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A major museum acquisition makes SMU a global center of Methodist history The World Methodist Museum collection moves to Dallas. A lighted cross stands at a Methodist retreat area at Lake Junaluska in North Carolina.(Anthony Elia/Special contributor) By Anthony J. Elia This column is part of our ongoing Opinion commentary on faith, called “Junaluska’s contributions to our cultural life will be as flexible and adaptable as the Christian spirit.” In January 1950, Mason Crum, a professor of religion at Duke University, penned these final words to the preface of his book The Story of Lake...

  DALLAS (SMU) – Bridwell Library (Perkins School of Theology and SMU Libraries) at Southern Methodist University has been named the recipient of the collections of the recently closed World Methodist Council Museum in Lake Junaluska, N.C.  The announcement was made by the World Methodist Council (WMC) Archival Committee on April 1, 2021. The entire collection will be given and transferred to Bridwell Library at SMU by May 15, 2021.  “I am relieved and excited that the collection will remain intact and under the care of the Bridwell Library,” said Robert Williams, Retired General Se...

Meadows Museum celebrates the 20th anniversary of its 66,000-square-foot building Exterior of the Meadows Museum and its sculpture plaza with Santiago Calatrava’s Wave (2002) in foreground and Gerald J. Ford Stadium in background. Photo by Hillsman Jackson. DALLAS, TX .- This year marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Meadows's 66,000-square-foot building, which is six times larger than the museum’s original space. Since its opening in 2001, the Meadows has become one of the most prominent university art museums in the country. It is internationally recognized for the quality of ...

Texas university's museum marks major milestone with 2 new exhibitions Texas university's museum marks major milestone with 2 new exhibitions Beach at Portici by Mariano Fortuny will be on display during Meadows' 20th anniversary exhibitions. Photo courtesy of Meadows Museum No one knows how to party like SMU, and this spring, Meadows Museum will celebrate 20 years in its Bishop Boulevard building with not one, but two special exhibitions. The stately Collegiate Georgian, red-brick building, designed by Chicago architectural firm Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, opened to the public in 2001. Ov...

SMU's Meadows Museum marks milestone occasion with 2 new exhibitions SMU's Meadows Museum marks milestone occasion with 2 new exhibitions Beach at Portici by Mariano Fortuny will be on display during Meadows' 20th anniversary exhibitions. Photo courtesy of Meadows Museum No one knows how to party like SMU, and this spring, Meadows Museum will celebrate 20 years in its Bishop Boulevard building with not one, but two special exhibitions. The stately Collegiate Georgian, red-brick building, designed by Chicago architectural firm Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, opened to the public in 2001. Over t...