Program Calendar
Any person needing a disability-related accommodation in order to participate in a museum program should contact the Education Coordinator (museumaccess@smu.edu) at least one week prior to the program to arrange for the accommodation. For more information and to view a list of accommodations, please visit our accessibility page.
PLEASE NOTE: Many different organizations use our public spaces for their programs; this calendar lists only museum programming. If the event you seek is not listed here, please visit the web site of the sponsoring organization for more information.
Teens
Canceled Public Guided Tour – Canceled
Please note: this tour has been canceled Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the […]
SENSORY CART |
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to recordings […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1970s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1970s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon 2025
Education StudioIn collaboration with SMU’s Women’s and Gender Studies Program and SMU Libraries, the Meadows Museum presents this Wikipedia Edit-a-thon to teach people how to edit, update, and add articles on […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
GALLERY TALK | Frederic Leighton’s Masterpiece of Aestheticism: Radiant Beauty and Sensory Experience in Flaming June
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesMeadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. Today's presenter is Carey Gibbons, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of North Texas. The program is […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1980s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Luis Martín Lecture Series in the Humanities
Bob and Jean Smith AuditoriumThis four-part lecture series (March 14, 21 & 28, April 4) documents and investigates aspects of collecting art in four periods of European history: antiquity, the Middle Ages, the early […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1980s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
LECTURE | The Meadows Museum at 60: A Diamond in Dallas
Bob and Jean Smith AuditoriumAmanda W. Dotseth, Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum and Centennial Chair in the Meadows School of Arts, SMUCommemorate the museum’s opening on April 3rd […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
LECTURE | Rubens and Spain: For the Sheer Love of Art
Bob and Jean Smith AuditoriumAlejandro Vergara, Senior Curator of Flemish and Northern European Paintings, Museo Nacional del PradoThis talk will focus on the art of Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) by way of the collecting […]
GALLERY TALK | Emerging Scholars Gallery Talk | Classicism and Arcadia: Selections from the Museo de Arte de Ponce Collection
Virginia Meadows GalleriesMeadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. Today's presenters are Erin Wilson and Rebecca Dunnegan, PhD candidates in the RASC/a: Rhetorics of Art, Space, […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1990s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 1990s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
LECTURE | From Queen Consort to Regent Widow: The Life of Mariana of Austria in Portraits
Bob and Jean Smith AuditoriumPatricia Manzano Rodríguez, Curator, Meadows MuseumThe portraits of Mariana of Austria (1634–1696) reveal more than just her likeness—they unveil the complex life of a queen who navigated political turmoil and […]
GALLERY TALK | Echoes of Identity: Exploring Puerto Rican Narratives through Contemporary Art
Lady Tennyson d'Eyncourt Works on Paper Gallery 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesMeadows Museum gallery talks feature art research and perspectives from local guest speakers. Today's presenter is Marta Torres, Educator, Theater Maker, and Arts Administrator. The program is free with regular […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 2000s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 2000s
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Spotlight Talk: Flaming June
Virginia Meadows GalleriesThis June, the museum celebrates "Flaming June," the iconic 1895 painting by Frederic Leighton with 20-minute talks by the museum’s docents. The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 2010s and Beyond
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Spotlight Talk: Flaming June
Virginia Meadows GalleriesThis June, the museum celebrates "Flaming June," the iconic 1895 painting by Frederic Leighton with 20-minute talks by the museum’s docents. The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Spotlight Talk: Flaming June
Virginia Meadows GalleriesThis June, the museum celebrates "Flaming June," the iconic 1895 painting by Frederic Leighton with 20-minute talks by the museum’s docents. The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 […]
Spotlight Talk: Flaming June
Virginia Meadows GalleriesThis June, the museum celebrates "Flaming June," the iconic 1895 painting by Frederic Leighton with 20-minute talks by the museum’s docents. The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Spotlight Talk: Decade x Decade | The 2010s and Beyond
Jake and Nancy Hamon GalleriesThe Meadows Museum turns sixty this year! Walk down memory lane with us as we explore the museum’s acquisitions by decade. Starting with the 1960s in January and ending with […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Public Guided Tour
Explore our galleries on a guided tour with one of the museum’s trained docents. The docent will offer context and insights into the works of art on view, and the […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
SENSORY CART
Stop by the Sensory Cart in the galleries to explore art through the multiple senses. Visitors are invited to feel a variety of materials, experience specific scents, and listen to […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
Drawing from the Masters
Meadows Museum 5900 Bishop Blvd., Dallas, TX, United StatesEnjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction with artist Ian O’Brien. Each session provides an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students […]
