African American Museum of Dallas
African art gallery in the African American Museum of Dallas; (c) Michael Barera/Wiki Commons
DESCRIPTION: A Black History & Culture museum. Founded in 1974 as a part of Bishop College Library, the African American Museum of Dallas incorporated as a private institution in 1979. The museum is dedicated to the research, acquisition, presentation, and preservation of visual art forms and historical documents that relate to the life and culture of the African American community in Dallas and the southwestern United States. It has held major exhibitions for Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Black Rodeo stars. Included in the permanent AAMD collections are: African, African American Contemporary, and Folk Art. The rotating exhibits are complex, informative, and artistically inspired. The 38,000-square-foot museum also presents meaningful experiences for children who would not ordinarily visit a museum. The architecturally distinguished building has the shape of a cross with an exterior of ivory stone and a 60-foot-high rotunda interior that seems to radiate light throughout the building. Natural materials and design motifs are used throughout the museum in a manner reminiscent of pre-industrialized cultures of the African continent. The shape of the window represents an abstraction of the Dogon Statue from Mali, West Africa.
ADMISSION: See website price metric for Docent Guided Tours, Age 18+, Age 4-17, Age 3 and under enter Free
DAYS & HOURS: Tue-Fri 11a-5p, Sat 10a-5p
ADDRESS: 3536 Grand Avenue in Fair Park at Gate #5, Dallas, TX
PARKING: on premises
RAPID TRANSIT: DART Fair Park Station
PHONE: 214-565-9026
WEBSITE: https://aamdallas.org