LEISURE AND RECREATION
Fort Worth Botanical Gardens
www.fwbg.org
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden is a 109-
acres botanical garden established in
1934. It is the oldest botanic garden in
Texas, with 2,501 species of native and
exotic plants in its 21 specialty gardens.
It is open daily, with admission charged
for the Conservatory and Japanese
Garden. The other gardens are free.
September 2003 near downtown.
Designed by celebrated Mexican architect
Ricardo Legorreta, it has a brilliant shape
and bold form. The Center strives to
preserve and develop the Latino and
Hispanic arts and culture.
Kimbell Art Museum
www.kimbellart.org
The Kimbell Art Museum hosts a small
but excellent art collection as well as
traveling art exhibitions, educational
programs and an extensive research
library. Its initial artwork came from the
private collection of Kay and Velma
Kimbell, who also provided funds for a
new building to house it. The building
was designed by renowned architect
Louis I. Kahn and is widely recognized
as one of the most significant works of
architecture of recent times. It is especially
noted for the wash of silvery natural light
across its vaulted gallery ceilings.
Meadows Museum
www.meadowsmuseum.smu.edu
The Meadows Museum, a division of
Southern Methodist University’s Meadows
School of the Arts, houses one of the
largest and most comprehensive
collections of Spanish art outside of Spain
with works dating from the 10th through
the 20th centuries. It includes
masterpieces by El Greco, Velázquez,
Ribera, Goya, Miró and Picasso. The
Meadows Museum specially
commissioned renowned artist, architect
and engineer Santiago Calatrava to
design a large-scale sculpture located in
front of the building. The result is the
“Wave,” a 40-by- 90 foot sculpture in
perpetual motion that sits atop a reflecting
pool. Calatrava’s talents have also been
tapped to design the bridges over Dallas’
Trinity River.
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
(widely referred to as The Modern) was
first granted a Charter from the State of
Texas in 1892 as the “Fort Worth Public
Library and Art Gallery.” The mission of
the museum is “collecting, presenting and
interpreting international developments in
post-World War II art in all media.” The
Permanent Collection includes more than
3,000 works including pieces by Pablo
Picasso, Anselm Kiefer, Robert
Motherwell, Susan Rothenberg, Jackson
Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Richard Serra,
Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, and
Andy Warhol.
Latino Cultural Center
dallasculture.org/latinoCulturalCenter.cfm
The Latino Cultural Center opened in
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
www.themodern.org
Photo Courtesy of Bass Performance Hall
The Sixth Floor Museum at Delay Plaza
www.jkf.org
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey
Plaza chronicles the assassination and
legacy of President John F. Kennedy. It
examines the life, death and legacy of
President Kennedy through artifacts,
photographs, documentary films, areas
where evidence was found, eyewitness
accounts and interactive educational
programming on both the sixth and
seventh floors. Explore history through
one of the world’s most significant
repositories of original photographs,
film and video footage, documents
and artifacts related to the
assassination of President John F.
Kennedy—a continually growing,
multifaceted collection of more than
35,000 items.
Texas Ballet Theater
www.texasballettheater.org
The Texas Ballet Theater is the second
largest professional dance company in
Texas and performs for more than
100,000 people each year. This season,
the ballet will employ thirty professional
dancers and produce 50 performances
in Dallas and Fort Worth. Since 1988,
the ballet’s budget has grown from $1.4
million to $5 million.
Source:
Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau
