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Dallas, Texas

5501 Columbia Art Center; Contemporary Culture; Documentary Arts
Dallas, Texas

Art

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African American Museum
Dallas, Texas

Art, History, Specialized

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Antique Tractor Museum
Dallas, Texas

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Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Garden
Dallas, Texas

Children's, Historic House

The Dallas Arboretum is a beautiful changeable display garden located adjacent to White Rock Lake in Dallas. Seasonal festivals during the spring (March-April) and again in the fall (October-November) celebrate the glorious floral displays and also include entertainment, kids' activities and exhibits.

Holiday at the Arboretum (December)is a great time to enjoy the beautiful holiday decorations in the historic DeGolyer home and other festive activities.

Concerts, adult and children's educational programming and activities occur throughout the year.

Dallas County Heritage Society
Dallas, Texas

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Dallas Holocaust Museum, Center for Education and Tolerance
Dallas, Texas

Culture, History, Specialized

The Dallas Holocaust Museum, Center for Education and Tolerance, is a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching the lessons of the Holocaust and memorializing its victims. It provides guided tours for groups, public lectures and exhibits, and other programming. The Museum has a collection of audiovisual materials including videotapes, slides, and microfiche. It also serves as a coordinator for videotaping testimonies of Holocaust survivors experiences as well as liberators of the concentration camps.

Dallas Zoo
Dallas, Texas

Zoo

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George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Dallas, Texas

Culture, General, History, Library, Specialized

The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum currently holds over 29,000 cubic feet of textual records (over 70 million pages) and 1200 cubic feet of audiovisual records. In addition to the textual and audiovisual materials, the Library has approximately 80 terabytes of electronic records - the largest electronic records collection in the Presidential Library system - including over 200 million email messages and nearly 4 million photographs.

Museum of Geometric and MADI Art
Dallas, Texas

Art

Founded in 1946 by Carmelo Arden Quin, this intellectual art movement encompasses a complex yet entertaining spirit of joie de vivre and innovation through use of geometric forms: circles, stripes, waves, spheres, spirals, lozenges, arcs and meanders. The MADI philosophy is demonstrated through drawings, paintings, sculptures, architecture, theater, music, poetry, dance, novels and stories. See the enclosed overview on MADI art for more detail. The mission of The MADI Museum and Gallery is to delight, inspire, educate and communicate through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of unique and memorable MADI art from around the world.

Pollock Gallery, Division of Art
Dallas, Texas

University

The Pollock Gallery is the exhibitoin space for the Division of ARt, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University. AS such, it provides a unique place for the thoughtful and scholarly presentation and consideration of past and present artists and art forms. It is historically the proper vehicle for the study and examination of art within the educational framework of the university. Exhibitoins and related programs at the gallery provide the faculty fo the Division of Art, Division of Art History, faculty from other fields of university study as well as area public school teachers an arena for making connections crucial to the learning process.

Texas Fire Museum
Dallas, Texas

Specialized

The Texas Fire Museum houses an extensive collection of antique fire apparatus, vintage sirens and beacons, historic turnout gear, helmets, axes, hoses, nozzles, and many other items that represent the history of the fire service. One of the unique attributes of the Museum is that our displays are ever-changing. With approximately 50 pieces of antique apparatus on display, we have trucks rolling in and out of the Museum on a daily basis. In addition, our restoration work keeps a steady flow of vintage equipment on-hand for museum visitors to enjoy. You’ll find that there is always something new to see when you visit the Museum.

The Crow Collection of Asian Art
Dallas, Texas

Art

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The FAR Museum of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

History

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The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Dallas, Texas

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy. It is located in the Dallas County Administration Building, formerly called the Texas School Book Depository. Built in 1901 as a warehouse, the building became known worldwide on November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza. A Depository employee, Lee Harvey Oswald, allegedly perched with a rifle in the southeast corner window and fired at the president as his motorcade drove past Dealey Plaza and the building.

A self-guided permanent exhibition on the sixth floor chronicles the assassination, the findings of the official investigations that followed, and the legacy of that national tragedy.

The Women's Museum
Dallas, Texas

Culture, History, Library, Specialized

The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future is the first comprehensive American women's hisotry museum was formed by The foundation for Women's Resources and opened to the public on Septmber 29, 2000 in a renovated 1910 building on the grounds of Fair Park in Dallas, Texas. The mission of the Museum is to celebrate the accomplishments of American women and to train young women on the technology of the future.

Bywaters Collection Special Collections
Dallas, Texas

Art, Library, University

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Dallas Contemporary
Dallas, Texas

Art

Dallas Visual Art Center, established in 1981, is dedicated to encouraging and promoting the art and artists of Texas. DVAC serves as an exhibition, education and resource center for all Texas artists and their audiences. The staff is keenly interested in the exchange of information, ideas and resources.

Dallas Heritage Village
Dallas, Texas

Historic House

The Dallas County Heritage Society, which administers Old City Park; The Historical Village of Dallas is undergoing major change in a number of areas. Since 1995, the institutional emphasis has moved away from its main focus for the first 30 years of its existence- acquiring new historical structures - to doing more with what it already has on hand. More resources are now being devoted to expanding educational programs and staging special events. In addition, the museum is beginning a changeover in how it interprets history to the public. The traditional docent-led tour is gradually giving way to a multi-layer visitor experience that will feature interactions with craft interpreters and self-guided interpretation gained through audio components and written materials.

Dallas Museum of Art
Dallas, Texas

Art, Library

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Frontiers of Flight Museum
Dallas, Texas

History, Library, Military, Specialized

During your experience, you will bridge several lifetimes starting with the pioneers who realized their earliest dreams of flying; identifying with the aviators of the 20's and 30's, known as the "Golden Age of Flight"; understanding the sacrifices of the fliers of World War II; and progressing to the jet and rocket age of today. By virtue of these chronicles of time, you will also find a new appreciation for the role the Dallas/Fort Worth area (known today as the Aviation Capital of the World) has played in the unfolding global aviation story. At the Frontiers of Flight Museum you will see, hear, and touch some of the rare artifacts that have contributed to this exciting history.

Meadows Museum
Dallas, Texas

Art, Culture, History, Specialized, University

The Meadows Museum is the leading U.S. institution focused on the study and presentation of the art of Spain. In 1962, Dallas businessman and philanthropist Algur H. Meadows donated his private collection of Spanish paintings, as well as funds to start a museum, to Southern Methodist University. The museum opened to the public in 1965, marking the first step in fulfilling Meadows’s vision to create “a small Prado for Texas.”

Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Dallas, Texas

Anthropology, Archaeology, Art, Children's, Culture, General, History, Natural History, Nature Centers, Park

Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a nonprofit educational organization located in Dallas, Texas, with campuses in Victory Park and Fair Park. In support of its mission to inspire minds through nature and science, the Perot Museum delivers exciting, engaging and innovative visitor and outreach experiences through its education, exhibition, and research and collections programming for children, students, teachers, families and life-long learners. The $185 million Victory Park museum, designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis Architects, opened to the public December 1, 2012.

Texas Discovery Gardens
Dallas, Texas

Arboretum, Botanical Garden, Children's, Culture, Historic House, Science

Located in Dallas' historic Fair Park, Texas Discovery Gardens is a year-round organically maintained urban oasis filled with natural wonders. Family festivals, free admission days, and our extensive (and growing) EarthKeepers® student education program introduce children and adults to natural outdoor learning experiences. We are the first public garden in the state of Texas to be certified 100% organic by the Texas Organic Research Center. The gardens are maintained using sustainable methods that conserve water and help to protect the environment.

The Age of Steam Railroad Museum
Dallas, Texas

Specialized

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The Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park
Dallas, Texas

Aquarium

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The MBA - Museum of Biblical Art
Dallas, Texas

Archaeology, Art, Culture, History

The Museum of Biblical Art has risen from the ashes in a brand new expanded, state-of-the-art facility; a fine art museum with a mission to display art with a Biblical theme. Nothing on its scale exists in the United States, making it a treasure trove for Dallas…..and the world. Eleven galleries exhibit European and American art, Jewish and Israeli art, rare Bibles, and Biblical Archaeology; works include bronze sculpture, drawings, fine prints, and oil paintings. Opening exhibits include: Marc Chagall, with over 50 originals…The Michelangelo Exhibit includes an exact bronze of the Pieta. European Art includes a fresco from 1300s, a Veronese drawing, and an altarpiece from the School of Boticelli.

The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art
Dallas, Texas

Art

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