This is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the preservation and display of African American artist, cultural and historical materials. The Sculpture Garden includes the Bottle Tree. American Vision: African American Sculptors covers the 19th century to the 21st century. The museum also features Nommo, George Smith’s sculpture based on a […]
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The library features an initial collection of approximately 4,000 books assembled by Amon G. Carter and has grown more than 10 times over, visitors, researchers and the casual reader are welcome.
Permanent collection includes masterpieces from ancient to modern times, including works from El Greco, Picasso, Matisse, Rembrandt and C
Creation Evidence Museum: Sometimes it can be fascinating to take a peek into the minds of how the other half lives (you know, like when you flip over to Fox News for a few minutes). We’re not saying you should trek all the way out to Glen Rose just to visit this pint-sized museum that […]
The Children’s Aquarium has been designed with kids in mind. With eye-level, interactive zones and exhibits, everyone can enjoy and learn something new about our aquatic friends from around the world.
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Permanent exhibits include DinoDig, Comin’ Through Cowtown, ExploraZone, Kidspace, Lone Star Dinosaurs and Hands on Science
The museum’s new location looks like a airplane hangar and houses many full-sized aircraft, including the Apollo 7 Command Module (on loan from the National Air and Space Museum), plus simulators, artifacts showing the history of aviation and a kids’ learning center with Jay Jay the Jet Plane and activities about flying. The Balloons and […]
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The Frontiers of Flight Museum is conveniently located just north of downtown on Lemmon Avenue at the southeast side of Dallas Love Field Airport, north of Mockingbird Lane. Housed in a modern 100,000-square-foot facility, the Museum provides a focal point to explore the history and progress of aviation, as mankind continues to pursue going higher, […]
Visit the grounds for examples of native wildlife and plant life.
The recently restored museum on the Blackland Prairies of North Texas offers a four-acre complex that features crops, gardens, a windmill and a 1891 Victorian farmhouse with 12 original out buildings.
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SMU isn’t all keggers and football games, you know. The sprawling University Park campus is also home to plenty of cultural institutions including the Meadows Museum, which boasts one of the biggest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, including works by legends like El Greco, Miro, Goya and Picasso. There are also plenty of […]
The museum houses a permanent collection as well as rotating and touring exhibitions.
The first permanent space to feature the modern art movement MADI is open within the Kilgore Law Center.