Vote for MFAH's New Mascot!

Join the Houston Zoo and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston as the museum introduces its first mascot at Target Free First Sunday.

It's as easy as 1-2-3! 

1. Visit the Houston Zoo between August 20 - October 7.
   
   
2. Learn and observe these fun facts about the animals in the MFAH mascot.
   
   
3. Take these fun facts with you to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston beginning Sunday, September 7 - September 21 for a short quiz, and enter to win a Houston Zoo prize pack! *Prize to be awarded at MFAH's Target First Free Sunday on October 5.

Houston Zoo Antelope and Elephant
Fun Facts

• The giant eland is the world's largest antelope.
• Giant elands are extraordinary jumpers and can run up to 25 miles per hour.
• At the Houston Zoo, the giant eland eats alfalfa, grains, and hay. 
• Social animals, giant eland are found in small groups in their native habitat and can be seen daily in the giant eland exhibit at the Houston Zoo.
• Elephants are the largest living land animals in the world, weighing up to 6 tons.
• In the wild, Asian elephants eat 100 pounds of food per day & spend 18 - 20 hours a day eating.
• Elephants are endangered throughout most of their ranges in Asia and Africa.
• The new McNair Asian Elephant Habitat is not only the largest habitat at the Zoo, but also one of the most innovative elephant facilities in the country.

Buy 3 tickets to the Zoo and get 1 FREE!
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Museum of Fine Arts Houston introduces its first mascot 
at Target Free First Sunday 
September 7, 2008

Visitors May Cast Ballots to Name Mascot and a Chance to Win a Prize Package to be Awarded at October Free First Sunday

MFAH will introduce its new mascot: an elephant with a small antelope on its back, modeled after a sword hilt from the Glassell Collection of African Gold (early 20th century, Akan, Ghana).

Sunday, September 7, 2008
Free admission for all from
12:15 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Family activities from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Activities will take place at the museum's Caroline Wiess Law Building, 1001 Bissonnet Street, and the Audrey Jones Beck Building, 5601 Main Street.

Don't miss art activities inspired by the African Gold collection, performances by the Intuitive African Dance and Drum Culture, free family films in Brown Auditorium Theater (Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears, Not So Fast, Songololo, and Anna from Benin), and voting on the mascot's name for a chance to win a prize pack (the name will be announced at the October 5 Target Free First Sunday).

You'll also see the Houston ZooMobile with live African animals, collage-making focusing on sub-Saharan West Africa, and a Young Audiences of Houston performance of A Village without Music, which explores the impact music has had on Africans and African Americans.