Encyclopedic collection, free admission, special exhibits ticketed, arts & crafts room for children to create and engage with art.

Ticketed, famed permanent collection and curated exhibits by emerging and established 3-dimensional artists. Outside sculpture garden. The Nasher family were Dallas real-estate developers who founded the famed "North Park Center" in Dallas, home to many high -end retailers and boutiques.

Often referred to as "the Prado on the Prairie", one of the largest collections of Spanish Art outside of Spain. The Museum was founded by Algur Hurtle Meadows, a Texas oil man who fell in love with Spanish art after visiting the Prado in Madrid. He donated funds to Southern Methodist University to create the museum which opened in 1965. Art is Long and Life is Short – The History Behind SMU’s Meadows Museum – The Daily Campus

If you're a fan of presidential libraries, here's George Bush Jr's library also on the SMU campus and a short walk from the Meadows Museum. Enjoy true-to-life re-creations of "the Situation Room" and the Oval Office, including "the Resolute Desk".

Great shopping, great people watching, grab a bite at Eataly or let the kids run around in the central courtyard

What Dallas may lack in natural beauty-- it makes up for in shopping...