Tips for Visiting

Parcel check

Check your bulky items for free at our self-service parcel check. Backpacks, umbrellas, and other large objects are not allowed in the galleries. 

For the safety of our visitors and the artworks on display strollers may not be permitted during periods of high visitation. On these occasions stroller parking will be made available. 

In the galleries

• The gallery attendants are here both to protect the artworks and provide you with assistance.
• Help us protect our collection by staying 12 inches away from artwork and not touching artworks, or cases.
• We encourage you to sketch in the galleries with only pencils and avoid obstructing pathways for other visitors. We ask that parents or caregivers carry kids’ pencils or sketchbooks while walking through the galleries.
• Please turn your cell phones to silent mode while in the galleries to help ensure an enjoyable museum experience for all.
• Unscheduled lecturing to groups is not permitted. Learn more about guided tours here.

In the Museum

• We welcome service animals at the Kimbell.
• Bench seating is available in most galleries throughout the museum. Borrow a foldable stool for free at Kahn Building Information, Piano Pavilion Information, or the parcel check in either building.
• Restrooms are located on the lower level of the Kahn Building and on both the upper and lower levels of the Piano Pavilion. Family restrooms are located on the upper level of the Piano Pavilion. All restrooms contain wheelchair-accessible stalls.
• We invite mothers to breastfeed their babies wherever they feel comfortable. A nursing room is also available in the Piano Pavilion’s lower-level women’s restroom, located near the entrance to the Pavilion Auditorium.
• Changing tables are available in the Piano Pavilion’s upper-level family restrooms as well as in the men’s and women’s restrooms on the lower level of the Kahn Building and Piano Pavilion.

Learn more about accessibility at the Kimbell.

Photography is welcome

Personal non-flash photography is encouraged in most special exhibitions and within the Kimbell’s collection galleries, unless otherwise noted. Look on signs and art work wall labels to determine where photography is not permitted.

To request professional photography on our campus, email us or call 817-332-8451, ext. 218.

Food and drink

• Food or drinks, including water and baby bottles, are not allowed in the museum’s galleries.
• Enjoy an artful meal at the Kimbell Café. 

Restricted items

• No weapons are permitted in the museum, with the exception of law enforcement officers.
• Tobacco use, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, snuff, and chewing tobacco, is not allowed in the museum or anywhere on our grounds.