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Fort Worth Cultural District

A compact Fort Worth district that gathers five museums, the Fort Worth Botanic Garden and the Will Rogers Memorial Center.

Fort Worth, TX

About Fort Worth Cultural District

The Cultural District is a compact area of Fort Worth that holds the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, the Kimbell Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. The Fort Worth Botanic Garden, the Will Rogers Memorial Center and Dickies Arena are also in the district. Arts Fort Worth publishes a free self-guided web tour of 45 public artworks in the district, in English, Spanish and Vietnamese.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to Fort Worth Cultural District, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums
    Quirky Fun

    DFW Car and Toy Museum

    No admission fee

    Free 150,000-square-foot museum pairing over 200 classic and exotic cars with thousands of vintage toys.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Right next doorSwitch it up: Museums

  • Museums
    History Buff

    National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum

    Under $25

    A Fort Worth museum and hall of fame on the multicultural history of the American West, including Black, Hispanic and Native American cowboys.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Right next doorSwitch it up: Museums

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Family Favorite

    Fort Worth Zoo

    Under $25

    A 64-acre zoo founded in 1909, with Texas Wild!, the African Savanna, Elephant Springs and a reptile museum.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Sightseeing
    Local Gem

    Fort Worth Water Gardens

    No admission fee

    Philip Johnson's terraced concrete fountains in downtown Fort Worth, with stairs that lead down beside rushing water.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.4 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Iconic

    Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District

    No admission fee

    Twice-daily longhorn cattle drives down Exchange Avenue in a real 19th-century cattle town.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    2.6 mi awayMore like this

  • Sightseeing
    Family Favorite

    Arlington, Texas

    No admission fee

    Home turf of AT&T Stadium, Globe Life Field, and Six Flags Over Texas, between Dallas and Fort Worth.

    13 mi awayMore like this