The Irving Deparment of Arts & Culture The Ruth Paine House Museum tells the story of the events surrounding the assassination of President John F.
The City of Irving’s Department of Arts & Culture (IDAC) oversees a vast array of entertainment amenities, museums, and historic sites. They include Irving Arts Center, Irving Archives & Museum, The Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum and Visitors Center, the Ruth Paine House Museum, and Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center. A Smithsonian affiliate institution, Irving Arts Center is home to two
fully‑equipped theaters featuring performances by their ten resident art organizations; five galleries featuring rotating art exhibitions; and a sculpture garden. Irving Archives & Museum is the central hub of Irving’s museums collection, housing the city archive; a permanent exhibit telling the story of Irving; temporary exhibition space, and a Smithsonian Spark!Lab where children between the ages of 6 and 12 create, collaborate, explore, test, experiment and invent. The Mustangs of Las Colinas are one of the largest equine statues in the world; a museum and visitor’s center tell the story behind the iconic, landmark work of art. Kennedy, offering an immersive multimedia experience inside the home where Lee Harvey Oswald spent the night before shots rang out at Dallas’ Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963. The Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center comprises three historic buildings which illustrate though the lens of the Bear Creek community, one of the oldest freedmen communities in the nation, the experiences of African Americans from the time of emancipation through the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Department of Arts & Culture aims to ignite a passion for arts and culture in the City of Irving through the unique experiences each has to offer.
