Arts & Culture · Dallas Arts District
Dallas Museum of Art
Free-admission Arts District museum with 25,000 works spanning 5,000 years, plus rotating exhibitions and late-night programs.
The Got Weekend take
Why go
The Dallas Museum of Art anchors the Arts District with a collection of more than 25,000 works spanning 5,000 years, from African art to contemporary screenprinting. General admission is free — the museum treats art as a gift meant for all — though tickets are required for every visitor and special exhibitions are ticketed separately. The programming calendar is dense: Free First Sundays, family festivals, lectures, films, and Late Night events. Hours run 11 AM to 5 PM Wednesday through Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday, which makes it a natural daytime anchor before dinner elsewhere in the Arts District.
- General admission is free; reserve tickets online or at Guest Services
- Collection spans 25,000 works across 5,000 years
- Free First Sundays and family festivals on the programs calendar
- Late Night programming for evening museum visits
Date nights that start with art, families, and solo browsers
Make it your kind of weekend
- date night
- family outing
- solo exploring
- rainy-day option
A few visit notes
Closed Monday and Tuesday, plus Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Bags can be checked free at Coat Check.
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