Standing 42-stories in the very center of the nation’s largest contiguous arts district, more than 15 of the world’s finest entertainment venues immediately surround Museum Tower with each destination featuring a brilliant curation of performances that span the artistic spectrum. Whether you love Broadway or classical ballet, world-class performances are only minutes away from the sky-bound homes of Museum Tower.
Making life easier, Museum Tower provides timely reminders and information about upcoming shows at each of these venues on Facebook and Twitter. You may also search #NearbyMuseumTower on Facebook and Twitter for an easier way to find these reminders from Museum Tower.
Enjoy learning about these 16 venues here:
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| American Airlines Center |
0.7 Miles from Museum Tower
American Airlines Center has been noted time and time again as one of the nation’s top venues, one of America’s most lucrative arenas and the best entertainment destination in Texas.
Home to the Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars, this amazing venue #NearbyMuseumTower has also hosted some of the most legendary artists and performers. Since opening in 2001 with the largest ribbon-cutting ceremony ever, the Eagles, Cher, Paul McCartney, Bob Seger, Cirque du Soleil, Feet of Flames and many more have attracted fans from around the world.
Unlike other large-scale entertainment venues, fans enjoy space inside and outside American Airlines Center. Lobbies inside lend themselves to fresh air and city views, while the expansive AT&T Plaza outside is an open-air gathering space with souvenir shopping, dining and amazing visuals on the huge high definition screen.
AT&T Performing Arts Center
The essence of a 30-year vision in the arts district, the AT&T Performing Arts Center is comprised of many extraordinary and exhilarating performance venues that are literally steps away from Museum Tower. The convenience, ease and wonder of simply strolling through city scenery to a live performance of your dreams at any one of these venues are spectacular attributes of life at Museum Tower.
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| Dallas City Performance Hall |
Dallas City Performance Hall
0.4 Miles from Museum Tower
Here, you’ll see a pure exhibition of the creative Dallas spirit through dance, theatre and music. Known as a unique “village for the arts,” Dallas City Performance Hall presents a broad range of cultural performances and events by emerging and mid-sized organizations. Showcasing the breadth of artistic and cultural diversity in Dallas, DCPH is the one and only place to discover the next generation of great arts organizations.
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| Hamon Hall |
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
The most intimate venue nearby Museum Tower, Hamon Hall is tucked inside the Winspear Opera House with a 200-seat capacity. Despite its niche location and size, Hamon Hall is adaptable to many live art forms from master storytellers to ballet dancers. Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Janis Ian has performed here and Hamon Hall is currently the exclusive home to theatrical performances by Shakespeare Dallas.
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| Kalita Humphreys Theater |
2.0 Miles from Museum Tower
For more than half a century, this historic theater continues to amaze audiences with play after play. The theater earned a nod from the City of Dallas as a landmark in 2007. Its architecture is particularly interesting as only one of three surviving theaters by Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed the theater using an organic theory of architecture. This year, the Dallas Theater Center will perform several of its productions and programs at the Kalita Humphreys Theater.
Majestic Theatre
0.7 Miles from Museum Tower
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| Majestic Theatre |
Meyerson Symphony Center
0.2 Miles from Museum Tower
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| Meyerson Symphony Center |
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| Sammons Park |
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
Sammons Park is a beautiful outdoor space right with a groomed lawn and verandah seating outside the Winspear Opera House. The space was designed to be an extension of venues prior to performances, a performance venue for local artists, and a gathering place for our diverse community. Free live local music is a fixture of programming at Sammons Park each fall.
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| Strauss Square |
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
Named after late former mayor of Dallas, Annette Strauss, this square is a serene setting, grassy for outdoor festivals and events nearby Museum Tower. Different from Sammons Park, Strauss Square is a bit larger with a 2,000-guest capacity and Strauss Square features stage areas for performances on the Shannon and Ted Skokos Pavilion and Southwest Porch and Performance Plaza. The stage is visible from Museum Tower terraces and residences facing eastward.
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| Studio Theatre |
Studio Theatre
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
Located on the sixth floor of the Wyly Theatre, the Studio Theatre is an intimate black-box style space that can seat up to 200 people. Guests may enjoy all the amenities of the Wyly Theatre including the food and drink available for purchase in the main lobby.
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| Winspear Opera House |
Winspear Opera House
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
The ruby red gem that is home to the Dallas Opera and Texas Ballet Theater is another incredible sight to see from expansive views at Museum Tower and certainly a venue to experience nearby the high-rise. Known as America’s finest opera house, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is a 21st century reinterpretation of the traditional “horseshoe” shaped opera house engineered specifically for performance of opera and musical theatre with stages equipped for performance of ballet and other types of dance. The Winspear is remarkable in design and attributes featuring a glass facade, a restaurant, a specially designed stage curtain and an incredible 318-rod chandelier.
Wyly Theatre
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| Wyly Theatre |
0.3 Miles from Museum Tower
The iconic Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre is one of the most versatile theatrical performing spaces in the world featuring unprecedented “stacked” vertically organized architecture. The theatre’s Potter Rose Performance Hall can be shaped into a number of configurations, including thrust, proscenium or flat floor. Its exterior is also notable, designed with rods to emulate the folds of a theater curtain. The Dallas Theater Center, Dallas Black Dance Theatre and Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico take residency at the Wyly Theatre nearby Museum Tower.
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| Crow Collection of Asian Art |
Crow Collection of Asian Art
0.1 Miles from Museum Tower
Dallas’ prominent Asian art museum, the Crow Collection of Asian Art offers a special passport to Asia nearby Museum Tower. While the Crow Collection is home to several art exhibits, the museum also hosts numerous live performances throughout the year including traditional dance, music, literature and ritual demonstrations.
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| Dallas Black Dance Theater |
Dallas Black Dance Theater
0.6 Miles from Museum Tower
Dallas Black Dance Theatre celebrates its 36th season as the oldest, continuously operating professional dance company in Dallas. The ensemble, a contemporary modern dance company, consists of 12 professional, full-time dancers performing a mixed repertory of modern, jazz, ethnic and spiritual works by nationally and internationally known choreographers.
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| House of Blues Dallas |
0.7 Miles from Museum Tower
Since opening in 2007 in the historic White Swan Building at the crossroads of Dallas' West End and Victory Park, House of Blues has hosted its fair share of talented rock and blues acts. The House of Blues also hosts a special art event called Paint Nite, in which you can take your time sipping on a cocktail and creating your own artistic masterpiece with the help of a social painting instructor.
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| Klyde Warren Park |
187 Feet from Museum Tower
The award-winning urban 5.2-acre deck park located across from Museum Tower is a thriving gathering space with countless cultural and artistic performances daily throughout the year. All sorts of live performances take place at Klyde Warren Park are many are perfect for all ages. Children can hear stories and music with KidWorks, while adults can take part in free salsa dancing sessions on the Grand Plaza. Decks in the Park is a popular free, outdoor concert held at Klyde Warren which lures Dallasites from all over the city.
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| Main Street Garden |
0.9 Miles from Museum Tower
Bounded by Main Street, Commerce Street, Harwood, and St. Paul, Main Street Garden is a community gathering place for Downtown residents, employees, and visitors. The park is equipped with Wi-Fi, a great lawn, toddler play area, dog run, fountains, City Park Cafe, and public art installations. Look forward to live performances by local musicians at Main Street Garden in the warmer months.
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