Dallas Asian - Art / Culture

ART / CULTURE

ENJOY AN UNPARALLELED CULTURAL EXPERIENCE

Experience the culture of Dallas. You'll find it's a singular experience filled with wonder. Enjoy our many area cultural exhibits, performances and other experiences:

The Dallas Asian American Youth Orchestra holds concerts featuring classical favorites and original compositions. And if you are an admirer of great music, the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, designed by I.M. Pei, the renowned architect, offers some of the finest acoustics in America.

Visit and enjoy over 60 museums, galleries and artistic attractions in Dallas - and more than 110 live performances per night. Indulge your artistic moods at Dallas Museum of Art, The Meadows Museum, The Dallas Children's Museum, The Dunn & Brown Contemporary, The African American Museum, The Woman’s Museum, The Dallas Holocost Museum, or The Age of Steam Rail Road Museum.

Speaking of live performances, no trip to Dallas would be complete without a visit to Deep Ellum, considered by many to be the center of Dallas's musical scene. Shop, eat, relax and experience the many sounds of Dallas.

A Magnificent Bronze Daoist Sculpture Greets Visitors at The Crow Collection of Asian Art

Some of the greatest art collections in the world can be found in Dallas. The Trammel & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art, perhaps the only collection of its kind in the world, offers a serene setting for quiet reflection with a gallery of exhibits from Japan, China, India and Southeast Asia. It provides a peaceful world of beauty and spirituality in the heart of the city.

The Nasher Sculpture Center, offers a peaceful retreat where you can relax and reflect on art and nature. The Collection includes works by Duchamo-Villon, Giacometti, Matisse ,Miro, Moore, Picasso and Smith.

Statue of Vishnu
Cambodia,
11th Century
Sandstone

The Dallas Arts District is the largest urban arts district in America. A showcase of art collections that offer you a chance to view works unavailable anywhere else in the world.
The Meadows Museum of Fine Arts, located at Southern Methodist University, features the finest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, showcasing works by artists such as Goya, Murillo, Ribera, Picasso and Velázquez.
The Sixth Floor Museum, located on the sixth floor of the Dallas County Administration Building (formerly the Texas School Book Depository) from which Oswald fired those infamous shots, this historic exhibition chronicles the life, times, assassination and legacy of the great President John F. Kennedy.

Cicadas and Spider on a Willow Leaf China, Qing Dynasty
(1644—1911)
Jadeite

Enjoy a rare, intimate experience when you visit any of Dallas's museums and other cultural events and venues.