Big Twist
Big Twist is a work of art in Harris County, Texas. Big Twist is situated nearby to the park Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, as well as near the community center The Jung Center.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Park
Photo: Richard O. Barry, CC BY 2.0.
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden located at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston, Texas, United States. Designed by artist and landscape architect Isamu Noguchi, the garden consists of 25 works of the MFAH, including sculptures by Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, David Smith, Frank Stella, and Louise Bourgeois.
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
Museum
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a not-for-profit institution in the Museum District, Houston, Texas, founded in 1948, dedicated to presenting contemporary art to the public.
Audrey Jones Beck Building
Museum
Photo: Judson Dunn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Audrey Jones Beck Building is a museum, which is situated 680 feet southeast of Big Twist.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houston Museum District and Midtown.
Houston Museum District
Suburb
Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums, cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas, dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture.
Midtown
Suburb
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Midtown is a central neighborhood of Houston, located west-southwest of Downtown. Separated from Downtown by an elevated section of Interstate 45, Midtown is characterized by a continuation of Downtown's square grid street plan, anchored by Main Street and the METRORail Red Line.
Texas Medical Center
Suburb
The Texas Medical Center is a neighborhood in south-central Houston, Texas, United States. It is immediately south of the Museum District and west of Texas State Highway 288. Texas Medical Center is situated 1½ miles south of Big Twist.
Big Twist
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Category: tourism
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.7267° or 29° 43′ 36″ northLongitude
-95.39055° or 95° 23′ 26″ westOpen location code
76X6PJG5+MQOpenStreetMap ID
node 6496400640OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculpture
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