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Switch editorYou have switched to source editingCloseYou can switch back to visual editing at any time by clicking on this icon.Visual editingSource editingMorePreviewAdvancedSpecial charactersHelpHeadingLevel 2Level 3Level 4Level 5FormatInsertLatinLatin extendedIPASymbolsGreekGreek extendedCyrillicArabicArabic extendedHebrewBanglaTamilTeluguSinhalaDevanagariGujaratiThaiLaoKhmerCanadian AboriginalRunesÁáÀàÂâÄäÃãǍǎĀāĂ㥹ÅåĆćĈĉÇçČčĊċĐđĎďÉéÈèÊêËëĚěĒēĔĕĖėĘęĜĝĢģĞğĠġĤĥĦħÍíÌìÎîÏïĨĩǏǐĪīĬĭİıĮįĴĵĶķĹĺĻļĽľŁłŃńÑñŅņŇňÓóÒòÔôÖöÕõǑǒŌōŎŏǪǫŐőŔŕŖŗŘřŚśŜŝŞşŠšȘșȚțŤťÚúÙùÛûÜüŨũŮůǓǔŪūǖǘǚǜŬŭŲųŰűŴŵÝýŶŷŸÿȲȳŹźŽžŻżÆæǢǣØøŒœßÐðÞþƏəFormattingLinksHeadingsListsFilesDiscussionReferencesDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getItalic''Italic text''Italic textBold'''Bold text'''Bold textBold & italic'''''Bold & italic text'''''Bold & italic textDescriptionWhat you typeWhat you getReferencePage text.<ref>[https://www.example.org/ Link text], additional text.</ref>Page text.[1]Named referencePage text.<ref name="test">[https://www.example.org/ Link text]</ref>Page text.[2]Additional use of the same referencePage text.<ref name="test" />Page text.[2]Display references<references />↑ Link text, additional text.↑ Link text==== Museums ==== * '''[[George W. Bush Presidential Center]]''' – Located on 23 acres on the east side of the SMU main campus, the center includes a presidential library, museum, institute, and the offices of the George W. Bush Foundation. The library and museum are privately administered by the [[National Archives and Records Administration]], while the university holds representation on the independent public policy institute board. The center serves as a resource for the study of the George W. Bush presidency and includes a full-size replica of the White House Oval Office, as it was during his presidency, together with over 43,000 artifacts, almost 70 million pages of textual materials, over 3.8 million photographs, 80 terabytes of electronic records, and overt 200 million email messages.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/About-Us|title=About Us|work=George W. Bush Presidential Library|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225024744/https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/en/About-Us|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="dallasnews"/> [[File:Southern Methodist University July 2016 122 (Meadows Museum).jpg|thumb|Meadows Museum]] * '''[[Meadows Museum]]''' – The Meadows Museum's collection was assembled by its founder, Algur H. Meadows.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/collections/pages/ |title=About the Collection | Collections | Meadows Museum, Dallas |access-date=September 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921225927/https://meadowsmuseumdallas.org/collections/pages/ |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> It houses several collections including a collection of Spanish art from the tenth to the 21st centuries. The museum holds different exhibits for periods of time every year. In 2018 it held the exhibition "Dali: Poetics of the Small, 1929–1936", followed by Mariano Fortuny y Masal's artwork in the "Fortuny: Friends and Followers" exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.smudailycampus.com/ae/meadows-fortuny-friends-and-followers |title=Meadows' Fortuny: Friends and Followers |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220122728/https://www.smudailycampus.com/ae/meadows-fortuny-friends-and-followers |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> This exhibit will run from February 19 to June 6. It also includes a sculpture collection including works by [[David Smith (sculptor)|David Smith]], [[Henry Moore]] and [[Claes Oldenburg]], as well as by contemporary sculptors such as [[James Surls]]. Important figural sculptures by [[Auguste Rodin|Rodin]], [[Maillol]], and [[Giacometti]] are also housed within the museum. It is also responsible for the university's art collection, including work by several important regional artists. * '''Pollock Gallery'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.edu/Meadows/AreasOfStudy/Art/PollockGallery|title=Pollock Gallery - Art - Meadows School of the Arts|website=Smu.edu|access-date=June 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607204521/http://www.smu.edu/meadows/AreasOfStudy/Art/PollockGallery|archive-date=June 7, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> – The Pollock Gallery provides an ever-changing display of works by the faculty and students of the Meadows School of the Arts, as well as by outside artists. It is located in the Hughes–Trigg Student Center. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. 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