Plan an afternoon at the Menil Collection. The museum’s art buildings are open Wednesday–Sunday, 11 a.m.–7 p.m., while green spaces are open daily from dawn to dusk. Admission is always free. | The Menil Collection

Explore the Menil Collection's galleries, installations, and exhibitions with us. Plan your next visit at menil.org/visit. 🖼️ | The Menil Collection

The Menil recently reinstalled the African art galleries, including a display dedicated to the representation of women in sculpture that features a figural veranda post from the Yoruba peoples of Nigeria. This object depicts a priestess or queen mother presenting two smaller figures, possibly twins, who carry offerings of a covered bowl and an animal. She carries another child in a wrapper on her back. Naturalistic or abstract, sculptural representations of women are one of the most common subje