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The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
9,110 reviews
"Really well structured displays and audio tour, allowing you to move around the museum at your own pace and take all the time you need to learn and absorb - at only $16 per head, an absolute bargain!""... museum includes an audio tour which is very informative and covers many aspects of the Kennedys, the political climate at the time, the assassination of Kennedy and then of Lee Harvey Oswald, conspiracy theories."
Nature & Parks
Dallas Arboretum & Botanical Gardens
5,768 reviews
"The Fall highlight just opened- with a magical pumpkin village- life sized cottages made entirely of pumpkins and gourds - YOU MUST SEE THIS!""This is a great place for couples or families to take a picnic dinner and enjoy great music overlooking White Rock Lake! We've done it many times and will continue to enjoy evenings out here!"
Museums
The George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
3,796 reviews
"However, it is located on an amazing building, the collection and exhibition is well curated and beautifully presented, the staff is polite, courteous and friendly, and the replica of the Oval Office is fantastic.""It is also nice that the important and weighty history (the September 11th attacks, Hurricane Katrina) is balanced by some little looks at the lighter side of Bush's presidency--some features on White House pets a..."
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Dallas Museum of Art
2,023 reviews
"The permenent collection was amazing and I loved the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection they have recreated rooms from the couples home and decorated them to spec (WOW).""It has many beautiful paintings by top artists like Van Gogh, Monet, Manet, Pollack, O'Keeffe, etc. Has an outdoor sculpture garden, cafe, and gift store."
Sights & Landmarks
Dallas Cattle Drive Sculptures
1,016 reviews
"This attraction is downtown, within eyesight of the Convention Center and just a few blocks south of the JFK Memorial Plaza.""Located at Griffin and Young right by the Aloft Hotel and the Omni Hotel it is a great spot to walk around and see the sculpture dedicated to the cattle drives of the past."
Sights & Landmarks
Dealey Plaza National Historic Landmark District
2,476 reviews
"Easily walkable, and just across the street from the 6th Street Depository museum, this area has the grassy knoll, information on the origins of Dallas, and tribute to history.""To get a more complete understanding of the events of JFK's assassination combine this with the tour of the 6th flr Museum and Book Depository which I recommend you do first."
Nature & Parks
Klyde Warren Park
1,981 reviews
"* A park built on the highway separating downtown and uptown Dallas * A green space between high buildings * A public park, a meeting place of cultures, races, and religions * Social programs, cultural events are...""There are areas for splash/fountain play, plenty of green to throw a ball around, sit on the grass for some sun, outdoor library area with free reading material to borrow, also has board games of all sorts to whil..."
Zoos & Aquariums
The Dallas World Aquarium
4,687 reviews
"The DWA is packed with a wide range of exceptional creatures — fishes, exotic birds, butterflies, monkeys, penguins, leafy sea dragons, manatees, alligator, crocodile, owls, rabbits, spiders, poisonous frogs, anac...""Giant river otters have a multi floored home right at the center, flamingos and storks surround the shark tank and a big square glass temple houses 1 floor of a jaguar exhibit."
Zoos & Aquariums
Dallas Zoo
1,735 reviews
"... to combine African elephants with zebras, giraffes, impalas, ostriches and guinea fowl in the same habitat, where these majestic animals can explore this habitat side by side, just as they would in the wild.""These include two keepers from the Reptile House who showed us around; the lady who tends to the giraffe feeding booth; and the otter keeper who was feeding crawfish when we arrived at that exhibit (sorry, we didn..."
Sights & Landmarks
Pioneer Plaza
737 reviews
"This place is a beautiful spot that honors the tradition and culture of Texas, It has early period graveyards from the 1800's and the magnificent sculptures of the cattle drive.""The effect of these 52 stunning pieces of sculpted bronze images staged in a unique landscaped scene is stunning & triggers imaginative fantasies about the iconic lifestyles of the “Old West.”"
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Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum
502 reviews
"The curators do a wonderful job of portraying history and making it relevant to US history (civil rights), world history (other genocides) and personal responsibility.""The staff at the front desk were friendly and promptly set us up with our recorder that would enable us to tour the museum at our own pace and listen to as much - or as little - commentary as we liked."
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Museum of Biblical Art
163 reviews
"There are numerous videos explaining displayed art ranging from Michelangelo sculptures to the Holocaust exhibit.""Don't miss this gem that is in the center of Dallas (oh and right next to the North Park mall -> you can walk from the Nordstom covered parking if you want to do both activities) Don't let this place pass you by!"
Sights & Landmarks
Grassy Knoll
39 reviews
"The place is almost always teeming with tourists who want to take pictures at the iconic Kennedy tragedy spot.""We had purchased tickets to visit the 6th Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and had about half an hour to wait before our entrance time (I was going to say we had 'time to kill' ;) ) so we went down to study the Dallas..."
