There are holidays for just about everything, from celebrating your favorite foods to family birthdays. The month of June is dedicated to one of the furrier members of your household: cats. During National Adopt-A-Cat month, we thought we would honor a few of the felines that call the DMA home.
![Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1846-1847, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, The Art Museum League Fund 1973.5](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/edward-hicks-the-peaceable-kingdom_1973_5.jpg?resize=475%2C358&ssl=1)
Edward Hicks, The Peaceable Kingdom, c. 1846-47, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, The Art Museum League Fund, 1973.5
![Alfred Stevens, The Visit (La Visite), before 1869, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation 1997.112](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/alfred-stevens-the-visit-1997_112.jpg?resize=475%2C588&ssl=1)
Alfred Stevens, The Visit, before 1869, oil on canvas, Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the Pauline Allen Gill Foundation, 1997.112
![Tiger, Nagasawa Rosetsu, after 1792, ink and color on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, General Acquisitions Fund 1972.13](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/tiger-nagasawa-rosetsu-1972_13.jpg?resize=375%2C1024&ssl=1)
Nagasawa Rosetsu, Tiger, after 1792, ink and color on paper, Dallas Museum of Art, General Acquisitions Fund 1972.13
![Sword ornament in the form of a lion, Asante peoples, Ghana, Africa, c. mid-20th century, cast gold and felt, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc. 2010.2.McD](https://i0.wp.com/blog.dma.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/sword-ornament-in-the-form-of-a-lion.jpg?resize=475%2C356&ssl=1)
Sword ornament in the form of a lion, Ghana, Asante peoples, c. mid-20th century, cast gold and felt, Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 2010.2.McD [Note: currently not on view due to gallery construction]
Really fun post- and a great idea for Kindergarten tours! Judy B.
More fun for the younger set! Find the cat named Sardine on level 4. With your friends discuss what is Sardine afraid of?