Editing Dallas (section)

===Arts and museums===
The [[Arts District, Dallas|Arts District]] in the northern section of [[Downtown Dallas|Downtown]] is home to several arts venues and is the largest contiguous arts district in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | title = ArtPlace names the Dallas Arts District one of the nation's top 12 ArtPlaces | url = https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2013/01/08/artplace-names-the-dallas-arts-district-one-of-the-nations-top-12-artplaces | first = Michael | last = Granberry | date = January 8, 2013 | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | access-date = September 7, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180403173645/https://www.dallasnews.com/arts/arts/2013/01/08/artplace-names-the-dallas-arts-district-one-of-the-nations-top-12-artplaces | archive-date = April 3, 2018 | url-status = live}}</ref> Notable venues in the district include the [[Dallas Museum of Art]]; the [[Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center]], home to the [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra]] and [[Dallas Wind Symphony]]; the [[Nasher Sculpture Center]]; and the [[The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art|Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection of Asian Art]].

The [[Perot Museum of Nature and Science]], also in Downtown Dallas, is a [[Natural history museum|natural history]] and [[science museum]]. Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate [[Thom Mayne]] and his firm Morphosis Architects, the {{convert|180,000|ft2|adj=on}} facility has six floors and stands about 14 stories high.

Venues that are part of the AT&T [[Dallas Center for the Performing Arts]] include [[Moody Performance Hall]], home to the [[Dallas Chamber Symphony]]; the [[Dee and Charles Wyly Theatre]], home to the [[Dallas Theater Center]] and the [[Dallas Black Dance Theatre]]; and the [[Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House|Winspear Opera House]], home to the [[Dallas Opera]] and [[Texas Ballet Theater]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallasopera.org/the_company/the_winspear.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215052732/http://www.dallasopera.org/the_company/the_winspear.php |url-status=dead |title=The Winspear Opera House |archive-date=December 15, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.dallasperformingarts.org/buildingthecenter.html | title = Building the Center | website = [[Dallas Center for the Performing Arts]] | via = www.dallasperformingarts.org | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080315224549/http://www.dallasperformingarts.org/buildingthecenter.html |  archive-date = March 15, 2008}}</ref>
[[File:Dallas Holocaust & Human Rights Museum Photo.png|thumb|left|[[Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum]]]]
Not far north of the area is the [[Meadows Museum]] at Southern Methodist University. In 2009, it joined up with Madrid's [[Museo del Prado|Prado Museum]] for a three-year partnership. The Prado focuses on Spanish visual art and has a collection of Spanish art in North America, with works by de Juanes, El Greco, Fortuny, Goya, Murillo, Picasso, Pkensa, Ribera, Rico, Velasquez, Zurbaran, and other Spaniards.

These works, as well as non-Spanish highlights like sculptures by Rodin and Moore, have been so successful of a collaboration that the Prado and Meadows have agreed upon an extension of the partnership.<ref>{{cite press release | url = http://www.smu.edu/News/2012/meadows-prado-agreement-13july2012 | title = Prado and Meadows Museum announce expansion of partnership – SMU | date = July 13, 2012| work = [[Southern Methodist University]] | via = www.smu.edu | access-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

The Institute for Creation Research operates the [[ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History]], a creationism museum, in Dallas.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Panicker | first1=Jobin | title=Inside the Dallas museum where faith meets science | url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/inside-the-dallas-museum-where-faith-meets-science/287-253a5519-bd1b-4506-8362-af9d0c69f138 | date=April 18, 2019 | work=[[WFAA]] | access-date=January 21, 2021}}</ref> The former [[Texas School Book Depository]], from which, according to the [[Warren Commission]] Report, [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] [[JFK assassination|shot and killed]] President [[John F. Kennedy]] in 1963, has served since the 1980s as a [[Local government|county government]] office building, except for its sixth and seventh floors, which house [[Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza|the Sixth Floor Museum]].

[[The American Museum of the Miniature Arts]] is at the Hall of State in [[Fair Park]]. The Arts District is also home to [[Dallas Independent School District|DISD]]'s [[Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]], a magnet school that was recently expanded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsmagnet.org/ |title=Artsmagnet.org |publisher=Artsmagnet.org |access-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref> [[City Center District, Dallas, Texas|City Center District]], next to the Arts District, is home to [[the Dallas Contemporary]].
[[File:American Airlines Center August 2015.jpg|thumb|right|[[American Airlines Center]]]]
[[Deep Ellum]], immediately east of Downtown, originally became popular during the 1920s and 1930s as the prime [[jazz]] and [[blues]] hot spot in the [[Southern United States|South]].<ref name="paynechapVI">{{cite book |last=Payne |first=Darwin |title= Dallas, an illustrated history |year=1982 |publisher=Windsor Publications |location=Woodland Hills, California |isbn= 0-89781-034-1 |pages=157–185 |chapter= Chapter VI: The Spirit of Enterprise}}</ref> Artists such as [[Blind Lemon Jefferson]], [[Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson]], Huddie "[[Lead Belly]]" Ledbetter, and [[Bessie Smith]] played in original Deep Ellum clubs such as the Harlem and the Palace. Today, Deep Ellum is home to hundreds of artists who live in lofts or operate in studios throughout the district alongside bars, pubs, and concert venues.<ref>[http://www.deepellumtx.com/ The Deep Ellum Association] – [http://www.deepellumtx.com/time_line.html Time Line]. Retrieved on October 19, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150918203445/http://www.deepellumtx.com/ |date=September 18, 2015 }}</ref>

A major art infusion in the area results from the city's lax stance on [[graffiti]], and a number of public spaces, including tunnels, sides of buildings, sidewalks, and streets, are covered in murals. One major example, the Good-Latimer tunnel, was torn down in late 2006 to accommodate the construction of a [[Green Line (DART)|light rail line]] through the site.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hobson Real Estate Group |url=http://www.hgrouphomes.com/About_Dallas_Texas/page_2476195.html |title=Thinking of Relocating to Dallas |publisher=Hobson Real Estate Group |access-date=June 10, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121032504/http://www.hgrouphomes.com/About_Dallas_Texas/page_2476195.html |archive-date=January 21, 2013 }}</ref>
[[File:Dallas Museum of Art July 2015 02.jpg|thumb|left|[[Dallas Museum of Art]]]]
Like Deep Ellum before it, the [[Cedars, Dallas, Texas|Cedars]] neighborhood to the south of Downtown has also seen a growing population of studio artists and an expanding roster of entertainment venues. The area's art scene began to grow in the early 2000s with the opening of Southside on Lamar, an old Sears Roebuck and Company warehouse converted into lofts, studios, and retail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southsideonlamar.com/|title=Southside on Lamar Apartments Located in Downtown Dallas|website=South Side On Lamar}}</ref>

Current attractions include Gilley's Dallas and Poor David's Pub.<ref>{{cite web |url-status=dead |website=Gilley's Dallas |url=http://www.gilleysdallas.com/PressRoom/pressreleases/PRrelease0911.pdf |title=The Legend Returns: Gilley's Brings New Life to Downtown Dallas |date=September 11, 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403173814/http://www.gilleysdallas.com/PressRoom/pressreleases/PRrelease0911.pdf |archive-date=April 3, 2005 |access-date=October 19, 2006}} {{cite web|url=http://www.gilleysdallas.com/ |title=Gilleys :: Dallas |access-date=November 16, 2006 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050403173814/http://www.gilleysdallas.com/ |archive-date=April 3, 2005 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.poordavidspub.com/ Poor David's Pub] – [http://www.poordavidspub.com/#find%20us Find Us]. Retrieved on October 19, 2006.</ref> [[Dallas Mavericks]] owner and local entrepreneur [[Mark Cuban]] purchased land along Lamar Street near [[Cedars Station]] in September 2005, and locals speculate he is planning an entertainment complex for the site.<ref>{{Cite news | newspaper = [[The Dallas Morning News]] | date = September 6, 2005 | url = https://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/realestate/stories/DN-cuban_01bus.ART.State.Edition2.13bfde7f.html | title = Mark Cuban snaps up tracks near downtown | first = Steve | last = Brown | access-date = April 20, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050912011531/https://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/classifieds/news/homecenter/realestate/stories/DN-cuban_01bus.ART.State.Edition2.13bfde7f.html | archive-date = September 12, 2005 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

South of the Trinity River, the Bishop Arts District in [[Oak Cliff]] is home to a number of studio artists living in converted warehouses. Walls of buildings along alleyways and streets are painted with murals, and the surrounding streets contain many eclectic restaurants and shops.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopartsdistrict.com/ |title=Bishop Arts District |publisher=Bishop Arts District |access-date=May 11, 2013}}</ref>

Dallas has an Office of Cultural Affairs as a department of the city government. The office is responsible for six cultural centers throughout the city, funding for local artists and theaters, initiating public art projects, and running the city-owned [[classical music|classical]] radio station [[WRR (FM)|WRR]].<ref>[http://www.dallasculture.org/ City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs] – [http://www.dallasculture.org/culturalCenters.cfm Cultural Centers] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014062802/http://www.dallasculture.org/culturalCenters.cfm |date=October 14, 2006 }}</ref> The [[Los Angeles-class submarine]] [[USS Dallas (SSN-700)|USS ''Dallas'']] was planned to become a museum ship near the Trinity River after her decommissioning in September 2014, but this has since been delayed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macon |first1=Alex |title=Could the Nuclear Submarine USS Dallas Finally Come to Dallas? |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2017/12/uss-dallas-maritime-museum-hunt-red-october-submarine/ |website=Could the Nuclear Submarine USS Dallas Finally Come to Dallas? – D Magazine |date=December 8, 2017 |publisher=A Magazine |access-date=October 15, 2018}}</ref> It will be taken apart into massive sections in Houston and be transported by trucks to the museum site and will be put back together.

[[File:Biblioteca Dallas Interior.jpg|thumb|right|[[Dallas Public Library]]]]