SHARK WEEK
SHARK WEEK AT THE PEROT MUSEUM
July 26 – August 1, 2026
Make the Perot Museum your ultimate destination for celebrating the greatest week of the year! To celebrate this iconic week, the Museum will come alive with family-friendly shark-themed activities throughout the Museum, Café specials, giveaways, and more!
As part of the excitement, tune in to Jurassic Sharks airing July 28 at 7pm CT on Discovery to hear from our very own Dr. Ron Tykoski, vice president of science and curator of vertebrate paleontology, to learn about large extinct varieties of sharks and shark relatives, using a number of Perot Museum specimens, mostly from Texas.
Activities are included with your general admission ticket(s).
Shark Week starts Sunday, July 26 at 8pm CT on Discovery and on HBO Max.
Activities, Giveaways, and Cafe Specials
On Tuesday, July 28 only, the first 100 visitors will receive a free, official Shark Week fin hat!
- Enjoy shark-themed activities throughout the week in the Bio Lab, ChallENGe Lab, and Moody Family Children’s Museum.
- July 28, 1-3pm, Level 4 of the Museum: Meet Dr. Ron Tykoski! Learn more about the show Jurassic Sharks, ancient sharks that called Texas home, and see rarely shown fossil specimens.
- July 30: Thursdays on Tap will feature a “Shark After Dark” takeover, featuring ocean-themed cocktails from Wolfgang Puck Catering.
- Enjoy Café specials including SharkBite Slushies, Coral Reef Burgers, Shrimp Toast (pizza), and Manatee Food.
- Stop by the Gift Shop to check out new shark-themed items for purchase.
Jurassic Sharks
Airing July 28, 7pm CT on Discovery and streaming on HBO Max
Dr. Ron Tykoski, vice president of science and curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, makes his Discovery Shark Week debut discussing “mega-sized” ancient sharks. Dr. Tykoski, Dr. Kesley Banks, associate research scientist with Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, and Dr. Chris Flis, museum director of the Whiteside Museum of Natural History, explore a famous Permian fossil site in North Texas where ancient sharks lived and died more than 270 million years ago, and discuss a number of ancient shark species including examples of predators such as Glikmanius, Xenacanthus, Orthacanthus, Aquilalamna, Ptychodus, Cretoxyrhina, and more species. Fossils, many found in Texas and housed in the Perot Museum collection, from many of these extinct species showcase the size and power of these prehistoric sharks.
