Meeting Planner's Guide – Off the Clock
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General Information Hotel Facilities Off the Clock Attractions Map Event Venues Attractions Entertainment Map Entertainment Shopping Map Shopping Dining Spouse/Guest Itineraries Customer Services Off Clock the Attractions Map 1 FLOWER MOUND LEWISVILLE PLANO 41 ROANOKE 190 35E 47 170 WESTLAKE 25 CARROLLTON 24 COPPELL 121 28 25 ADDISON RICHARRDSON SOUTHLAKE GRAPEVINE 287 35 KELLER 635 FARMERS 81 121 35W 114 BRANCH 635 114 75 DALLAS/FORTO WORTH GARLAND INTERNATIONAO L AIRPORT COLLEYVILLE 43 12 161 635 360 10 NORTH 121 21 20 25 LOOP RICHLAND SPUR UNIVERSITYY 12 HILLS BEDFORD EULESS 5 348 LOOVVVE FIELD PARK 121 33 34 820 183 183 AIRPORT HIH GHLANDD 820 HURRST 27 114 44 PARK 38 37 LOOP RICHLAND 12 14 FORT WOORRTTH HALTOM HILLS IRVING DALLLLAASS CITY 22 32 121 360 3 30 15 9 4 39 30 MMESQUITE 46 11 7 36 45 23 31 2 29 26 LOOP 8 6 30 13 12 1 30 18 ARLINGTON GRAND PRAIRIE 175 17 LOOP 180 12 16 42 19 35E 45 40 820 SPUR 303 SPUR 35W 408 LOOP 12 20 67 20 20 DUNCANVILLE The Arts & Museums 16. Dallas Zoo 31. Fair Park 1. Amon Carter Museum 17. Fort Worth Botanic Garden 32. Fort Worth Stockyards 2. Bass Performance Hall 18. Fort Worth Museum of Science 33. Frontiers of Flight Museum 3. Dallas Museum of Art and History/Omni Theater 34. George W. Bush Presidential Library 4. Dee and Charles Wyly Theater 19. Fort Worth Zoo and Museum 5. Irving Arts Center 20. Gondola Adventures, Inc. 35. Grapevine and Dallas Wine Tours 6. Kimbell Art Museum 21. Las Colinas Flower Clock 36. Hall of State 7. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House 22. Perot Museum of Nature and Science 37. Irving Heritage District 8. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 23. River Legacy Park Living Science Center 38. Jackie Townsell Bear Creek 9. Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center 24. SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium Heritage Center 10. Mustangs of Las Colinas Sculpture 25. Stand Up Paddle North Texas 39. Latino Cultural Center and Exhibit (3 locations) 40. Log Cabin Village 11. Nasher Sculpture Center 41. Museum of the American Railroad History & Southwestern Culture 42. National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame Science & Nature 26. African American Museum 27. American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum 43. National Scouting Museum 12. Campión Trails 28. Cavanaugh Flight Museum 44. Ruth Paine House Museum 13. Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park 29. Dallas Heritage Village 45. Sid Richardson Museum 14. Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden 30. Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for 46. Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza 15. Dallas World Aquarium Education and Tolerance 47. Southfork Ranch Destination Guide for Meeting and Event Professionals | Irving | Texas Off the Clock 2 Attractions The city of Irving and its surroundings promise more fun per capita than any other destination. From its larger-than-life, world-famous Mustang sculpture to its renowned championship golf couses, there is something here or near for everyone’s sense of adventure. Only in Irving can you find big-city fun with that special brand of Texas hospitality to tempt your meeting-goers to extend their stay through the weekend, or to make a weekend meeting that much more enjoyable. Irving Arts Center The Arts & Museums Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art houses Amon Carter Museum collections from nearly every culture in Designed by renowned architect Philip human history; important collections Johnson, the Amon Carter Museum of of European and American painting American Art in Fort Worth houses a and sculpture; postwar American art; preeminent collection of nineteenth- and decorative arts and Asian, pre-Columbian twentieth-century painting, sculpture, and African art; as well as important and works on paper, and is one of the collections of classical Egyptian and nation’s major repositories of American American Indian art and European prints. photography. It is also home to nearly Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am to 5 400 works by Frederic Remington and pm, Thursday until 9 pm. Closed Monday. Charles M. Russell, the two greatest artists Price: General admission is free. of the American West. Hours: Tuesday, 1717 N Harwood St, Dallas 75201 Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10 am to (214) 922-1200 5 pm, Thursday 10 am to 8 pm, and Sunday dma.org noon to 5 pm. Price: Admission is free. 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth 76107 (817) 738-1933 Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre cartermuseum.org One of three premier performance venues at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in the heart of downtown Dallas, the Dee and Bass Performance Hall Charles Wyly Theatre is one of the world’s The Nancy Lee and Perry R. Bass most innovative theatre facilities. The Performance Hall is home to major 12-level building features a groundbreaking performing arts organizations in Fort design with an unprecedented “stacked,” Worth, including the Texas Ballet Theater, vertically organized facility that completely as well as being the premier venue for rethinks the traditional form of theatre. professional performances. Group tours 2400 Flora St, Dallas 75201 available, call for information. Hours: Administration: (214) 954-9925 Monday to Friday 10 am to 5:30 pm, Box Office: (214) 880-0202 and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm. attpac.org 330 E 4th St, Fort Worth 76102 (817) 212-4200 or (817) 212-4215 (Tour) basshall.com Irving Arts Center The Irving Arts Center’s complex houses four galleries, two theaters, an outdoor sculpture garden and a variety of meeting space on a 10 acre-site. Recognized in 2007 as a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Arts Off the Clock Irving | Texas | Destination Guide for Meeting and Event Professionals 3 Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center The Meyerson Symphony Center is one of the world’s most celebrated and acoustically superior concert halls. Designed by architect I.M. Pei and acoustician Russell Johnson, the Meyerson is home to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and numerous other performing arts organizations. 2301 Flora St, Dallas 75201 (214) 670-3600 meyersonsymphonycenter.com Meyerson Symphony Center Campión Trails Mustangs of Las Colinas Sculpture Center presents 24 exhibitions annually. Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House and Exhibit Showcasing a mix of contemporary and The Dallas Opera opened to the public The Mustangs of Las Colinas, a traditional art, featured artists include in the fall of 2009. A 21st century breathtakingly realistic sculpture of nine established, emerging and student artists. reinterpretation of the traditional opera bronze mustangs galloping across a The two fully equipped theaters host more house, the 2,200-seat Winspear Opera granite stream created by reknowned than 225 events each year. Eleven resident House’s principal performance space, the wildlife sculptor Robert Glenn, is an companies offering symphonies, choral Margaret McDermott Performance Hall, attraction you shouldn’t miss. Hours: and popular music, theatre, musicals, is designed to be the environmentally Wednesday to Saturday 11 am to 5 pm. dance and cultural presentations call the conscious, state-of-the-art standard Williams Square at 5205 N O’Connor Blvd, Irving Arts Center home. Hours: Monday, against which future opera houses will be north of Highway 114, Irving 75039 Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 9 am to measured. (972) 869-9047 5 pm, Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Saturday 2403 Flora St, Dallas 75201 mustangsoflascolinas.com 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday 1 pm to 5 pm. Administration: (214) 954-9925 3333 N MacArthur Blvd, Irving 75062 Box Office: (214) 880-0202 Nasher Sculpture Center (972) 252-7558 attpac.org A museum devoted entirely to the irvingartscenter.com exhibition, study and preservation of Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth modern sculpture, the Center consists of Kimbell Art Museum Experience the world-renowned architect a 54,000-square-foot building designed The Kimbell Art Museum has won acclaim Tadao Ando’s “Arbor for Art” in Fort Worth. by architect Renzo Piano and features the for its classic modern building designed by The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth art collection of Ray Nasher. A two-acre the great American architect Louis I. Kahn. maintains one of the foremost collections sculpture garden features outdoor works Kahn’s innovative use of natural light and of international modern and contemporary and includes walkways, ponds, scattered subtle articulation of space and materials art in the country. See the work of Andy groves of trees and small meadow areas. enhance the experience of the art. The Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Mark Rothko. Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am to 5 pm. Kimbell Art Museum is widely regarded as Discover amazing contemporary works … Price: $10 adults, $7 seniors 65+, $5 one of the most outstanding modern public displayed in a serene concrete and glass students, and free to children under 12. art gallery facilities in the world. It features building surrounded by a magnificent 2001 Flora St, Dallas 75201 a splendid permanent collection, including reflecting pond. Visitors to the Museum (214) 242-5100 works by Fra Angelico, Caravaggio, El can also enjoy a fine dining experience in nashersculpturecenter.org Greco, Velázquez, La Tour, David, Monet, Café Modern’s elliptical dining room set on Cézanne and Matisse. Hours: Tuesday to the Museum’s reflecting pond or shop for Thursday, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm, Friday unique gifts at The Modern Shop. Hours: noon to 8 pm, and Sunday noon to 5 pm. Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm; open Free admission for permanent collection. until 8 pm Friday. Price: $10 adults, $4 Admission charged for special exhibitions. seniors and students. 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth 76107 3200 Darnell St, Fort Worth 76107 (817) 654-1034 or (817) 332-8451 (817) 738-9215 or (866) 824-5566 kimbellart.org themodern.org Destination Guide for Meeting and Event Professionals | Irving | Texas Off the Clock 4 Attractions Science & Nature Campión Trails Campión Trails, Irving’s world-class greenbelt development, includes miles of native forest and pristine river abundant with wildlife and flora.