Our Gargantuan Dinosaur Fossil Skeletons

You definitely couldn't miss them anyway — these prehistoric beasts will be the first thing to greet you when you walk into the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall. 

GO BACK IN TIME

Crack open two tons of sparkle

Take a look inside a giant amethyst geode on our Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall exhibit hall page — and in the actual hall!

Start Spelunking

The Ultimate Race

Think you're faster than a T. Rex or a cheetah? What about NFL running back Jamaal Charles? Step up to the starting line in the Lamar Hunt Family Sports Hall, and get ready to run.

Ready, Set, Go!

Become a Junior Paleontologist

Dig for dinos in the outdoor sand pit inspired by real fossil digs from Big Bend! Grab a vest, a scoop, a shovel, and a rake and join our team of junior paleontologists in the Moody Family Children's Museum on the Lower Level.

Start digging

Touch a Tornado

Reach your hands inside a tornado simulator inside the Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall to feel the airflows and observe the formation of these infamous and powerful storms.

FORECAST: 100% CHANCE OF DISCOVERY

Aurora Butterfly of Peace

Featuring 240 naturally colored diamonds arranged in the shape of a butterfly, this unique work of art not only reveals the rainbow of colors diamonds come in, but also demonstrates many of the stones’ fluorescence when it is brought to life under UV light. It took owner and curator Alan Bronstein, in partnership with Harry Rodman, 12 years to create this masterpiece. 

Photo by Robert Weldon ©GIA