Perot Museum of Nature and Science

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a natural history and science museum on North Field Street, on the edge of Victory Park and Uptown Dallas. Its building, a large concrete cube with an exterior escalator tube, is one of the most recognizable buildings in the downtown skyline.

The museum’s exhibit halls cover dinosaurs and paleontology, gems and minerals, energy, engineering, the human body, life sciences, sports science and the natural history of Texas. Visitors get an up-close look at ancient animal bones and rare fossils alongside exhibits on the bodies and behaviors of modern-day animals. Most halls are built around hands-on activities, which makes the museum a regular field trip destination for North Texas schools.

The Perot offers educational programs for every grade level, either at the museum or brought to classrooms. It also produced The Whynauts, a free interactive educational video series with 11 episodes available for classroom and home use.

Annual memberships include a year of admission along with member-only events and other benefits. The museum hosts traveling exhibitions, adult evenings and summer camps. For tickets and general questions, call (214) 428-5555.