Richard Avedon's 'Shawna Callahan, Thirteen Year Old, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 7/30/82.'

The Amon Carter Museum re-opens 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd, FW 1pm Sun. Admission is free. Call 817-738-1933.

For the last two years, two months, and three weeks, Fort Worth's vaunted museum district has been operating at less than 100 percent while the Amon Carter Museum was closed for remodeling. This Sunday, however, the Carter rejoins the art scene with its grand re-opening.

The museum is pulling out all the stops for the occasion, opening seven new exhibitions at once. Separate shows highlight the Carter's collection of drawings, photographs, and Western art. More focused exhibits treat us to Western landscape photos by Robert Adams, works by New Mexico photographers Laura Gilpin and Eliot Porter, art depicting Colorado after the 1858 gold rush, and Western portrait photos by high-fashion photographer Richard Avedon.

Make no mistake, though: The building is the star of this event. The expansion was designed by the Carter's original architect, Philip Johnson. (His most famous works are his "Glass House" in New Canaan, Conn., and the AT&T Corporate Headquarters building in New York City, though locally he's better known for the Fort Worth Water Gardens.) To maintain the integrity of the architectural style, the added structure uses the same materials as the old museum: granite, Texas shellstone, bronze, and teak. Inside and out, the new digs are the best reason to come back to the Carter.