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Museum photo by Hillsman Jackson Meadows Museum SMU |
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General Information:
Mission Statement The Museum is located on the edge of the Southern Methodist University campus, on Bishop Blvd., one block north of Mockingbird Lane. Tours: Please contact the Education Coordinator, at 214.768.2740 or meadowsmuseumtours@mail.smu.edu for more information and to schedule tours. Free public tours are offered on Sundays at 2:00 p.m. with museum admission, and on Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. when museum admission is free. Docent Guided Visits Tours are conducted by experienced Docents who are passionate about art. They will facilitate the experience that the students have in the galleries by encouraging an exchange of ideas that might include the cultural, historical, or aesthetic aspects of art. Tours can be structured around permanent collection highlights or special exhibitions. Spanish speaking Docents are available upon request and are also subject to availability. All Docent-guided tours last one hour. Self-Guided Visit Teachers who are scheduling self-guided tours for their students are required to schedule a time in order to prevent overcrowding in the galleries. The Museum asks that self-guided groups yield to tours being conducted by Museum Staff and Docents. Docent Guided and Self-Guided Permanent collection and special exhibition tours for grades K-12 * Group Size: 10-50 students per hour; 1 chaperone for every 10 students Museum History In 1965, the Meadows Museum opened its doors to the public for the first time. The museum's collection of Spanish art and the galleries for its display were a gift to Southern Methodist University from Algur Hurtle Meadows (1899-1978), a prominent Dallas businessman and founder of the General American Oil Company of Texas. During the 1950s business took Meadows frequently to Madrid, where repeated visits to the Prado Museum inspired what would become a lasting interest in the art of Spain's Golden Age. By 1962, Meadows had amassed his own distinguished holdings of Spanish paintings, which became the foundation of the Museum's collection. The museum currently occupies a neo-Palladian structure with impressive naturally lit painting galleries and extensive exhibition space, underwritten by a generous grant from The Meadows Foundation. The Meadows Museum is located off North Central Expressway at 5900 Bishop Blvd., three blocks west of Mockingbird Station. Since 1978, the museum's efforts to develop and care for the collection have continued with the support of The Meadows Foundation, a general purpose philanthropic institution created and incorporated by Algur Meadows in 1948. This fruitful partnership has resulted in a comprehensive campaign of conservation, the support of scholarly research of the collection, and a number of important acquisitions, particularly in the areas of medieval, Baroque, and twentieth century art. Exhibitions: Meadows/ARCO Artist Spotlight: Teresa Lanceta Meditating on Materiality in the Meadows Collections |
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