Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens offers a unique experience that includes afternoon tea in the historic Cottage Courtyard and a 50-minute, docent-led tour of the collection. The tea service led by the only Certified Tea Master in Texas, Thia McKann from Houston's The Path of Tea. Bayou Bend, the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts, features one of the world's most important collections of early American art and antiques, displayed in 28 room settings and galleries. Fourteen acres of formal and woodland gardens surround the mansion.