The Ransom Center presents its Summer Film Series, beginning Thursday, June 16, with a showing of FILM (1965) followed by NOTFILM (2015). [Read more…] about Summer Film Series kicks off with Film and Not Film
Frida Kahlo
Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast
Harry Ransom Center docents are volunteer guides who lead daily tours of the Center’s exhibitions. In the months leading up to exhibition openings, docents work closely with exhibition curators to gain a more complete understanding of exhibition items and content. The docent training process involves readings, discussion, and intense familiarization with the exhibition. [Read more…] about Meet docent Carol Headrick—lifelong teacher, Texas native, and manuscript enthusiast
Winter holiday hours at the Ransom Center
The Ransom Center will be closed Christmas Eve, Thursday, December 24, and on Christmas Day, Friday, December 25. The Ransom Center Galleries will close early at 5 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Thursday, December 31. The Ransom Center will be closed on New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1. [Read more…] about Winter holiday hours at the Ransom Center
Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” to be displayed
The Ransom Center celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed art works, the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” (1940). [Read more…] about Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” to be displayed
Frida Kahlo’s “Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” is star of New York Botanical Garden exhibition
Frida Kahlo’s Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird and Still Life with Parrot and Fruit, from the Harry Ransom Center’s Nickolas Muray collection of Mexican art, are currently on view at the New York Botanical Garden’s exhibition Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life. Running through November 1, the exhibition [Read more…] about Frida Kahlo’s “Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” is star of New York Botanical Garden exhibition
Easter weekend hours
The Ransom Center will be open throughout Easter weekend, including on Friday, April 3, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m, and on Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.
Visitors can view the current exhibition Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland as well as Frida Kahlo’s Self-portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird. The First Photograph and the Gutenberg Bible remain on permanent display.
Free docent-led gallery tours occur daily at noon and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. No reservations are required.
Admission is free. Your donation will support the Ransom Center’s exhibitions and public programs. Parking information and a map are available online.
Please also be aware that the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 4.
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