Perot Museum of Nature and Science

National Geographic Live! Speaker Series

Behind every great National Geographic Story is a great storyteller

Join us as we welcome some of National Geographic’s most prominent and engaging explorers in this season’s National Geographic Speaker Series.

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Staircase Project - Winner Announced

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Spotlighting African American Leaders In Science

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science, in partnership with the African American Museum, Dallas, is excited to announce that local architect and emerging artist Daniel M. Gunn is the winner of the Staircase Project design competition.

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Amaze Your Brain at Home!

Have no fear, the Museum is still here! Amaze Your Brain at Home and watch your favorite concepts from the Museum come to life. Explore nature and science at home and in your backyard - all while using the most common household objects and supplies.

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Alamosaurus skeleton in the Life Then and Now Hall at the Perot Museum.

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

Giant purple amethyst geode in the Gems and Minerals Hall at the Perot Museum.

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

Two girls running alongside a cheetah on a giant screen in the Perot Museum Sports Hall.

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!

Dinosaur bone under stand with small hands digging in the Children's Museum at the Perot Museum.

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

Perot Museum guests watching the indoor tornado form in the Dynamic Earth Hall.

See a Tornado Up Close

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

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Behind every great National Geographic Story is a great storyteller

Staircase Project - Winner Announced

Spotlighting African American Leaders In Science

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Amaze Your Brain at Home

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Our Gargantuan Dinosaur Fossil Skeletons

Two tons of sparkle

The Ultimate Race

Become a Junior Paleontologist

See a Tornado Up Close

Our Gargantuan Dinosaur Fossil Skeletons

Two Tons of Sparkle

The Ultimate Race

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See a Tornado Up Close

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