Dallas Museum Of Art

Programs: The dallas museum of art organizes and presents innovative exhibitions and programs for the enrichment of the dallas community. Each year, approximately 21 exhibitions are presented by the museum, 16 exhibitions draw primarily from its own collections or with loans, and an additional five nationally and internationally touring exhibitions also are presented at the dma or touring. The collection includes over 24,000 objects spanning 5,000 years of human history originating from cultures on every continent. Primary to the mission of the museum is the stewardship, protection, and development of the collection. To engage visitors to the collection, the museum has developed a growing repository of digital resources accessible on the internet that serves researchers, students, educators, and art enthusiasts. The collection also is at the center of the exhibition and education programs for visitors including gallery talks and art-making activities.

education and interpretation 26% of visitors to the dma participate in an educational program. Approximately 5,400 programs connect visitors with the permanent collection and special exhibitions each year. K-12 student programs provide gallery tours and creative experiences for over 56,000 students from public and private schools in dallas and its surrounding counties. The dma offers programs for visitors in all stages of life and is one of the few museums that provides programs and learning spaces dedicated to educating children under the age of five about art and creative expression, including special programming developed for babies and toddlers. We also engage approximately 2,200 visitors with vision impairments, developmental disabilities and early stage dementia, along with children on the autism spectrum through access programming specifically designed for each audience. In addition, the dma builds relationships with the community through outreach, serving approximately 13,000 individuals annually through outreach programs, festivals and partnerships with area cultural and community organizations. Community partners include dallas black dance theatre, texas womens university school of occupational therapy, ut southwestern medical school, university of texas at dallas, dance for pd, talkstem, the dallas alzheimers association, the stewpot, dallas public library, big thought, south dallas cultural center, boys & girls club of dallas and many others. The museum also co-organizes an annual arts district block party with its neighbors the nasher sculpture center and the crow collection of asian art. The go van gogh outreach program, which serves approximately 6,000 students each year, is a signature vehicle for the museums public outreach to students in the dfw area. The museum has also launched its new online collection, which provides a searchable database of museum artworks along with related high quality images and enhanced educational content.