Perot Museum

Stimulate curiosity in the revolutionary Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Five floors house 11 permanent exhibit halls containing state-of-the-art video and 3D computer animation with thrilling, life-like simulations where visitors can exercise their brains through hands-on activities, interactive kiosks and educational games. The extraordinary building and outdoor space serves as a living science lesson, offering provocative illustrations of engineering, technology and conservation.

The lower level of the cube houses a state-of-the-art, modular traveling exhibit hall; an education wing with six learning labs; a flexible space auditorium; and a children's museum including outdoor play space and a courtyard.

The plinth level houses the Main Lobby complete with a 35-foot Malawisaurus fossil; access to a roof deck; the Café; a 298-seat, multimedia 3D theater; and the Museum Shop. Inside and out, the Museum features natural sustainability and environmental friendliness including a rainwater collection system, LED lighting and solar-powered water heating.

Exhibitions and events

Putting DNA to work

Permanent exhibition

DNA can be used to detect diseases, improve crops or catch criminals. The information in DNA sequences has been harnessed for a multitude of tasks, but how is DNA put to work? Through interactive...

Your Incredible body

Permanent exhibition

Have you ever wondered just what happens when you sneeze? Or cough? Or sweat? Well, now you can uncover the mystery at the Museum of Nature & Science’s permanent hands-on exhibit, Your Incredible...

Paleontology Lab

Permanent exhibition

Upon arrival back at the museum, fossils collected in the field are brought to the fossil preparation laboratory. Here the specimens are carefully removed from the surrounding rock with a variety of...

Texas Dinosaurs

Permanent exhibition

Have you ever wondered how dinosaur fossils wind up in museums? Join us in the Science Building for a contemporary tale of discovery that begins right here in Texas. It takes a team to find a...

Little Urban Farm

Permanent exhibition

The Farm provides children an opportunity to experience the critical ingredient that makes agriculture and husbandry viable: the element of human work. We step into what Nature provides and give our...

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