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65-460: The Houston Public Library system traces its founding to the creation of the second Houston Lyceum in 1854. The lyceum was preceded by a debating society , a special-interest mechanics' lyceum, and a circulating library . The lyceum's library eventually split into a separate institution at the end of the 19th century. In 1892, William Marsh Rice , a Houston businessman and philanthropist who later chartered Rice University , donated $ 200,000 for

130-664: A $ 40 annual fee. The HPL administrative offices were moved out of the Jones Building, freeing 12,600 square feet (1,170 m) of space. Lisa Gray, of the Houston Chronicle , said the renovation made the Jones Building "less of a public space devoted to reading, and more of a public space, period." The offices moved to the Marston Building. In 2012, the Marston Building was sold by the City of Houston, and

195-533: A French cultural emphasis from 1917 to 1939. The school was continued post World War II as the Raqi Qirinxhi High School . The Belarusian Humanities Lyceum is a private secondary school founded shortly after Belarus' independence from the USSR by intellectuals, such as Vincuk Viacorka and Uladzimir Kolas, with the stated aims of preserving and promoting native Belarusian culture, and raising

260-564: A collective attendance of around 7 million visitors a year. All of the museums offer free times or days and 11 of the museums are free all the time. Thursdays the Museum District gets particularly crowded because of museum free days. On Thursdays, The Children's Museum of Houston is free after 5 p.m., The Health Museum is free from 2–7 pm, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is free 11 am - 9 pm. The Houston Museum of Natural Science

325-522: A higher education establishment. Graduates of academic lyceums will be able to obtain a bachelor's degree in three years (in most specialties) instead of four. Other types of lyceums in Ukraine include military lyceums and lyceums with intensive military and physical training. See lyceum movement and comparison of US and UK secondary school years (except Scotland). It is not uncommon in Chile to use

390-533: A new Belarusian elite. It was shut down in 2003 by the Ministry of Education of Belarus allegedly for promoting enmity within Belarusian society and using the classroom as a political soapbox, indoctrinating students with biased views on history, ideology, politics, morality and values. The lyceum eventually switched to homeschooling with a limited number of underground homeschoolers. The term lyceum refers to

455-557: A popular form of residence in the community. Parking in the Houston Museum District can be tricky if you visit on Thursdays, weekends, HISD Spring/Summer/Winter vacation days, or evenings when Miller Outdoor Theatre is hosting a popular show. A parking lot adjacent to the McGovern Centennial Gardens on Hermann Drive was added in 2014. You may park there for free. Parking in the lot across from

520-439: A private Montessori high school, opened in the northern hemisphere fall of 2012. It is the first high school in the Museum District. In 2013 Houston A+ Challenge announced that the private middle school A+ Unlimited Potential would open in the Museum District area. The Houston Public Library Clayton Library, Center for Genealogical Research is located in the Museum District. The genealogical collection, originally housed in

585-554: A rotunda, fronted by an interior oaken gate with carved columns and entablatures. The new building opened with a collection of more than thirty thousand volumes. The building constructed as Houston's Central Library in 1926 was later named the Julia Ideson Building in her honor. The board for the Houston Carnegie Library had planned for universal access to the facilities. However, those working at

650-488: A three-year educational program with a certain major in a certain direction. Unlike Turkey, Uzbek lyceums do not hold university entrance examinations, which gives students the right to enter a university, but they hold a kind of mock examination which is designed to test their eligibility for a certain university. The Albanian National Lyceum was a high school in the city of Korçë , Albania , that emphasized French culture and European values. The school fully functioned with

715-550: A type of secondary education consisting of anywhere from four years ended by graduation. It is a type of schooling between grammar school and a technical high school. For example, the famous scientist Gerty Cori went to a lyceum school. The concept and name lyceum (in Swedish, lyseo in Finnish) entered Finland through Sweden. Traditionally, lycea were schools to prepare students to enter universities, as opposed to

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780-540: A voluntary desegregation program despite their likelihood of winning a lawsuit; shortly before the letter was printed, Sweatt v. Painter was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court , which challenged the " separate but equal " legal doctrine. In June 1953, Mayor of Houston Roy Hofheinz told the HPL board that library facilities should no longer be segregated. On August 21, 1953, library facilities for high school students and adults were desegregated – without public announcement to

845-512: Is gimnázium , but líceum lives on as an archaizing word referring to schools of high prestige and revered traditions, most notably Calvinist boarding schools . The lyceum is considered by most the hardest and most prestigious kind of secondary school in Italy. The term liceo refers to a number of upper secondary school , which last five years (from 14 to 19 years of age) and are specialized in teaching philosophy , ancient Greek (in

910-409: Is liceu . It represents a post-secondary form of education. In order for a student to graduate the lyceum and obtain a baccalaureate diploma, they must pass the bac . The lyceum consists of four school years (ages 15–19). Although the lyceum is a pre-university educational institution, it can be enough for the graduates to find a job, mainly in office work. In Imperial Russia, a lyceum was one of

975-628: Is lise which is derived from the French word lycée and corresponds to high school in English. It lasts four to five years with respect to the type of the high school. At the end of their lise education, students take the TYT/AYT test, i.e. university entrance examination, to get the right to enroll in a public university or a private university. According to the Law of Ukraine "On Education",

1040-463: Is liseo from Spanish liceo which can be found in some names of various universities and educational institutions which are unaffiliated with LPU. Lyceums also emerged in the former Soviet Union countries after they became independent. One typical example is Uzbekistan, where all high schools were replaced with lyceums ( litsey is the Russian term, derived from French lycée ), offering

1105-583: Is a mobile computer training laboratory. See also: List of companies in Houston See: List of colleges and universities in Houston [REDACTED] Category [REDACTED] Texas portal Lyceum The lyceum is a category of educational institution defined within the education system of many countries, mainly in Europe . The definition varies among countries; usually it

1170-565: Is a type of secondary school . Basic science and some introduction to specific professions are generally taught. Lyceum is a Latin rendering of the Ancient Greek Λύκειον ( lykeion ), the name of a gymnasium in Classical Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus . This original lyceum is remembered as the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle . Some countries derive the name for their modern schools from

1235-625: Is also sometimes used for other vocational schools such as the Grafisch Lyceum , or Muzieklyceum Amsterdam , which grew into the Conservatorium van Amsterdam . The liceum is the Polish secondary-education school . Polish liceums are attended by students aged 15 to 19–20 (see list below). Before graduating, pupils are subject to a final examination, the matura . Polish liceums are of several types: From 1836 until 1978, in

1300-556: Is free on Tuesdays between 5-8 pm. Houston's Museum District is walkable and bikeable. Sidewalks are wide and well-maintained, and attractions and restaurants are situated near each other. The district is bordered roughly by Texas State Highway 288 , Hermann Park , U.S. Route 59 , and the Texas Medical Center . The Museum District Civic Association compared the area to Georgetown in Washington, D.C. , and to

1365-499: Is now under the auspices of the Houston Museum District Association, founded in 1997. The Museum District attracts visitors, students and volunteers of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities to learn about and celebrate art, history, culture, and nature around the world. More information on the 21 institutions of Houston's Museum District may be found on their official website. In the late 1970s,

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1430-587: Is that residents enjoy easy walking distance to the Houston Zoo, The Children's Museum Houston, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Miller Outdoor Theatre, Hermann Park, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and more. In 2003 Keiji Asakura of SLA Studio Land presented the Museum District Walk Project, a project to expand walkability in the area. In 2015 a walkability study came from SWA Group. By 2018 residential condominiums became

1495-652: Is the archival center of the Houston Public Library System. The Marston Building was sold in 2012 by the City of Houston. In addition to the Central Library and Clayton Library, there are 32 neighborhood libraries, including five regional libraries, all located within the city of Houston. In addition, HPL has a partnership with the Harris County Public Library 's Clear Lake City-County Freeman Branch Library in

1560-642: The Houston Press heralded the project as Houston's best renovation in its annual awards. In 2010, due to a budget shortfall, the library system reduced its hours. During the same year the system put its decades-old city directories online. During the Jesse H. Jones Building remodeling the HPL administrative offices moved to the 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m) Marston Building in Neartown Houston . The City of Houston spent $ 1.3 million to renovate

1625-911: The Clear Lake City community of Houston. Also, the Parent Resource Library in the Children's Museum of Houston is considered part of the Houston Public Library system; however, its staff are employed by the museum, rather than the City of Houston. In partnership with the Harris County Public Library, which will operate the branch, the Kingwood Branch in Kingwood is a "City-County" branch in exchange for $ 4.2 million to fund

1690-587: The French Quarter of New Orleans . The Museum District is served by four stops on the METRORail , one specifically named for it and is easily accessible from I-69 / US 59 , State Highway 288 and Main Street, across from the main entrance to Rice University. The beginnings of the Museum District are found in 1977, when it became apparent that some action needed to be taken to provide easier access to

1755-605: The Julia Ideson Building in Downtown Houston , moved to the William Clayton Home, a Georgian-style house built in 1917, in the Museum District in 1968. A site for a new building, adjacent to the Clayton Home, was purchased in 1986. The new building, which was built in 1988, was designed to complement the Clayton Home. The city implemented a $ 6.8 million renovation project for the Clayton Home and

1820-757: The K-12 system, where the term junior high school might be used instead of lyceum . However, there are schools that appropriate the word lyceum in their name. The Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) is a university in Manila established by former wartime president José P. Laurel . Among its notable alumni are former president Rodrigo Duterte , popular author Rene Villanueva , and actor Cesar Montano . LPU has campuses in Makati, Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, and Davao. The Filipino word for lyceum

1885-527: The Museum of Fine Arts , at the intersection of Bissonnet Street and Montrose Boulevard, as its core. In such a strongly vehicle-oriented city, and one which to this day retains the title of the largest city in the United States without zoning , this was fairly progressive. The Museum District Development Association of Houston proposed a multi-phase plan to beautify and make more pedestrian-friendly

1950-602: The Portuguese educational system , the lyceum ( Portuguese : liceu ), or national lyceum ( liceu nacional ), was a high school that prepared students to enter universities or more general education. On the other hand, the technical school ( escola técnica ) was a technical-oriented school. After several education reforms , all these schools merged into a single system of "3rd cycle basic" and secondary schools ( escolas básicas do 3.º ciclo e secundárias ), offering grades 7 to 12 . The Romanian word for lyceum

2015-1069: The Riga French Lycée , an upper secondary school supported by the Government of France was founded in Riga. In 1989, during the Latvian National Awakening , the Pushkin Lyceum of Riga ( Puškina licejs ) with education programs in Russian was established. In 2002, another Russian lyceum was established in Daugavpils ( Daugavpils Krievu vidusskola - licejs ), renamed to Daugavpils High School of Technologies ( Daugavpils Tehnoloģiju vidusskola - licejs ) in 2020. Some gymnasiums are called licėjus , e.g. Vilnius Lyceum . Junior lyceums refer to secondary education state owned schools. Until recently, in

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2080-529: The 1990s there are lyceums (special secondary schools) with in-depth study of humanitarian or natural science disciplines. As a rule, university professors teach in lyceums, and the educational system resembles that of a university. Later, the lyceums were renamed special general secondary schools. The Lyceum of the Principality of Serbia was the first higher education school in Serbia in which education

2145-415: The 2020–2021 academic year, per Law 4547/2018. The lyceum awards the Απολυτήριο , apolytirio or apolyterio , which is the upper secondary education leaving certificate. Before World War I , secondary education institutes with a primary goal of preparing for higher studies were often referred to by the word líceum . In contemporary Hungarian, the most ubiquitous word for these institutions

2210-557: The Colored Carnegie Branch and deposit stations located at a park, a high school, and an elementary school; whites were permitted use of the main library, six branches, two bookmobiles, and several deposit stations. Desegregation occurred after a letter printed in the Houston Informer from several prominent black Houstonians, including Smith v. Allwright plaintiff Lonnie E. Smith, stated they would prefer

2275-477: The HPL administrative office moved to the recently restored Julia Ideson Building while other staff offices moved back to the Jones Building. Additions in the 2000s include McGovern-Stella Link Neighborhood Library (2005), HPL Express Southwest (2008), and HPL Express Discovery Green (2008). A new building for Looscan Neighborhood Library opened in 2007, replacing a 1956 structure. The Jones Building closed for renovations in 2006 and reopened in 2008. That same year,

2340-525: The Latin but use the Greek name for the ancient school: for example, Dutch has lykeion (ancient) and lyceum (modern), both rendered lyceum in English (note that in classical Latin the C in lyceum was always pronounced as a K , not a soft C , as in modern English). The name lycée was retrieved and utilized by Napoleon in 1802 to name the main secondary education establishments. From France

2405-782: The Law Building at MFAH is also free. You may also park at the zoo or in the lot near the Rice University Light Rail Station for free (there is a 3-hour time limit). You may pay to park along Hermann Drive or on side streets, in the HMNS garage, or in various garages. You may also park along the MetroRail Line and take the light rail train to Rice University or The Museum District stops. The Houston Independent School District (HISD) operates area public schools. Elementary schools serving portions of

2470-605: The Marston Building to accommodate HPL staff. Prior to the remodeling, the HPL administrative offices were located in the Jones Building. In 2012 HPL administrative offices moved to the Julia Ideson Building after its historically correct renovation and the addition of a wing which was in the original design, but was not built at the time due to lack of funds. This addition houses the Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC) which

2535-419: The Museum District area: Middle schools serving portions of the Museum District area: Beginning in 2018 Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan also serves as a boundary option for students zoned to Blackshear, Lockhart, and MacGregor elementary schools. Lamar High School serves houses in the Museum District area. Presbyterian School is located in the Museum District. The Post Oak High School ,

2600-493: The Netherlands, a lyceum is a selective secondary school for children aged 12–18 that offers " voorbereidend wetenschappelijk onderwijs " (vwo) and " hoger algemeen voortgezet onderwijs " (havo), the top and high levels of secondary education available in that country. Successful completion allows vwo students admission to university and havo students to hogeschool , comparable to vocational university . The term lyceum

2665-501: The Republic of Moldova the lyceum – called liceu – was an educational institution where students studied from the first to the twelfth grade and would obtain the baccalaureate degree upon completion. In most cases, the lyceums were specialized in a particular domain (fine art, theatre, language) that was relevant to the personality whose name the institution bore. In other respects, it was little different from any regular school, with

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2730-409: The area currently including the Houston Museum District had fallen into disrepair, badly needing attention from local, county and state governments to improve roads and beautify the area, then unsafe for pedestrian traffic and cyclists. The Houston Museum District began as a grassroots community movement in 1977 led by Alexandra R. Marshall whose concept was to create a pedestrian-friendly district with

2795-689: The area located between Allen Parkway , Buffalo Bayou and Hermann Park. It took advantage of the opportunity to create in Houston an area of vital urban importance, similar to the French Quarter in New Orleans , St. Germain in Paris , and Georgetown in Washington, DC . Since its creation, the numerous efforts of the Houston Museum District organizations have included community improvement projects, tree planting, sidewalk planning, construction and expansion, esplanade design, development and beautification, establishment of public transportation to and from

2860-775: The area, police support and various cultural events The Montrose Association, the Museum Area Municipal Association, the South Main Civic Association, the Cultural Arts Center of Houston and TALA (Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts) all played a part in the development and subsequent success in the creation of the Houston Museum District. According to 1st board meeting notes (October 4, 1986): Directors: Parks and other institutions Originally, funding

2925-730: The black community. The library system now consists of 35 neighborhood libraries, including four regional libraries, the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research in the Museum District , and the Central Library in Downtown . Central Library consists of the Julia Ideson Building and the Jesse H. Jones Building, constructed in 1976. Out-of-state users are entitled to access to the Library's resources, after paying

2990-427: The building of a new 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m) facility. At the time of its completion, the existing branch will be converted into a community center . HPL Express locations are library facilities located within existing buildings. Each express location contains three areas: one book center, one computer center, and one classroom facility. Express locations: Former express locations: The HPL Mobile Express

3055-532: The construction of a free public library. The facility opened in 1895 and obtained its own building in 1904 with financial assistance from Andrew Carnegie . Betty Trapp Chapman wrote in The Houston Review that the city's women "were instrumental" in the library's establishment and that the educated women "had long recognized the need for a library to serve the community." Julia Ideson was named its first librarian and she hired one employee. Located at

3120-521: The corner of Travis and McKinney in what is now known as Downtown Houston, it originally housed 10,000 volumes. By 1907, 10,000 Houstonians held accounts at the library. By 1913, the library counted seven persons on its payroll. The city changed the name from Carnegie Library to Houston Public Library in 1921. By this time, they had outgrown their space and relocated several staff members to the Harris County Courthouse. A few years later,

3185-588: The exception of slightly higher education standards and supposedly being more prestigious. After 2010, regular schools were all formally reformed into lyceums, although their quality remained of the same level as before and most did not get any particular specialization, thereby being dubbed 'theory lyceums' ( liceu teoretic ). One reason for the 2010 reform was to reduce the influence of the Soviet/Russian educational system and/or mentality in Moldova. In

3250-477: The following higher educational facilities: Demidov Lyceum of Law in Yaroslavl (1803), Alexander Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo (1810), Richelieu Lyceum in Odessa (1817), and Imperial Katkov Lyceum in Moscow (1867). The Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum was opened on October 19, 1811, in the neoclassical building designed by Vasily Stasov and situated next to the Catherine Palace . The first graduates included Aleksandr Pushkin and Alexander Gorchakov . The opening date

3315-454: The guest house and carriage house on the property in the 2000s. The city planned to renovate the property so it would meet LEED standards. The city installed an elevator in the guest house so the building could be used as an administrative office. The carriage house received an addition so it could function as a 100-person conference room. The Clayton site can accommodate one plenary session and four breakout meetings, which would be required for

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3380-522: The library sold its property to raise money for a larger facility. The library board selected a lot once occupied by Thomas M. Bagby , a co-founder of the 1848 Houston Lyceum. They commissioned Cram and Ferguson as design architects, in consultation with William Ward Watkin and Louis A. Glover. The building was completed in two years and at a cost of $ 500,000. The Spanish Renaissance design draws from regional history, and includes carvings of explorers and missionaries of Texas. The second floor hall lay under

3445-409: The library turned away African-Americans educators who visited in 1907, while ostensibly referring the matter to the trustees. A group of African-American educators led by Ernest O. Smith lobbied local white leaders and the Carnegie Foundation for a library to serve the black community. The Colored Carnegie Library of Houston opened in 1913 with an African American board of trustees and management. It

3510-466: The lyceum is a level III secondary institution of education (or a structural unit of another institution of education) that provides field-specific secondary education. As it is planned, since 2017 a three-year senior school will be a lyceum of academic or vocational training. In vocational school, a student will master their first profession, whereas in an academic lyceum they will deepen personal knowledge of specific subjects that will be studied further at

3575-510: The museums in the district to maintain continuing interest and visitation in the area. Museum Park Neighborhood Association (MPNA) serves houses roughly bound by Texas State Highway 288 , Hermann Park , Main Street , and Alabama Street. Several apartment and/or condo communities are already in the area and new ones are currently being built and developed. One benefit of living at The Circle at Hermann Park, The Mosaic, The Parklane, The Plaza, The Warwick, or new residential communities being built

3640-413: The museums of the area. This call for community improvement evolved into the non-profit Montrose Project by the mid-1980s but changed into the Museum District Development Association of Houston (MDDAH) shortly thereafter. Based on the works of this organization, the Museum District was formally recognized by the City of Houston in 1989. The founding organization was dissolved in 1994, but the Museum District

3705-592: The name spread in many countries influenced by French culture. The Goa Lyceum ( Portuguese : Liceu de Goa ) in Panaji , Goa – established in 1854, following the Portuguese model – was the first public secondary school in the state, then a Portuguese territory. Later, the Goa Lyceum received the official title of Liceu Nacional Afonso de Albuquerque ( Afonso de Albuquerque National Lyceum). The Christ University Lyceum in Bengaluru, Karnataka - established in 2021, where scholars sit and do their research work and have discussion. The Philippines follows its version of

3770-477: The sole liceo classico ) and Latin , but also maths , physics , trigonometry , biology and chemistry . It gives preparation for university . It is divided into six different branches, each one specialized in certain subjects: The first Lyceum in Riga was founded in 1675 by the king Charles XI of Sweden (in Latin, Schola Carolina ), and was renamed to the Imperial Lyceum of Riga (in German, Kaiserliches Lyceum zu Riga ) in 1733. In September 1921,

3835-523: The typical, more general education. Some old schools continue to use the name lyceum , though their operations today vary. For example, Helsinki Normal Lyceum educates students in grades 7–12, while Oulu Lyceum enrolls students only in grades 10–12. The more commonly used term for upper secondary school in Finland is lukio in Finnish and gymnasium in Swedish. The French word for an upper secondary school, lycée , derives from Lyceum. (see Secondary education in France .) The lyceum in Germany

3900-639: The word liceo when referring to a high school. Another term is enseñanza media (secondary education); however, liceo is the most common term due to Chile's extensive European influence. Liceo is commonly used to refer to secondary education. It was adopted from the French immigrants of the 19th century. Houston Museum District The Houston Museum District is an association of 21 museums , cultural centers and community organizations located in Houston, Texas , dedicated to promoting art, science, history, and culture. The Houston Museum District currently includes 21 museums that recorded

3965-494: Was celebrated each year with carousals and revels, and Pushkin composed new verses for each of those occasions. In January 1844 the Lyceum was moved to Saint Petersburg . During 33 years of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum's existence, there were 286 graduates. The most famous of these were Anton Delwig , Wilhelm Küchelbecher , Nicholas de Giers , Dmitry Tolstoy , Yakov Karlovich Grot , Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky , Alexei Lobanov-Rostovsky and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin . Since

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4030-829: Was completely based on private sources—association member dues and members' donations. Later, with growing awareness of the MDDAH and their work, funding came from numerous other sources. Today, total operating budgets for the member museums are funded almost completely from revenues and private donations. Museum District funding includes contributions from all participating museums; foundation support from The Houston Endowment, Inc.; The John P. McGovern Foundation; and The Wortham Foundation, Inc. The District plays an ongoing role in forming responses to public concerns and opportunities that include transportation improvements, signage, visitor information, area beautification, flood control and urban planning considerations. The HMDA also serves as an intermediary, which fosters an ongoing dialogue among

4095-437: Was known as an old term for a Gymnasium for girls. In Bavaria it was also a Hochschule to study theology and philosophy . In Greece, Λύκειο refers to a type of upper secondary education school for students aged 15 to 18 or 20. The lyceum school first grade admitted students can have a maximum age up to 20 years old. Evening lyceum ( Εσπερινό ) is both for adult and underage working students, and lasts three years as of

4160-428: Was taught in Serbian . It was founded in 1838 on the initiative of Prince Miloš Obrenović in 1838 in Kragujevac , then the capital of Serbia. When Belgrade became the Serbian capital in 1841, the Serbian Lyceum opened there. In 1863 it became known as the Grandes écoles until 1905 when it officially changed its name to the University of Belgrade . The Turkish word for the latest part of pre-university education

4225-538: Was transferred to the management as a branch library of Houston Public Library in 1921. On July 31, 1961, the Carnegie Colored Library closed. The library facility required extensive repairs and it was in the path of the Clay Avenue extension project. The branch, auctioned in February 1962 and shortly afterward demolished except for the cornerstone, was replaced by the W. L. D. Johnson Library in Sunnyside , dedicated on June 16, 1964. The library system racially desegregated in 1953. Beforehand, blacks were permitted use of

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