Arlington Museum of Art — Attraction in Arlington

Updated review: Went to the new location to see the "Heroes & Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume" and "All That Glitters: The Crown Jewels of the Walt Disney Archives." I left the original 5 star review at the bottom.

The costume portion was phenomenal with some wonderful insights on the placards by mostly the designer or occasionally the actor who wore the costume. Found the area with the Cinderella dresses particularly well curated with the designer table, early hand drawn art, thread, etc. The lighting mixing with the glass in the final section was a bit annoying as these were some of the most beautiful and intricate costumes on display. I kept having to move as the reflection of the costume opposite got in the way.

The jewelry portion was less informative, the displays and lighting in some areas was poor. However, the majority of the collection was interesting enough with the ability to see close up the detailed work on small pieces.

Hate the relocation. It's great that it's in a larger space, although in the same building as something else is odd. I can overlook the construction and setting up firework display for the new Medal of Honor museum opening, but $10 for parking paired with a $37 ticket meant my wife and I spent $84. For children it was $32. A family of 4 spending $150 is ridiculous!

Arlington MoA, this is to you since you actively read these reviews, this is too much. I have a business here in Arlington, so I can understand how expensive it was to bring something like this to your museum, recovering that investment, and possibly trying to profit. You would have been better served expanding the parking in your previous location. Would have kept the small boutique museum charm.

Original review: Small but well curated exhibit: "A Knight's Tale." Reading all the placards and walking through the full collection took about an hour. Learned a few things and overall a great experience. Have noticed Arlington MoA gets some very interesting exhibits, glad I...

If you are looking for an AMAZING tour of talent, countless hours of sewing workmanship and designing/presentation genius then look no further then the Arlington Museum of Art-Walt Disney Archives of Heroes & Villains-The Art of the Disney Costume. My daughter Isabella & I were driving back from LA across the U.S.A to NY. She had just graduated from Emerson College in LA as a film/tv editor. Isabella had come to find that the four crowns worn by the main characters in the movie, "Narnia" were being shown in Texas. "Lucy" was her favorite and had even dressed up like her for Halloween one year! We just had to see such a unique exhibit! Twenty-one hours of driving through Santa Ana winds & snowstorms later, we finally arrived at the Arlington Museum of Art! Excitedly, we walked in on Monday, January 10th right when it opened, only to find the snowstorm had delayed openings everywhere. With faith we waited, and our hopes were answered when Mr. Dennis Hevia, Director of Facilities appeared and started giving us the amazing tour. Then to add even more amazing insights was Edna Kimbrell, Executive Assistant. They guided us through the intricacies of the displays and explained how the costume & jewelry designers role & goal was to, "without a word," SHOW who the character was. The work and what must have been blinding hours of fierce determination to make such various VISIONS come to life, was nothing short of creative genius. We are so thankful to Dennis Hevia and Enda Kimbrell for taking the time to show us around this incredible exhibit! If you're in Texas, you MUST come visit!

Most Sincerely & with Much Gratitude, Caroline Menafra &...

First off I think it's a misrepresentation to call this a museum. It's an old convention center that has dedicated one corner to having art. I went to see the MC Escher exhibit, which I was extremely excited about because he is my favorite graphic artist and I was incredibly disappointed, by the presentation.

Some of the walls were painted very bright tacky colors completely unbecoming of a "museum", hosting fine art. There were these ugly inflated balls randomly in the corners and some of them were starting to deflate and sag which, along with the bright colored walls, ruined the visual aesthetic.

The noise was overwhelming. There was a smurfs exhibit next door which had adults leading kids in cheers and yelling. Along with a documentary on loudspeakers, along with a video accompanied by music also on loudspeakers, and all of this could be heard from anywhere at overwhelming volumes.

One of the rooms displaying Escher's art was kept too dim to see the art just so the room next to it that was showing the projection of the documentary (which can be found on youtube=not vital to the exhibit) would be dark.

I cannot believe any serious museum director would allow such fine works of art such as MC Eschers to be displayed in such a tacky, cheap, obnoxious environment.

Do better.

The fact there's so many good reviews of the Escher exhibit is a sad testament to the declining taste and discernment of museum goers in...