Celebrate birds!  Join us for a fun and feathered fiesta.  See live owls, hawks, backyard chickens, and homing pigeons.  Enjoy bird dancing, music and food!

Kids Club is a partnership between the Dallas Museum of Art, Crow Collection of Asian Art, Dallas Zoo, Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Nasher Sculpture Center, and the Trinity River Audubon Center. By joining Kids Club at any of these organizations, your family receives special benefits from all six organizations. Join at the Pearl level today to be a part of Kids Club.

Experience the beauty of this ancient ritual and blessing of the space as the monks prepare for the creation of the mandala.

Enjoy a relaxing hour of meditation led by our artists-in-residence. This event is free for everyone, however, space is limited and reservations are required.

The eighth century Indian master Shantideva said, “The mind of universal kindness is like the magical elixir that turns base metals into gold. It transforms an ordinary person into one on the path of growth and happiness.” Love and kindness are mental archetypes that all beings possess. The more we strengthen them, the more beneficial we become to others and ourselves. Buddhism presents numerous contemplative techniques for intensifying and enhancing these archetypes, until they achieve full maturity and universality.

This lecture focuses on the contemporary Tibet situation: the invasion by Communist China in the 1950s, the efforts of the refugees in exile to preserve their civilization, and the situation in modern day Tibet.

In a ceremony representing the impermanence of all that exists, the Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery conclude their week-long residency by dismantling the sand mandala. Following the ceremony, the sand will be dispersed at sunset at White Rock Lake.