Meadows Museum, Art museum at Southern Methodist University in University Park, US.

The Meadows Museum houses an art collection on the Southern Methodist University campus in a building designed with neoclassical proportions and features. The exhibition spaces spread across two stories, displaying works that represent centuries of creative production.

The museum first opened to the public in 1965, built around Dallas oilman Algur H. Meadows's collection of Spanish paintings, which he began assembling after repeated visits to the Prado during 1950s business trips to Madrid. After doubts arose over some attributions, including forgeries by Elmyr de Hory, William B. Jordan became director in 1967 and led a renewed collecting phase. The present neo-Palladian building was completed in 2001 and dedicated in the presence of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía of Spain.

The museum's nickname, "Prado on the Prairie", comes from Algur H. Meadows' repeated visits to the Prado in Madrid during 1950s oil business trips, which started his Spanish art collecting. The collection runs from medieval panels and Muslim-era stonework to works by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, Picasso and Miró, plus nearly complete graphic works by Goya.

The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. except Mondays. It stands on the Southern Methodist University campus in University Park, and the two floors are linked by stairs and lifts. The sculpture collection is displayed outdoors, so allow time to walk around the building as well as the galleries.

Algur H. Meadows bought Spanish paintings in the 1950s and 1960s that turned out to be forgeries, many by Elmyr de Hory. After experts questioned the attributions, SMU hired William B. Jordan as the museum's first professional director in 1967; he served until 1981 and oversaw the purchase of about 75 works, including Velázquez's Sibyl.