Dallas Museum of Art

Great museum! I love visiting this place with my family and friends. Also I must say this a great place to take someone on a date. I must say this is the best museum in Dallas from my opinion.

One thing that I really appreciate about Dallas is their love for the arts. More specifically, I love how they offer free admissions to multiple museums in the area unlike California. For someone that respects the arts, this is something that I really wish that California would adapt and I don’t mean one day out of the month. Dallas Museum of Art is free every single day and this is not a small museum. The museum is beautiful, clean and they have a pretty impresive collection of all different types of art from all different time periods and countries.
No right to complain. It’s free and there is so much interactive stuff you can do and the museum is huge. You can get up real close and personal with some beautiful art and artifacts. There are even furniture from different time periods as well as a sculpture garden. In addition, I love the fact that there is a whole section dedicated to children. I think that’s super important and I was genuinely impressed by the activities they offered. Overall, this was a very nice way to spend a few hours in the afternoon for us and I walked out feeling bit more educated and intelligent. Get out and make a date in this museum Dallas people! ⁵⁄₅

Loved it! My kids loved it! Can’t beat FREE!!! The art was amazing, the museum spacious. The kids area is nice, inviting, and offers many opportunities for children to express themselves and explore different mediums. I would definitely recommend visiting, even with small children, you won’t regret it.

If you haven’t been to the DMA in a few months, you’re in for a few surprises!
The north entrance (facing I-​35) now features a patio where you can eat over-​priced food from their newly remodeled café (whole fruit, like the apples and oranges on display: $ 2.50! WHAT?!). The children’s corner my daughter used to call the Rainbow Room because of the streamers will heretofore be The Circle Room since that whole streamer structure is gone. Arturo’s Nest is still basically the same and of course the collections have been changed in most of the downstairs galleries.
We didn’t make it upstairs so there may be more surprises awaiting DMA’s infrequent visitors. Nevertheless, what we love most about this museum remains unchanged: the free general admission and its convenient location, minutes from our apartment and directly across the street from Klyde Warren park.

Lots of great exhibits here. You got four floors of art: Impressionist, American, African, and South American. I also enjoyed the Irving Penn exhibit. The exhibit has great prints from his editorial work and also prints from his travels in South America. You can easily spend eight hours here looking at all the exhibits. So if you’re in the Dallas area definitely pay a visit to the Dallas Museum of Art.

It’s free? It’s f’ing free!!!
Holy crap. this museum makes me embarrassed for the museums in Austin. Um… ever seen more than fifty people in The Blanton at one time? Well, go to Dallas and see how appreciative the people there are. The place was packed on a regular Saturday. Good job guys.

Big & free — GET HERE.
The Dallas Museum of Art has an expansive collection, ranging from ancient carpets to Frida Khalos, massive garden sculptures to obscure light installations. It’s an interestingly curated place with a taste of so many styles.
Off the main drag are several unique, cove-​like rooms that house some truly beautiful gems. The focused installation in the small Dorace M Fichtenbaum room is my favorite, and I was pleasantly surprised to spot an Edvard Munch lithograph in the tightly-​packed collection.
Now onto the museum’s hours… I’m not sure if it’s fair to ‘complain’ about a place so amazing & FREE, but… closing up shop at 5p? Ugh, this is disappointing. I love me a good museum, but I love me one that stays open into the evening hours. The whole Dallas museum district is buzzing with lots of people hungry for arts & culture, and I think it’d be wonderful for the Museum to adopt regular extended hours to keep up with the city’s energy.
**TIP FOR THE TENDER-​HEARTED** After sweetly ambling the galleries, charm your date with some garden-​view gazing… Discover the two cozy, secluded chairs off of the top floor and savor the natural oasis scene of Downtown.

Saw the Jackson Pollock exhibit !!!
I love his works. This showing is beyond words. I cried just being this close to his painting. I did not want to leave but the museum was closing.

FREE ADMISSION YES! Great collection of large diverse art and artists. I visited on a Saturday afternoon so it was pretty crowded and noisy. They also had a Jackson Pollock exhibit but required a $ 16 admission ticket to view and since I was a fan of Pollock, I did pay the admission. They had about 70 of his pieces and luckily was able to take a lot of pictures. If you can, avoid parking at the lot as it is $ 10!

You can’t beat free, and this place is pretty fabulous, especially for free. We came here today and it happened to be the first Tuesday of the month, when they do special activities. My busy, rambunctious 3 year old played in the kids’ gallery for over an hour — which is huge, especially since it is air conditioned and free. We will be back again and again!
PS — parking is $ 10/​day in their lot. Or you can park on the street for $ 2/​hr (2 hour maximum).

This museum is definitely getting a minimum of 3 stars because it was large, free, and didn’t smell. Because really, who wants to walk around free smelly joints?! Not I!
I really enjoy art and culture, and DMA didn’t disappoint. They have work from many countries and time periods. I really liked the Victorian furniture. That would be nice in an auction for sure!
Every now and again there were a few odd pieces that made me think hmm… Did they just need something to put in that spot, so they added a story and called it something from ancient somewhere? I don’t know, but I was entertained. Only one exhibit is paid (and optional) if you care to visit. The rest is gratis!
I really like the interactive areas that allowed you to draw a sculpture on display or leave words of wisdom. It felt like community ya know? And I loved the thought of contributing to the museum experience. Now all I have to do is wait for my check in the mail.
Honestly, what blew me away probably the most was the customer service of the staff. Wow! I interacted with quite a few staff on various floors and in different locations and everyone was so helpful and kind. What a wonderful culture!
If you can check out the 2^nd floor where there is a guy and gal repairing and touching up old paintings in a studio behind a clear glass, it’s pretty impressive! The staff hipped us on how precise they must be: color matching and finishing… keeping things original. Hard work. DMA needs a picture of them on the wall somewhere ha.
This is a great museum to visit for tourists and locals alike. It’s worth the exploration! We just walked over from Klyde Warren Park after our food truck adventure.

Favorite museum in Dallas. Why? It’s free. (Sometimes you have to pay for special exhibits, e.g. Jackson Pollock, pop art.) It’s something different to do on Friday/​Saturday night. Let’s be honest. Uptown bars get old.
I always find myself wandering French Impressionism. Favorite art movement of all time. Hands down.

Highly recommend if you’re in the Dallas area. Free admission, but certain exhibits require you to purchase a ticket.
Eclectic mix of art ranging from Asian, Renaissance, American to more modern Impressionist and Pop Art exhibits.
Not as extensive as the Getty in LA, for example, but a great place to spend a couple of hours.

I LOVE the Dallas Museum of art! I have been here 13 times as a teacher with my students and 5 times just with my family. First off you should know that general admission is FREE everyday. They only charge for some special exhibits.
When you come on a school field trip a friendly docent guides the visit allowing students to form meaningful connections with works of art. This included sketching, writing, and group discussion about works of art.
They also provide an opportunity for self-​guided groups to explore the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions. My student’s favorite section to explore is the the mummy in the Ancient Egyptian room.
The Sculpture Garden is also a really amazing to see. I love all of the foliage from the garden mixed with the modern sculptures. It’s a collaboration of natural and man made!
You can easily spend an entire day here. There is live jazz on Thursday night, it’s a swinging place! The DMA also has a large gift shop. The have a new site which is a SmartPhone tour,
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The largest art museums in one of Texas’s largest metropolis… for free? Yes please! No matter what art category you enjoy, you are bound to find at least a decent sized collection to appeals to your artistic preference in DMA, whether you are into American or Asian art from antiquity or modern time.
Because I am an Asian art fan, I went straight to the Asian art section and was impressed with the small Japanese art section. Perhaps the most unique masterpieces in the Japanese art section are the large statue of the Japanese underworld judge Emma-​O and the meticulously detailed set of the dragon king meeting. DMA’s Tibetan art section is also comparable to Tibet House’s and the Met’s in New York!
However, my favorite has to be the Reves collection, which is a large exhibit of furniture and artwork to recreate various rooms in Reves’s French villa! No need to be rich and be in Europe to see this fine collection.
Overall, I enjoyed this museum and would recommend this to any Dallas visitor who appreciate art. If you are willing, you can finish this museum in its near entirety for a little over two hours.
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tl;dr version:
1) Large free collections of various times and locations
2) Impressive recreated French villa room exhibit

I absolutely LOVEEE going to the late-​night DMA events which occurs once every month. The museum stays open until midnight and is completely FREE! In the museum café, theres a live band and even a beer/​wine stand. It can be crowded so make sure that you arrive early enough to get a table.
I strongly recommend everyone to try attending the late-​night DMA at least once and I promise that you wont regret it! You dont even have to be a big fan of museums and will still have a good time going to this event!

What can I really say? It’s a very clean and big museum that’s very kid friendly. They even have a small section for kids and even older people to do arts and craft and get out their inner creativity which I really enjoyed! It’s a FREE museum so if you’re in the area and wanted air conditioning and a clean bathroom, maybe you could enlighten yourself with some art.
On the plus side the museum is literally right next to Klyde Park so that’s also another kid friendly location. If you want to read more about Klyde Park I made a whole separate review for that on my page.

In googling free things to do in Dallas I found out that the Dallas Museum of Art is free every day! Nice… the only thing you really have to pay for is the parking. Which is underground and only $ 10. Tons of food trucks out front so if you get hungry you have a pretty good variety.
This museum is full of priceless art. I’m pooped after walking around for about an hour or so. So I’m taking a break to write my thoughts.
First time being here I would have to say I’m impressed. The layout is a bit confusing but the volunteers and staff I’ve encountered so far has been generally good!
They have a pretty good collection of American Art and European Art. Kind of weak on the impressionists but they make up for it in terms of sheer volume of things to see. You really need more than a day to really soak it all in.
Being August my family wanted to do something cool. Literally cool as it is a blazingly hot summer day in Dallas.
A pretty good experience if you’re an art lover and connoisseur, you would definitely like this place.
And free too! You can’t beat that!

The DMA is HUGE, it’s beautiful, it’s world-​class, and it’s free. Totally and completely free. What more could you possibly want from an art museum? Located right across the street from Klyde Warren Park, it’s a great place to get out of the heat, enjoy some air conditioning and some gorgeous works of art from all over the world. Their exhibits are on par with museums in NYC, and their collection is so enormous that it would be difficult (perhaps impossible?) to see it all in one day. But that’s okay, because it’s free to enter and you can come and go as you please. Doesn’t get better than that.
True, they usually do have at least one rotating exhibit that you have to pay to see, but unless it’s something we just can’t miss we usually skip those anyway. We never skip their awesome late nights, though, when they have live music and special events happening (always free). This museum is an integral part of Dallas, and one of the reasons I love living in this city.

The Dallas Museum of Art is a great museum to check out if you’re visiting. Located in downtown Dallas, it’s centralized location couldn’t be more perfect. The DMA is free to the public and parking is only a block away.
At first, I didn’t expect much because it didn’t look big from the outside, but it is actually 4 stories of eclectic art — roaming from Asia to Africa, modern art to interpret paintings. This place isn’t comparable to the Getty in Los Angeles, but you can definitely kill some good hours here.
Food and drinks are not permitted, but if you stash you water in your purse then you’ll be good to go. No flash photography!