Perot Museum

Sending our best wishes to all the young scientists, explorers, engineers, innovators, and curious minds heading back to school in Dallas + beyond this week! 📚

Keep asking big questions, exploring new ideas, and working hard to turn your dreams into reality. 🚀

Curious what our paleontologists and preparators have been working on lately? 💭

These are a Columbian mammoth's atlas and axis — the first two bones in its neck. Collected in the 1980s, these bones are much wider, thicker, and robust than those of modern elephants.

Columbian mammoths had much larger heads and enormous twisting tusks that could reach up to 16 feet long, so they needed an incredibly strong neck to support all that weight.

Did you know: you can watch our team process, clean, and prepare fossils like this one in real time during your visit? 👀 See it all in the Paleo Lab on the fourth floor!

📷 Dr. Ron Tykoski

Trade the traditional ballroom for an unforgettable setting surrounded by Museum wonder. Whether you’re planning a company holiday party, client appreciation event, team gathering, year-end celebration, or new-year kickoff, the Perot Museum offers a distinctive backdrop for bringing colleagues and guests together.

🏷️ Book by September 7 to save 25% on eligible venue rentals for events taking place December 1, 2026–January 31, 2027.

Start planning with us today! ➡️ [email protected]

Learn more: https://www.perotmuseum.org/events/host-an-event/

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Offer applies to new bookings and subject to availability. Additional restrictions may apply.

Summer break might be winding down, but the fun doesn’t have to! ☀️

Make the most of the last carefree days (and enjoy the A/C!) with a visit to Perot Museum. From testing your footy skills in Soccer: More Than a Game to hands-on STEM learning throughout our 11 exhibit halls, it’s the perfect way to end summer on a high note. 🎵

Plan your visit and grab tickets here: https://www.perotmuseum.org/

August 3-11: Due to road construction on Broom Street, the entrance for the Main Museum Parking Lot (located under Woodall Rodgers Freeway) is temporarily located on McKinney Avenue between North Griffin Street and Magnolia Street.

Please visit perotmuseum.org/parking for more information.

August at the Perot Museum 🦖

🕙 Members Only Hours
Every Sunday | 10-11am
Take advantage of exclusive access before we open to the public, including early Café hours with member-only brunch menu, and a scavenger hunt throughout the Museum.

🦕 STEM Workshops: On the Move — Paleontology (Members)
August 9 | 10am-1pm
Engage in paleo-themed activity stations located throughout the Museum’s exhibit halls.

🎨 Painting with a Twist — Tickets now on sale
August 21 | 6-8pm | Ages 21+
Enjoy a Painting with a Twist class followed by the opportunity to explore the Museum’s exhibit halls after hours.

🥂 Thursdays on Tap — August tickets now on sale
Every Thursday | 6-10pm | Ages 21+
Make the Museum your Thursday night destination to close out the summer.

⚽ Soccer: More Than a Game
Extended through January 4, 2027!
Due to popular demand, the exhibition has been extended giving you more time to experience the science, creativity, and interactive play behind the world’s game.

Plan your next visit at perotmuseum.org.

It’s been a fin-tastic week learning more about the ocean’s most fascinating predators — and we’re not done yet! 🦈

Join the Shark Week celebration at Perot Museum through August 1 with themed activities, hands-on programs, delicious food and drinks, and more included with a general admission ticket to Perot Museum. 👋 See you soon!

MOOD because it’s 😁⚽

We love seeing fans of all ages showing off their footy skills in Soccer: More Than a Game!

Haven't visited yet? Due to popular demand, the exhibition has been extended through January 4, 2027, giving families more time to experience the science, creativity, and interactive play behind the world’s game. Plan your next visit! perotmuseum.org/soccer

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Texas Counter Fitters, the Metroplex’s premier destination for high-end natural stone, is hosting a special presentation of minerals, inspired by the Perot Museum’s Minerals of the World Cup exhibition. The display highlights mineral specimens from the three host nations of the recent World Cup games, offering more ways to celebrate the summer of soccer while exploring geology.

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This special presentation is made possible through Texas Counter Fitters’s sponsorship of the Museum's Minerals of the World Cup exhibit, currently on view.
Texas Counter Fitters.