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Explore the galleries with one of the museum’s trained docents, who will offer historical context and insights into selected works of art. This tour focuses on the Spectacles of Power and Faith: Colonial South American Art from the Thoma Foundation exhibition. Tours begin in the museum’s lobby; advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

Explore the galleries with one of the museum’s trained docents, who will offer historical context and insights into selected works of art. This tour focuses on the Spectacles of Power and Faith: Colonial South American Art from the Thoma Foundation exhibition. Tours begin in the museum’s lobby; advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

Explore the galleries with one of the museum’s trained docents, who will offer historical context and insights into selected works of art. This tour focuses on the Spectacles of Power and Faith: Colonial South American Art from the Thoma Foundation exhibition. Tours begin in the museum’s lobby; advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

El viaje a ninguna parte (Voyage to Nowhere), 1986

Directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando Fernán Gómez(1921-2007) is considered one of the greatest and most prolific figures in Spanish cinema. Over the course of his sixty-year career he won Goya Awards as an actor, writer, and director, and in 1981 Spain’s Ministry of Culture honored him with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. This fall, the Meadows Museum and Dallas Film celebrate this titan of Spanish cinema by screening three of the best-known films he directed.

Fernando Fernán Gómez himself stars in his masterpiece, a melancholic look at the postwar period through the eyes of a group of traveling actors. Set in Franco’s Spain in the 1940s, the comedic troupe goes from town to town to perform, oblivious to the country’s transformations and the fact that their profession is becoming obsolete due to the increasing popularity of movie theaters. The film explores the actors’ struggles with love, money, and family as they pursue their dreams. At the first Goya Awards in 1987, El viaje a ninguna parte won the prizes for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.

Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts rates this film as suitable for general audiences, but the Meadows Museum screening is intended for mature audiences only.

Spanish with English subtitles | 140 minutes

Space is limited, register online in advance.

El mundo sigue (Life Goes On), 1963/1965

Directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007) is considered one of the greatest and most prolific figures in Spanish cinema. Over the course of his sixty-year career he won Goya Awards as an actor, writer, and director, and in 1981 Spain’s Ministry of Culture honored him with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. This fall, the Meadows Museum and Dallas Film celebrate this titan of Spanish cinema by screening three of the best-known films he directed.

Set in 1960s Madrid, the family drama El mundo sigue reflects the poverty and misery Spaniards suffered under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. Eloísa is a selfless wife and mother who lives with her husband, a local policeman who is aggressive at home. Their son spends his days beseeching God to forgive his family’s sins, while their two daughters share a tumultuous sibling rivalry as they pursue love and social status. El mundo sigue is known as Fernán Gómez’s “cursed” film because of the obstacles it faced from censors before and after its production. Filmed in 1963, it was screened only in a single theater two years later, and fell into obscurity until its successful theatrical rerelease in 2015.

Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts rates this film ICAA 18+ (not recommended for audiences under eighteen years of age), but the Meadows Museum screening is intended for mature audiences only.

Spanish with English subtitles | 119 minutes

Space is limited, register online in advance.

El extraño viaje (Strange Voyage), 1964

Directed by Fernando Fernán Gómez

Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921-2007) is considered one of the greatest and most prolific figures in Spanish cinema. Over the course of his sixty-year career he won Goya Awards as an actor, writer, and director, and in 1981 Spain’s Ministry of Culture honored him with the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. This fall, the Meadows Museum and Dallas Film celebrate this titan of Spanish cinema by screening three of the best-known films he directed.

Drawing inspiration from a real-life murder mystery, El extraño viaje centers on three unmarried siblings who live together in a small town: the domineering Ignacia and the childlike Paquita and Venancio. Hearing strange noises on a stormy Saturday night, the frightened Paquita wakes her brother and seeks out her sister, who seems to be hiding someone in her bedroom. The mystery that unfolds comes to a climax with a dreadful discovery that shocks the entire town. Suppressed by censors during the Francoist regime, El extraño viaje is now regarded as one of the greatest films of the era. Filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar cited it as one of thirteen Spanish movies that inspired his own career.

Spain’s Institute of Cinematography and Audiovisual Arts rates this film ICAA 12+ (not recommended for audiences under twelve years of age), but the Meadows Museum screening is intended for mature audiences only.

Spanish with English subtitles | 92 minutes

Space is limited, register online in advance.

Experience an original, immersive dance performance that progresses through several of the museum’s galleries. Spanish choreographer Elvi Balboa will debut a new composition inspired by artworks from the Meadows collection, developed in collaboration with first-year Dance Division students and Alvon Reed, SMU’s Artist in Residence in Jazz. Balboa is a Barcelona-based multidisciplinary artist whose work adapts to the environments in which it is performed, transforming public spaces into sites of creation and exploration.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., and the Division of Dance at the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU. Portable gallery stools will be available..

$10; free for SMU students/faculty/staff and Meadows Museum members at the Individual level and above.

Experience an original, immersive dance performance that progresses through several of the museum’s galleries. Spanish choreographer Elvi Balboa will debut a new composition inspired by artworks from the Meadows collection, developed in collaboration with first-year Dance Division students and Alvon Reed, SMU’s Artist in Residence in Jazz. Balboa is a Barcelona-based multidisciplinary artist whose work adapts to the environments in which it is performed, transforming public spaces into sites of creation and exploration.

This program is offered in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., and the Division of Dance at the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU. Portable gallery stools will be available..

$10; free for SMU students/faculty/staff and Meadows Museum members at the Individual level and above.

Join acclaimed Spanish guitarist Javier Lucío for an evening of music at the Meadows Museum. Lucío began his musical training in his native city of Cáceres, continued his studies in Seville under the tutelage of Antonio Duro, and earned a master’s degree in Musical Performance with Roberto Aussel in Cologne. A recipient of numerous awards, Lucío has performed at venues across Europe and collaborated with musical groups from Sweden to Spain. He currently teaches in Seville at the Conservatorio Elemental de Música “La Palmera” and is a member of the management team of the Arroyo de la Luz International Guitar Festival (Cáceres).

This program is offered in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C., as part of its Music from Spain initiative, and the Division of Music at the Meadows School of the Arts, SMU.

$10; free for SMU students/faculty/staff and Meadows Museum members at the Individual level and above.

The Meadows Museum’s Book Club Tours bring art and literature together. Read our 2026Ð27 selection, The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys, either with your book club or on your own. Then visit the museum for a docent-led tour that connects the novel to works on view in our galleries. You can join this scheduled public tour or book a private tour for your own club. Tours begin in the museum’s lobby.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

Private tours are $15 per person, except when scheduled Thursday evenings after 5:00 p.m.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta’s Portrait of the Duchess of Ari—n, Marchioness of Bay (1918). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta’s Portrait of the Duchess of Ari—n, Marchioness of Bay (1918). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

At the apex of its power, Spain ruled lands across the globe, from Naples and Flanders to the Americas and the Philippines. This fall’s Spotlight Talks will focus on artists and objects from the far reaches of the Spanish empire. To learn more, join a docent for a 20-minute journey of discovery at a featured work of art in the museum’s galleries. Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is [attributed to] José Casado del Alisal’s Portrait of a the Duke of Medinaceli (after 1864). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is Bartolomé González y Serrano’s Portrait of a Lady (1602). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is Bartolomé González y Serrano’s Portrait of a Lady (1602). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

At the apex of its power, Spain ruled lands across the globe, from Naples and Flanders to the Americas and the Philippines. This fall’s Spotlight Talks will focus on artists and objects from the far reaches of the Spanish empire. To learn more, join a docent for a 20-minute journey of discovery at a featured work of art in the museum’s galleries. Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

According to an old adage, before you leave the house you should look in the mirror and remove one accessory. This spring, Spotlight Talks will focus on the accessories that made the cut and what they convey about their wearers. Join a docent for a 20-minute talk exploring these accoutrements and the tales they tell. Each program will take place in the museum’s galleries at the featured work of art, which this month is Rodrigo de Sajonia’s (called Master of Sigena) Adoration of the Magi (c. 1519). Advance registration is not required.

The program is free with regular museum admission: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and over, $4 for non-SMU students, free for members, free for youth under 18*

*Free museum admission for youth 18 and under is made possible by a grant from Fichtenbaum Charitable Trust, Bank of America, N.A., Co-Trustee.

Looking for a fun break from studying? Drop by the Meadows Museum the first Thursday of the month to tap into your hidden creativity during a relaxing evening of making with friends, no art skills required! Snacks and sodas provided. Not a Student Member of the Meadows Museum yet? Sign up for free here or at the door.

Free; SMU ID required

Looking for a fun break from studying? Drop by the Meadows Museum the first Thursday of the month to tap into your hidden creativity during a relaxing evening of making with friends, no art skills required! Snacks and sodas provided. Not a Student Member of the Meadows Museum yet? Sign up for free here or at the door.

Free; SMU ID required

Looking for a fun break from studying? Drop by the Meadows Museum the first Thursday of the month to tap into your hidden creativity during a relaxing evening of making with friends, no art skills required! Snacks and sodas provided. Not a Student Member of the Meadows Museum yet? Sign up for free here or at the door.

Free; SMU ID required