Fort Worth, Texas

== Culture ==
[[File:The Flagship Knoxville, a fully restored DC-3 aircraft at the American Airlines C.R. Smith Museum on the campus of the American Airlines Flight Academy, at the southern end of DFW International LCCN2015630847.tif|thumb|American Airlines DC-3 NC21798 "Flagship Knoxville" on permanent display at the CR Smith Museum|197x197px]]

Building on its [[American frontier|Frontier Western]] heritage and a history of strong local arts patronage, Fort Worth promotes itself as the "City of Cowboys and Culture".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-05-26 |title=The City Of Cowboys And Culture |url=https://thefortworthtxdentist.com/blog/2015/05/the-city-of-cowboys-and-culture/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Steven M. Huffstutler |language=en-US |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623015623/https://thefortworthtxdentist.com/blog/2015/05/the-city-of-cowboys-and-culture/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Fort Worth has the world's first and largest indoor rodeo,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cohen |first=Jason |date=2013-01-21 |title=Did Fort Worth Really Have the World's First Indoor Rodeo? |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/did-fort-worth-really-have-the-worlds-first-indoor-rodeo/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623015623/https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/did-fort-worth-really-have-the-worlds-first-indoor-rodeo/ |url-status=live }}</ref> world-class museums, a calendar of festivals and a robust local arts scene. The [[Academy of Western Artists]], based in [[Gene Autry, Oklahoma|Gene Autry]], [[Oklahoma]], presents its annual awards in Fort Worth in fields related to the American cowboy, including music, literature, and even chuck wagon cooking.<ref>{{cite web |title=About the Academy |url=http://awaawards.org/about.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131130821/http://www.awaawards.org/about.htm |archive-date=January 31, 2012 |access-date=July 13, 2012 |publisher=Academy of Western Artists}}</ref> Fort Worth is also the 1931 birthplace of the Official State Music of Texas—[[Western Swing]], which was created by [[Bob Wills]] and [[Milton Brown]] and their [[Light Crust Doughboys]] band in a ramshackle dancehall 4 miles west of downtown at the Crystal Springs Dance Pavilion.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Texas State Music |url=https://statesymbolsusa.org/symbol-official-item/texas/state-dance-music-symbol/western-swin |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=State Symbols USA}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Arts and sciences ===
{{div col}}
;Theatre

* Amphibian Stage Productions
* [[Bass Performance Hall]]
* [[Casa Mañana]]
* Circle Theatre
* Jubilee Theater
* Kids Who Care Inc.
* Stage West

;Music

* [[Billy Bob's]]
* [[Fort Worth Opera]]
* [[Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra]]
* Live Eclectic Music (Ridglea Theater)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ridgleatheater.com/ |title=Ridglea Theater |publisher=Ridglea Theater |access-date=August 7, 2010 |archive-date=July 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100722003257/http://www.ridgleatheater.com/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Texas Ballet Theater]]
* [[Van Cliburn International Piano Competition]]

;Museums

* [[Al and Ann Stohlman]] Museum
* [[C.R. Smith Museum|American Airline C.R. Smith Museum]]
* [[Amon Carter Museum of American Art]]
* [[Fort Worth Museum of Science and History]]
* Fort Worth Stockyards Museum
* [[Kimbell Art Museum]]
* [[Lenora Rolla Heritage Center Museum]]
* [[Log Cabin Village]]
* Military Museum of Fort Worth
* [[Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth]]
* [[National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame]]
* [[National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum]]
* [[Sid Richardson Museum]]
* Texas Civil War Museum
* [[Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame]]
{{div col end}}

===Nature===
[[File:FW Japanese Gardens 2 (5569039869).jpg|thumb|The Japanese Gardens at the [[Fort Worth Botanic Garden]], 2011|197x197px]]

The [[Fort Worth Zoo]] is home to over 5,000 animals.

The [[Fort Worth Botanic Garden]] and the [[Botanical Research Institute of Texas]] are also in the city. For those interested in hiking, birding, or canoeing, the [[Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge]] in northwest Fort Worth is a 3,621-acre preserved natural area designated by the Department of the Interior as a National Natural Landmark Site in 1980. Established in 1964 as the Greer Island Nature Center and Refuge, it celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Friends of Fort Worth Nature Center |url=https://naturecenterfriends.org/index.php/about-us/ |access-date=May 5, 2020 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122185551/https://naturecenterfriends.org/index.php/about-us/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> The Nature Center has a small, genetically pure [[bison]] herd, and native [[prairie]]s, [[forest]]s, and [[wetland]]s. It is one of the largest urban parks of its type in the United States.<ref name="Aboutfwncr">{{cite web |title=About The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge |url=https://www.fwnaturecenter.org/about-the-fort-worth-nature-center-refuge/ |website=Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge |publisher=City of Fort Worth |access-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804080739/https://www.fwnaturecenter.org/about-the-fort-worth-nature-center-refuge/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Parks===
[[File: Fort Worth Water Gardens 1 (4689217353).jpg|thumb|The [[Fort Worth Water Gardens]]]]

Fort Worth has a total of 263 parks with 179 of those being neighborhood parks. The total acres of parkland is 11,700.72 acres with the average being about 12.13 acres per park.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortworthtexas.gov/parks/info/ |title=Fort Worth Park Facts |website=City of Fort Worth, Texas |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109152601/http://fortworthtexas.gov/parks/info/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The 4.3 acre (1.7 hectare) [[Fort Worth Water Gardens]], designed by noted [[New York City|New York]] architects [[Philip Johnson]] and [[John Burgee]], is an [[urban park]] containing three pools of water and terraced knolls; the Water Gardens are billed as a "cooling oasis in the concrete jungle" of downtown. [[Heritage Park Plaza]] is a [[Modernist]]-style park that was designed by [[Lawrence Halprin]].<ref name="nrhpreg">{{cite web |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Heritage Park Plaza / Heritage Park; Heritage Park Overlook; Upper Heritage Park |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/HeritageParkPlaza.pdf |date=December 16, 2009 |author=W. Dwayne Jones and Michal G. Tincup |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=May 21, 2010 |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529193531/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/feature/weekly_features/HeritageParkPlaza.pdf |url-status=live }} (88 pages, with maps, plans, and 38 photos from 2010)</ref> The plaza design incorporates a set of interconnecting rooms constructed of concrete and activated throughout by flowing water walls, channels, and pools and was added to the US [[National Register of Historic Places]] on May 10, 2010.<ref name="newlistings2010may21">{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100521.htm |title=Announcements and actions on properties for the National Register of Historic Places for May 21, 2010 |date=May 21, 2010 |access-date=May 21, 2010 |work=Weekly Listings |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529131613/http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/listings/20100521.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are two off-leash [[dog park]]s located in the city, ZBonz Dog Park and Fort Woof. The park includes an [[Dog agility|agility course]], water fountains, shaded shelters, and waste stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fortworthtexas.gov/dogparks/ |title=Fort Worth Dog Parks |website=City of Fort Worth, Texas |access-date=November 8, 2016 |archive-date=November 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109090145/http://fortworthtexas.gov/dogparks/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>