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dallas area museums?
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:32 pm
by katie
my friend amelia is coming into town this weekend, and since she's a visual artist, i want to take her to a museum. so what are your favorites? i don't know anything about dallas museums and haven't been to any myself. preferably inexpensive 'cause i'm a low-budget bitch. she'd be more interested in something quirky and modern than seeing the old classics.
thanks, friends!
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:41 pm
by roach
my two favorites are
modern art museum in ft worth.
http://www.mamfw.org/
meadows museum at SMU. kinda small but pretty things are there.
http://smu.edu/meadows/museum/
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:05 am
by sam
Don't listen to Roach. The two must sees in DFW are the Kimball in Fort Worth and the Nasher downtown.
https://www.kimbellart.org
http://www.nashersculpturecenter.org
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:18 am
by katie
Don't listen to Roach.
that's why i asked you kids.
ka"just kidding, balentime"tie
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:29 am
by Tracy
I love the Kimbell.
And I've wanted to see the Nasher since it opened but I haven't really tried. I guess I should.
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:48 pm
by mere1975
Check this out -- guide to
free museum visits.
I also noticed they left out that the African American Museum in Fair Park in free for parties of 10 or fewer.
- Mere "racists" 1975
Re: dallas area museums?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 2:04 pm
by Irock
So, in my opinion the Kimball is definately a must-see, but it's also on the more traditional side, so based on what you said you'd wanted I'd recommend the MOMA in Ft Worth too, buuuut...
They're like 100 yards apart so you might as well hit both. The Kimball permanent exhibit is smallish but free, and aside from the art, the buiding itself is worth seeing. It's really a unique space and uses natual light in really interesting ways. The building might be the most modern thing abut the Kimball, actually... Also the gardens behind the Kimball had pretty sculptures and landscaping.
The Crowe Collection (Asian Art I think) in Dallas is really small but also free, so there's that...The DMA and the Nasher are both ok (I pefer the Nasher) but they're also both fairly expensive.