Plan a Visit

Visiting During COVID-19

Steps WE are taking to minimize your risk:

  • Reduced capacity in accordance with state guidelines
  • Advance-purchase, timed-entry tickets to assist with capacity management
  • Protective acrylic panels at the admissions desk and museum shop workstations
  • No-touch or low-touch visitor experience to the extent possible
  • Continuous enhanced cleaning of high-touch surfaces throughout the day
  • Hand sanitizer units stationed throughout the building
  • Staff required to wear face coverings in all public areas
  • Social distancing markers installed at the entrance and in elevators

Steps we expect VISITORS to take to minimize risk:

  • Wear required face coverings if over the age of 2. If you do not have a face covering, a limited supply is available at the admissions desk.
  • Maintain 6 feet of distance between yourself and other visitors not within your family/group. Children must always stay with adults.
  • Follow posted room capacities for all public spaces within the museum; if a room has reached its maximum capacity, please wait to enter until others have left.
  • Practice proper hygiene for the prevention of disease as directed by the CDC, including frequent hand washing and cough/sneeze etiquette.
  • Leave large bags, backpacks, and other bulky items at home; they cannot be taken into the galleries or left at the admissions desk. A small number of cubbies (unmonitored) are available for temporary storage of such items.
  • If experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, please stay home.

Hours

  • Tuesday-Friday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Thursdays until 9:00 p.m.
  • Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Monday CLOSED

The Meadows Museum is closed on Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.

Tickets

The Meadows Museum encourages visitors to purchase timed tickets in advance online. Visitors may still purchase tickets at the admissions desk subject to availability.

  • Adults: $12.00
  • Seniors (65+): $10.00
  • Students: $4.00
  • Children (12 & under): Free
  • Meadows Museum members: Free
  • SMU students, staff, faculty: Free with ID
  • Active/Veteran military & family: Free

*Complimentary admission Thursdays after 5:00 p.m.

Directions & Parking

5900 Bishop Boulevard

Dallas, Texas 75205

Mailing:

P.O. Box 750357

Dallas, TX 75275-0357

Directions

From Central Expressway (US 75):

exit Mockingbird Lane (exit #3). Turn west and go two blocks (Stadium is on the right). Turn right on Bishop Blvd., turn right on Schlegel Street and make an immediate left into the parking garage under the Museum. Enter the right entrance into the garage which is marked “Meadows Museum Parking Only.” Visitors may access the museum entrance from the stairs on street level or by riding the elevators from the first or second level of the parking garage.

From Love Field Airport, Dallas:

Take the airport exit to Mockingbird Lane and turn left on Mockingbird Lane. Proceed east approximately five miles, passing Hillcrest Avenue. Turn left at the next traffic signal, Bishop Boulevard. Drive approximately 200 feet to Schlegel Street, turn right and make an immediate left into the museum’s underground parking garage. Enter the right entrance into the garage which is marked “Meadows Museum Parking Only.”

From Dallas-Fort Worth Airport:

Take the “south” airport exit to 183 East. Take I-35 East (Stemmons Freeway) proceeding south to the exit marked “To US-75.” Move to one of the two left lanes to merge with US-75 North. Continue north on US-75 approximately four miles to Mockingbird Lane (US-75 exit # 3). Turn left, proceeding west, approximately 1/2 mile to Bishop Boulevard. Turn right onto Bishop Boulevard and drive approximately 200 feet to Schlegel Street turn right and make an immediate left into the museum’s underground parking garage. Enter the right entrance into the garage which is marked “Meadows Museum Parking Only.”

Parking:

Entrance to the parking garage underneath the museum is at the corner of Bishop Boulevard and Schlegel Street.

Parking is FREE for museum visitors!

Public Transportation

By Rail:

Take the Red, Blue, or Orange Line to SMU/Mockingbird Station (Mockingbird Lane at Central Expressway). From SMU/Mockingbird Station travel west on Mockingbird Lane approximately 3/4 mile to Bishop Boulevard and turn right, the museum is the first building on the right. Bike racks are located behind the museum, on the east side of the building.

By Bus:

Catch either the Museum Express or SMU Mustang Express FREE shuttles from SMU/Mockingbird Station to campus.

Consult DART.org for additional routes, schedules, and operating hours.