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Fort Worth Herd
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See the cows for real out behind the Livestock Exchange Building: the Fort Worth
Herd are the longhorns that parade daily. You can see them in their corral from a viewing
area which comes complete with picture-portraits of each - see if you can match names to
critter.
COWS
Stockyards Museum
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( 817-625-5082; 131 E Exchange Ave; $2 donation requested; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat year-round, noon-5pm Sun
Jun-Aug)
For an eye-opening glimpse into cow culture, check out the unique historic arti-
facts in this museum.
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Cultural District
Fort Worth has some of the best museums of any city in Texas. Plus, it's easy to museum-
hop around the parklike Cultural District on Camp Bowie Blvd, west of Downtown.
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Kimbell Art Museum
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( 817-332-8451;
www.kimbellart.org
; 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd; 10am-5pm Tue-Thu & Sat, noon-8pm Fri, to
5pm Sun)
Some art aficionados say this is the country's best 'small' art museum,
while others say it's one of the unqualified best. Take your time perusing: the stunning ar-
chitecture lets in natural light that allows visitors to see paintings from antiquity to the
20th century the way the artists originally intended.
European masterpieces include works by Caravaggio, El Greco and Ce
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zanne, as well as
Michelangelo's first painting,
The Torment of St Anthony
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And the museum's days of being 'small' are over. The original building, an award-win-
ning stunner designed by Louis I Kahn, was joined by a large new edition in 2013, de-
signed by celebrity architect Renzo Piano.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
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