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In a stunning building across from the Kimbell Art Museum, this stimulating museum displays paintings by the likes of Picasso, Mark Rothko and Francis Bacon, as well as sculptures including Anselm Kiefer鈥檚 lead-wrought Book with Wings and Martin Puryear鈥檚 soaring wooden Ladder for Booker T Washington.
Its artful restaurant, Cafe虂 Modern, seems to float on the water of the surrounding reflective pools.
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Western-wear stores and knickknack shops, saloons and steakhouses now occupy the Old West鈥揺ra buildings of the Stockyards. Although it can seem touristy鈥
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While the small Kimbell Art Museum holds treasures from Greece, Egypt, China, Japan and the ancient Americas, it鈥檚 the astonishing array of big European鈥
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Each morning and afternoon, spectators line the street to watch cowboys wearing authentic 19th-century garb drive the 16 longhorn cattle of the Fort Worth鈥
Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Texas oilman Amon Carter starting collecting the art of the American West in the 1930s. Since his death, his impressive array of paintings and sculpture鈥
Bureau of Engraving & Printing
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Fort Worth is one of two US locations where the nation prints its paper currency. This US Treasury facility 8 miles north of the Stockyards produces the鈥
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This well-funded museum has impressive quarters in the 1940 Grapevine Ice Company building next to the Visitor Information Center. It has excellent鈥
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Overlooking Sundance Sq, the iconic Chisholm Trail Mural commemorates the local segment of the Chisholm Trail cattle drives of 1867-75.
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A Japanese garden with a koi pond and a tropical conservatory are the highlights at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
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While the small Kimbell Art Museum holds treasures from Greece, Egypt, China, Japan and the ancient Americas, it鈥檚 the astonishing array of big European鈥
2. Amon Carter Museum of American Art
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Texas oilman Amon Carter starting collecting the art of the American West in the 1930s. Since his death, his impressive array of paintings and sculpture鈥
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This airy, impressive museum explores the myth and reality of cowgirls in American culture. Graced by a 2019 expansion that focuses especially on the鈥
4. Fort Worth Museum of Science & History
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This kid-friendly museum brims with fossils, dinosaurs and fun things to do 鈥 like the planetarium and an IMAX theater. Go local with the extensive鈥
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A Japanese garden with a koi pond and a tropical conservatory are the highlights at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
6. Firestone & Robertson Distillery
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Texas' first craft whiskey distillery is a true delight, established in a 1927 warehouse and using many reclaimed antique materials as furnishings (the鈥
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Overlooking Sundance Sq, the iconic Chisholm Trail Mural commemorates the local segment of the Chisholm Trail cattle drives of 1867-75.
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If the Stockyards didn't sate your hunger for all things western, pop in here for some art. It's known for its striking paintings by Frederic Remington鈥