The Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens Web site is a collaborative effort between the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and faculty and graduate students from the University of Houston, College of Education, Instructional Technology Program. The purpose of the site is to serve both as an information source for the public and as an educational resource for educators.

This Web site has been made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Guidance and support for this ongoing project has been provided by:

• William Howze - Museum Projects
• Jeannette Dixon - Hirsh Library, MFA Houston
• Lorraine A. Stuart - Archives, MFA Houston
• Bernard Robin - University of Houston
• Phyllis Miller - University of Houston

Conditions of Use

The contents of this site, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, and non-commercial use only. The contents of this site may not be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

The Office of Rights and Reproductions
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
P. O. Box 6826
Houston, Texas 77265

Photography Credits

The photographs on this Web site are the property of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, unless otherwise noted below:

"Virtual Tour" room panoramas by Craig A. Fox, Photographer
Aker/Zvonkovic Photography

Ima Hogg, 3-4 years old
Ima Hogg Papers, Center for American History, CN06568
The University of Texas at Austin

"Gibson Girl"
Ima Hogg Papers, Center for American History, CN06916
The University of Texas at Austin

Ima Hogg at Piano
Ima Hogg Papers, Center for American History, CN06573
The University of Texas at Austin

Hogg Family
James Stephen Hogg Papers, Center for American History, CN00347
The University of Texas at Austin

Governor James Hogg
James Stephen Hogg Photographs, Center for American History, CN08637
The University of Texas at Austin

Buffalo Bayou at Houston in 1904
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, MSS 114-887

River Oaks in 1923
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library, MSS 157-759

Photographs in the "Search the Gardens" section by Jane Anderson Curtis

Text Credits

About Bayou Bend. Text adapted from the brochure entitled Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, copyright 1997 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funding provided by The Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Collection - Room Tour. Text adapted from the brochure entitled Americans at Home, copyright 1997 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funding provided by The Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Collection - Search the Collection. Text excerpted from American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection by David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff, copyright 1998 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Princeton University Press.

Gardens. Text adapted from the brochure entitled Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens, copyright 1997 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funding provided by The Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Miss Ima Hogg. Text adapted from the brochure entitled Ima Hogg: A Tribute, copyright 1997 by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, funding provided by The Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

Audio Credits

Audio clips are excerpted from the CD entitled Ima Hogg Interview at Varner Plantation, June 9, 1962, Enhanced Version, Tape One of Two, copyright by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Archives.

Video Credits

Video clips are excerpted from the video entitled Bayou Bend: An American Legacy, copyright by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Archives.