Menil Collection is a museum housing the collection of John and Dominique de Menil. The museum building features satellite gallery spaces and related cultural institutions set in a park-like setting. The collection consists of more than 15,000 works dating from the Paleolithic era to the present day. The antique art, which includes works from Paleolithic to later pre-Christian eras, consists of...
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History: The story of the Menil Collection begins in France with the 1931 marriage of John de Menil (19041973), a young banker from a distinguished military family, and Dominique Schlumberger (19081997), daughter of Conrad Schlumberger, one of the founders of the oil services company Schlumberger, Ltd. The de Menils left France during World War II for Houston, where John eventually directed...