The Women's Museum, Historical museum in Fair Park, Dallas, US.
The Women's Museum occupied a pale beige building in Fair Park, Dallas, with a symmetrical facade and a flat roof. Metal letters reading "THE WOMEN'S MUSEUM" span the top of the taller central section, which contains a deep round-arched recess holding a white sculptural group against a patterned backdrop. Vertical pilasters divide the facade, and a low walled pool sits below the arch.
The building was constructed in 1910 as a venue that hosted livestock auctions during the day and musical theater performances at night. A century later it was repurposed and opened as a museum devoted to women's history in 2000, before closing its doors in 2011.
The museum was one of the few institutions in the country devoted entirely to American women's history and contributions. Visitors could see personal objects, photographs, and documents that brought individual women's stories to life.
The building sits inside Fair Park, which is easy to reach by car or by the DART light rail. The museum itself has been closed since 2011, but the building remains visible from the outside as part of the Fair Park grounds.
The museum was linked to the Smithsonian Institution, and its archives were moved to Texas Woman's University in Denton after the 2011 closure. The traveling exhibit "Texas Women - A Celebration of History" toured the state in 1980 and 1981 and is now held permanently at that university.
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