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Cistern Illuminated
Fri Nov 28, 2025 - Sun Jan 18, 2026
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Repeating every week — Sundays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays through January 18, 2026
Except December 24, 2025; December 25, 2025; January 1, 2026.
Also on December 22, 2025; December 23, 2025; December 29, 2025; December 30, 2025.
Except December 24, 2025; December 25, 2025; January 1, 2026.
Also on December 22, 2025; December 23, 2025; December 29, 2025; December 30, 2025.
Various times
Age: Ages 9+
Price: $15
Take a luminous journey through light and sound this holiday season with Cistern Illuminated. This multi-sensory art experience transforms the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern into a transcendent spectacle of color, echo, and optical illusion.
Designed by artist/engineer Kelly O’Brien, Cistern Illuminated complements and enhances the unique acoustic and reflective qualities of this infrastructural relic with vivid, shifting hues of light and an ethereal soundscape.
On view: November 28, 2025 - January 18, 2026
Times
- Wednesday - Thursday 10am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 5pm
- Saturday - Sunday 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, and 5pm
Children ages 9+ only.
** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.
