Dallas has one of the strongest concentrations of major art museums in Texas, anchored by the Dallas Museum of Art and the Nasher Sculpture Center in the downtown Arts District.
Museum Arts District · Dallas
A free-admission museum presenting one of the finest collections of Asian art in the Southwest, spanning 5,000 years across South Asia, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, and Korea - a serene refuge of beauty in the heart of downtown Dallas.
Museum Design District · Dallas
A kunsthalle-style contemporary art space presenting ambitious solo and group exhibitions of cutting-edge national and international artists - no permanent collection, just a relentless focus on the art of the present.
Museum Arts District · Dallas
The cultural anchor of the Dallas Arts District and one of the largest art museums in the United States, with an encyclopedic collection of 24,000 works spanning 5,000 years of world art - including exceptional pre-Columbian holdings and free general admission.
Cultural Center Uptown · Dallas
Known as The MAC, this nonprofit arts center in Uptown Dallas presents group exhibitions, performance, and community programming that bridges the city's diverse cultural communities in a welcoming, unpretentious space.
Museum Arts District · Dallas
A purpose-built sculpture museum in the Dallas Arts District housing the landmark Raymond Nasher collection of modern and contemporary sculpture - from Rodin through Richard Serra - in a Renzo Piano building with an acclaimed outdoor garden.
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The Dallas Museum of Art holds a strong encyclopedic collection with particular depth in pre-Columbian, African, and American art, and offers free general admission to its permanent collection. The Nasher Sculpture Center, designed by Renzo Piano, houses one of the world's great collections of modern and contemporary sculpture in an indoor-outdoor environment of extraordinary quality. The Crow Museum of Asian Art presents one of the finest collections of Asian decorative arts and sculpture in the Southwest. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science and the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, dedicated to the Kennedy assassination, round out a cultural district that is among the most ambitious and visitor-friendly in the American South and Southwest. The Dallas Arts District, concentrated in the eastern edge of downtown, constitutes one of the largest urban arts districts in the country by acreage.