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.
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.
Latino Cultural Center
dallasculture.org/latinoCulturalCenter.cfm
The Latino Cultural Center opened in
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.
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.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
www.themodern.org
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.
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
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