A state-of-the-art ballpark in Arlington, multiple museums in walking distance of downtown and performing arts venues for all art lovers are just a few reasons why leisurely visiting Dallas/Fort Worth may not be possible for the serious fun seekers.
If you're going to experience all that Dallas has to offer, it's best not to do it in leisure-mode. Rather, get on your walking shoes and get busy! Dallas has more than 115 public art works and has the largest urban arts district in America. With nine museums, Dallas offers vast opportunities to soak in artifacts from all over the world.
The Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau details fun facts about this great city that will make the native Dallasite want to plan a weekend rendezvous in the "Big D." For starters, the city provides art lovers and museum goers a place to frolic. Fair Park contains the largest collection of Art Deco exhibition buildings, which is the largest collection of cultural facilities in Dallas.
More than 30 museums can be found in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex-one of which offers the largest collection of African-American folk art in the nation. The African American Museum in Dallas is in fact one of the top five African-American art museums in the world. And the Dallas Museum of Art in downtown is home to one of the largest collections of post-1945 art in the Southwest and has the second largest program for schoolchildren among art museums nationwide. The Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University has an impressive collection of Spanish art, and Dallas offers the only Asian Art museum in the Southwest, the Crow Collection of Asian Art.
For the performing arts connoisseur, the $81.5 million Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, designed by the famous architect I. M. Pei, houses the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, which is the eighth oldest symphony in the U.S. And for the nontraditional symphony lovers, the Dallas Wind Symphony is the largest windband in the country. The music plays on with live music venues across the city-from country and western music to blues, rock, jazz and much more.
Dallas also is home to a lively theatre scene for all age groups. The Dallas Children's Theater presents more productions and performances in a season than any other professional children's theater in the nation and is home to the nation's oldest regional theater company-the Dallas Theater Center. Dallas is the host city of the largest art show and outdoor festival of its kind in the Southwest. ArtFest is a three-day event with more than 800 artists from across the United States participating.
And if outdoor activities are more fitting to your style, look no further than this diverse city. The cities' many area lakes-63 within a 100-mile radius-offer limitless hiking, boating and sight seeing opportunities.
