• From February 1997 to February 2012, it displayed the only intact Byzantine frescoes of this size and importance in the entire western hemisphere.
  • Photo taken at Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum by Martin L V. on 12/2/2012.
  • Church within a Museum; the glass and wood chapel that housed the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western hemisphere.
  • Concrete and stonework plus some splashing water sounds greeted visitors as they drew near the entry door into the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.
  • The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum displays the dome and apse of a small Byzantine votive chapel of the thirteenth century, acquired by the Menil Foundation...
  • The last major project to be completed by Dominique de Menil in her lifetime, the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum opened in 1997.
  • The chapel museum itself is a new construction, designed by Menil to accentuate the frescoes with rough stone and dark glass.
  • Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum: Part of the Menil Collection, this contemporary structure fashioned of glass and stone houses the western hemisphere's...
  • The all around fave of the family (including my 8 & 9 year olds) was The Fabiola Project at the Byzantine Fresco Chapel.
  • ...the Menil Foundation has been responsible stewards of these great works—restoring, preserving, and exhibiting the frescoes in the Byzantine Fresco Chapel...