Museums in Dallas to Visit on Your Tour Bus Excursion
Home to one of the most important and unfortunate events of the century, the sixth floor museum at Dealey Plaza has been a tourist attraction to millions of people since 1989. Once called the Texas School Book Depository, the museum was where Lee Harvey Oswald supposedly fired the shot that killed President John F. Kennedy. Once inside the museum you will find yourself at the early 1960 exhibit which summarizes the important social and political events, as well as the lifestyles of the decade.
More importantly one can view the corner window where Kennedys assassin fired his rifle as the motor pool drove by on November 22,1963. Also available on display are enlarged photographs and radio broadcasts from that historic day. The hours that your tour bus group can stop by for a visit at the Sixth Floor Museum are from 9:00 am until 6:00 pm daily. If you'd like more information, please call (214) 653-6659.
If your tour bus group loves wonderful art exhibits, you'll enjoy a visit to the Meadows Museum of Fine Art the next time you are in the Dallas, Texas area. This museum is loaded with one of the greatest collections of Spanish art dating between the ten and twentieth centuries. Since the museum opened back in 1965, it has been educating and entertaining visitors with its wide variety of displays and exhibits.
The Meadows Museum of Fine Art is located on 5900 Bishop Boulevard at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. If you have any questions regarding exhibits or you would like further information, you may give the museum a call at (214) 768-2516.
Another artful stop to make your next tour bus visit to the Dallas area is at the famed Dallas Museum of Art located at 1717 Harwood. There is an assortment of wonderful things that you and your tour bus group can experience while out on your visit. The Dallas Museum of Art offers many activities for children and their parents to enjoy. The family program is filled with late night and family day events. It also includes weekend programs such as the drop in art, family films, art stops, storytelling, and sketching in the galleries for kids. Be sure to stop by and meet Arturo the family programs mascot. If you'd like more information please call (214) 922-1200.
