Dallas Museum of Art

Browse free galleries holding more than 24,000 works, from ancient objects to Impressionist paintings and contemporary art.

1717 N Harwood St · Dallas, TX

About Dallas Museum of Art

The Dallas Museum of Art anchors the Dallas Arts District with a collection of more than 24,000 works spanning from the third millennium BC to the present. You can see Frederic Edwin Church's The Icebergs, works by Van Gogh and Monet, and the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection of about 1,400 pieces. Galleries also cover African, Asian, Islamic and contemporary art. The building, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes, opened in 1984.

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Museums
Date Night
Nasher Sculpture Center
Under $25
Walk a Renzo Piano gallery and an outdoor sculpture garden showing modern works by Rodin, Calder, Matisse and Picasso in the Dallas Arts District.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sports & Outdoors
Local Gem
Klyde Warren Park
No admission fee
A five-acre deck park built over a sunken freeway, packed with food trucks, games, and free events.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
Family Favorite
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Under $25
Five stories of hands-on science and dinosaur halls inside a striking Thom Mayne-designed cube.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Attractions
Family Favorite
Dallas World Aquarium
$25–$50
A converted 1920s warehouse holds a walk-through rainforest, sharks, and free-flying birds.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sightseeing
History Buff
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial
Check prices
Step inside Philip Johnson's roofless white cenotaph for President Kennedy, one block east of Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
History Buff
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
Under $25
The former Texas School Book Depository preserves the exact site of the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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