott, Staff writer
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston director Hesse McGraw didn’t underplay how emotional reopening would be. CAMH’s doors had been closed to the public since March 15. Visitors first returned on Feb. 25, nearly a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced most art institutions to shut down.
“It’s been really difficult and challenging for many of our staff,” he admitted. “We’ve tried to really stabilize as much as we could. But this opportunity to reopen… it feels quite extraordinary. It’s something that our entire team has waited for.”
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston announces plans to reopen with new look inside and out
Installation view of Wild Life: Elizabeth Murray and Jessi Reaves, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas, 2021. Photo by Sean Fleming.
HOUSTON, TX
.-Contemporary Arts Museum Houston will reopen its doors to the public at noon on Thursday, February 18, 2021, following a closure since March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. During this prolonged closure, CAMH has not only redesigned the exterior plaza at the intersection of Montrose and Bissonnet, but guests will be welcomed into a completely restored and renovated Brown Foundation Gallery as well.
To ensure the health and well-being of its visitors and following the City of Houstons guidance, the Museum will operate at a reduced visitor capacity and has implemented several new safety protocols. All staff and visitors will be required to wear face masks, follow physical distancing measures, and pass a non-invasive temperatur
CAMH reopens February 18 with two major exhibitions.
By
Rob Sanford
1/20/2021 at 12:30pm
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston has been closed since Covid-19 struck the nation last spring, but its illustrious team of curators and staff have not sat idle. From the first major renovation in over two decades, to the launch of CAMHLAB, an artist-in-residency program established to fill the void left by pandemic-related closures of studio and performance spaces, Houstonâs second-oldest art museum went to great lengths to prepare itself for the distant day it would be able to welcome visitors again.
And that long-anticipated day has come. On February 18 CAMH will reopen its doors to the public with two exhibitions,