Dallas Childrens Theater
www.dct.org
Dallas Children’s Theater is a professional
theater organization that focuses on producing
theater for youth and families. DCT reaches
an audience of 270,000 youth annually
with its 11 main stage productions, national
touring company and education programs.
In 2004, TIME Magazine named Dallas
Children’s Theater one of the Top 5 theaters
in the country performing for youth. In 2003
DCT moved into the 58,000 sq. ft. Rosewood
Center for Family Arts with the Baker Theater
(seats 400) and Studio Theater (seats 150), five
classrooms, community gathering room and
space for costume, scenic, shops and storage.
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
www.dallassymphony.com
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra performs
in the Meyerson Symphony Center, and can
traces its origins to a concert given by a group
of forty musicians in 1900. The 2008-2009
season marked the inaugural season of the
Orchestras new conductor Jaap van Zweden,
which included two world premieres and
works by modern and classic composers.
Dallas Wind Symphony
www.dws.org
The Dallas Wind Symphony was founded in
1985 is regarded as one of the world’s leading
wind orchestras. Originally organized as a
“reading band” for local professional freelance musicians, the Sympony has gone on
to release 14 high-fidelity recordings, two of
which were nominated for Grammy Awards.
Dallas Theater Center
www.dallastheatercenter.org
One of the leading theaters in the nation,
the Dallas Theater Center performs annually
to more than 80,000 people. The Theater
Center features the Kalita Humphreys
Theater, one of only three existing theaters
built by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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.
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
