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| visitors = 1,000,000+ <ref name=Le>{{cite news| url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20130712-perot-museum-attracts-its-1-millionth-visitor.ece| title=Perot Museum attracts its one millionth visitor| newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]| date=July 12, 2013| last=Le| first=Tiffany}}</ref>
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| ceo = Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver<ref name=Linda>{{cite press release| title=Perot Museum appoints Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver as the Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer| url=https://www.perotmuseum.org/about-the-perot/newsroom/news-releases/2017/03/linda-abraham-silver.html| date=March 2, 2017| publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science}}</ref>
| ceo = Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver<ref name=Linda>{{cite press release| title=Perot Museum appoints Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver as the Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer| url=https://www.perotmuseum.org/about-the-perot/newsroom/news-releases/2017/03/linda-abraham-silver.html| date=March 2, 2017| publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science}}</ref>
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<br />The '''Perot Museum of Nature and Science''' (shortened to '''Perot Museum''') is a [[natural history museum|natural history]] and [[science museum]] located in [[Dallas, Texas]]. It consists of two campuses: the primary campus located in [[Victory Park, Dallas|Victory Park]], and a secondary campus in [[Fair Park]]. The Victory Park campus museum was named in honor of Margot and [[Ross Perot]].<ref name="USAToday">{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2012/11/17/new-dallas-science-museum-named-for-ross-perot/1710191/| title=New Dallas science museum named for Ross Perot| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| date=November 17, 2012| last=Stengle| first=Jamie}}</ref> The current [[chief executive officer]] of the museum is Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver.<ref name="Linda" />
<br />The '''Perot Museum of Nature and Science''' (shortened to '''Perot Museum''') is a [[natural history]] and [[science museum]] in [[Dallas, Texas]] in [[Victory Park, Dallas|Victory Park]]. The museum was named in honor of Margot and [[Ross Perot]].<ref name="USAToday">{{cite news| url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/2012/11/17/new-dallas-science-museum-named-for-ross-perot/1710191/| title=New Dallas science museum named for Ross Perot| newspaper=[[USA Today]]| date=November 17, 2012| last=Stengle| first=Jamie}}</ref> The current [[chief executive officer]] of the museum is Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board Members & Senior Staff |url=https://www.perotmuseum.org/about-us/leadership/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Perot Museum |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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===History===
===History===
* June 6, 1936&nbsp;– Dallas Museum of Natural History was opened to the public as part of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exhibition.
On June 6, 1936, the Dallas Museum of Natural History opened to the public as part of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exhibition. On September 20, 1946, the Dallas Health Museum was founded by a group chartered as the Dallas Academy of Medicine. It was renamed the Dallas Health and Science Museum in 1958. The name was changed yet again to the Science Place in 1981. In 1995, the Dallas Children's Museum was founded elsewhere.[[File:Perot Museum of Nature and Science exterior of Escalator.jpg|thumb|left|235px|An exterior view of the museum's main staircase]]
* September 20, 1946&nbsp;– Dallas Health Museum was founded by a group chartered as the Dallas Academy of Medicine. The Dallas Health Museum was renamed as the Dallas Health and Science Museum in 1958. It was later renamed to the Science Place in 1981.
* 1995&nbsp;– Dallas Children's Museum was founded.


In 2006, museum CEO Nicole Small oversaw the uniting of the Dallas Museum of Natural History and the Science Place and the Dallas Children's Museum at Fair Park. Following the merger, the museum was located in three buildings in Fair Park, featuring an [[IMAX]]-style theater, a fully functioning planetarium, an extensive exhibit hall, and its own on-site paleontology lab.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/01/arts/design/the-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-in-dallas.html?pagewanted=all| title=Bursting With Science, Some of It Unsettling| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 30, 2012| last=Rothstein| first=Edward|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=WSJ>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323375204578267880116412000| title=How Dallas Does Philanthropy| newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]| date=February 4, 2013| last=Spiegelman| first=Willard|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In 2006, Perot Museum CEO Nicole Small oversaw the uniting of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, the Science Place, and the Dallas Children's Museum at Fair Park. Following the merger, the museum was in three buildings there, featuring an [[IMAX]]-style theater, a planetarium, an extensive exhibit hall, and its own paleontology lab.<ref name=NYTimes>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/01/arts/design/the-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-in-dallas.html?pagewanted=all| title=Bursting With Science, Some of It Unsettling| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=November 30, 2012| last=Rothstein| first=Edward|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=WSJ>{{cite news| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323375204578267880116412000| title=How Dallas Does Philanthropy| newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]| date=February 4, 2013| last=Spiegelman| first=Willard|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The museum moved on December 1, 2012, to a new facility in Victory Park.


On June 1, 2014 the Perot Museum of Nature and Science welcomed a new CEO, Colleen Walker.<ref name=Abril>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2014/05/02/meet-the-perot-museum-s-new-ceo-colleen-walker.html?page=all| title=Meet the Perot Museum’s new CEO, Colleen Walker| newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|Dallas Business Journal]]| date=May 2, 2014| last=Abril| first=Danielle}}</ref>
On June 1, 2014, CEO Small was replaced by Colleen Walker.<ref name=Abril>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2014/05/02/meet-the-perot-museum-s-new-ceo-colleen-walker.html?page=all| title=Meet the Perot Museum's new CEO, Colleen Walker| newspaper=[[American City Business Journals|Dallas Business Journal]]| date=May 2, 2014| last=Abril| first=Danielle}}</ref>


Walker resigned as CEO in 2017, and was replaced in 2017 by Linda Abraham-Silver.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elf |first=Ellery the |date=2017-03-02 |title=JUST IN: Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver Named New Chief Executive Officer For Perot Museum |url=https://mysweetcharity.com/2017/03/just-in-dr-linda-silver-abraham-named-new-chief-executive-officer-for-perot-museum/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=My Sweet Charity |language=en-US}}</ref>
The museum relocated on December 1, 2012 to a new facility in Victory Park. The former Science Place Building and Planetarium were closed, with the building for the former Dallas Museum of Natural History converted into a second campus for the Perot Museum.<ref name=FairPark>{{cite web| url=http://www.fairpark.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=202| title=Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Fair Park| publisher=Fair Park}}</ref>


===Donation and Endowment===
===Donation and endowment===
The Victory Park campus museum was named in honor of Margot and [[Ross Perot]] as the result of a $50-million gift made by their adult children&nbsp;— [[Ross Perot, Jr.]]; Nancy Perot Mulford; Suzanne Perot McGee; Carolyn Perot Rathjen; and Katherine Perot Reeves. The $185-million fundraising goal&nbsp;– which provided for the site acquisition, exhibition planning and design, construction of the new building, education programs and an endowment was achieved by November 2011, more than a year before the museum's scheduled opening in December 2012. The donated funds enabled the museum to be built without incurring any debt or public funding.<ref name=WSJ/><ref name=FWWeekly>{{cite news| url=http://www.fwweekly.com/2013/04/26/museum-swap-the-perot-is-pretty-groovy/| title=Museum Swap: The Perot is Pretty Groovy| newspaper=Fort Worth Weekly| date=April 26, 2013| last=Mariani| first=Anthony}}</ref>
The Victory Park campus museum was named in honor of Margot and [[Ross Perot]] as the result of a $50,000,000 gift made by their adult children [[Ross Perot, Jr.]], Nancy Perot Mulford, Suzanne Perot McGee, Carolyn Perot Rathjen, and Katherine Perot Reeves. The $185,000,000 fundraising goal, slated to provide for the site acquisition, exhibition planning and design, construction of the new building, education programs and an endowment, was achieved by November 2011, more than a year before the museum's scheduled opening in December 2012. The donated funds enabled the museum to be built, incurring no debt or public funding.<ref name=WSJ/><ref name=FWWeekly>{{cite news| url=http://www.fwweekly.com/2013/04/26/museum-swap-the-perot-is-pretty-groovy/| title=Museum Swap: The Perot is Pretty Groovy| newspaper=Fort Worth Weekly| date=April 26, 2013| last=Mariani| first=Anthony}}</ref>


==Victory Park campus==
==Victory Park campus==
[[Image:T-rex.JPG|thumb|Cast skeleton of ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' in ''Life Then and Now'' hall]]
[[Image:T-rex.JPG|thumb|Cast skeleton of ''[[Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' in ''Life Then and Now'' hall]]

[[Image:Solar System Tour.JPG|thumb|''Journey Through The Solar System'' exhibit at the ''Expanding Universe'' hall]]
[[Image:Solar System Tour.JPG|thumb|''Journey Through The Solar System'' exhibit at the ''Expanding Universe'' hall]]
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The {{convert|180,000|sqft|adj=on}} facility has six floors and stands about 14 stories high. Five of the floors are accessible to the public and house 11 permanent exhibit halls as well as 6 learning labs.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/11/the_perot_museum_of_nature_and.php?page=all| title=Previewing the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, from A to Z| newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]]| date=November 15, 2012| last=Pinn| first=Rachel Edenson}}</ref> The top floor houses the museum's administration offices. The Victory Park campus opened its doors to the public on December 1, 2012. Approximately 6,000 visitors came to the museum on its first day of operation.<ref name=Flick>{{cite news| url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121201-dallas-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-officially-opens-to-enthusiastic-crowd.ece| title=Dallas' Perot Museum of Nature and Science officially opens to enthusiastic crowd| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=December 1, 2012| last=Flick| first=David}}</ref>

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The 180,000 square feet facility has 6 floors and stands about 14 stories high. It has five floors which are accessible to the public and houses 11 permanent exhibit halls as well as 6 learning labs.<ref name=Observer>{{cite news| url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2012/11/the_perot_museum_of_nature_and.php?page=all| title=Previewing the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, from A to Z| newspaper=[[Dallas Observer]]| date=November 15, 2012| last=Pinn| first=Rachel Edenson}}</ref> The top-most floor houses the museum's administration offices. The Victory Park campus opened its doors to the public on December 1, 2012. Approximately 6,000 visitors came to the museum on its first day of operation.<ref name=Flick>{{cite news| url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121201-dallas-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science-officially-opens-to-enthusiastic-crowd.ece| title=Dallas' Perot Museum of Nature and Science officially opens to enthusiastic crowd| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=December 1, 2012| last=Flick| first=David}}</ref>


===Building design===
===Building design===
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Designed by [[Thom Mayne]] of [[Morphosis Architects]], the building was conceived as a large cube floating over a landscaped [[plinth]] (or base).
Designed by 2005 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate [[Thom Mayne]] and his firm Morphosis Architects, the building was conceived as a large cube floating over a landscaped [[plinth]] (or base) and is designed to inspire awareness of science through an immersive and interactive environment. It has a stone roof which features a landscape of drought-tolerant greenery inspired by Dallas surroundings. The building's design was conceived in collaboration with Dallas-based landscape architects, Talley Associates, the plinth is landscaped with a 1-acre rolling [[green roof]] consisting of rock and native drought-resistant grasses that reflects Texas' indigenous landscape and demonstrates a living system that will evolve naturally over time.<ref name=Talley>{{cite web |url=http://talleyassociates.com/portfolio/campusinstitutional/museum-of-nature-and-science.html |title=Museum of Nature & Science |publisher=Talley Associates |accessdate=2013-04-01}}</ref> By integrating architecture, nature and technology, the building's design demonstrates scientific principles and is used as a teaching tool that provides living examples of engineering, sustainability and technology at work. Building on the museum's commitment to resource conservation, the new building integrates a variety of sustainable strategies including a [[Rainwater harvesting|rainwater collection]] system that captures run-off water from the roof and parking lot, satisfying 74% of the museum's non-potable water needs and 100% of its irrigation needs.


The stone roof, which features a landscape of drought-tolerant greenery, was inspired by Dallas surroundings. The plinth was landscaped with a {{convert|1|acre|adj=on}} rolling [[green roof]] comprising rock and native drought-resistant grasses that reflects Texas' indigenous landscape and demonstrate a living system that will evolve naturally.<ref name="Talley">{{cite web |url=http://talleyassociates.com/portfolio/campusinstitutional/museum-of-nature-and-science.html |title=Museum of Nature & Science |publisher=Talley Associates |accessdate=2013-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106170121/http://www.talleyassociates.com/portfolio/campusinstitutional/museum-of-nature-and-science.html |archive-date=2012-01-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Building on the museum's commitment to resource conservation, the new building has a [[Rainwater harvesting|rainwater collection]] system that captures run-off water from the roof and parking lot, satisfying 74% of the museum's non-potable water needs and 100% of its irrigation needs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Perot Museum of Nature & Science |url=https://polyguardproducts.com/architectural/project-profile/perot-museum-of-nature-science/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Polyguard Architectural |language=en-US}}</ref>
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The building features a {{convert|54|ft|m|adj=on}} continuous flow escalator housed within a {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=on}} glass casing that extends diagonally outside the building cube. To maximize sustainability, the building also features LED lighting, off-grid energy generation technology and solar-powered water heating. Skylights draw natural sunlight into the atrium and to the other spaces.<ref name=FWWeekly/><ref name=Fedele/>


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The building is characterized by a continuous flow escalator, measuring {{convert|54|ft}} in length and housed within a {{convert|150|ft|adj=on}} glass casing that extends diagonally outside the building cube. The building also prioritizes sustainability by utilizing LED lighting, off-grid energy generation technology, and solar-powered water heating. To enhance energy efficiency, the atrium and other spaces within the building benefit from natural sunlight via strategically placed skylights.<ref name=FWWeekly/><ref name=Fedele/>
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The building has secured from the Green Building Initiative the highest possible 4 Green Globes. It obtained a rating of an overall 85% on the Green Globes rating scale and 100% for its design and its sustainable performance measures.<ref name=FMLink>{{cite web| url=http://www.fmlink.com/article.cgi?type=News&archive=false&title=Perot%20Museum%20awarded%20rare%20%224%20Green%20Globes%22%20rating&mode=source&catid=1012&display=article&id=44567| title=Perot Museum awarded rare "4 Green Globes" rating| journal=FM Link| date=April 24, 2013| last=Henson| first=Shane}}</ref><ref name=MarketWire>{{cite press release| url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/perot-museum-achieves-green-globesr-highest-possible-ranking-for-sustainable-building-design-2013-04-11| title=Perot Museum Achieves Green Globes Highest Possible Ranking for Sustainable Building Design| publisher=Market Wire| date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Green Globes is a nationally recognized green building guidance and assessment program in the United States. The Green Globes rigorous assessment is also the most closely aligned certification to United States federal building requirements. The Green Globes achievement is a rarity in United States building industry where only 12 out of 759 certified buildings have reached a four Globe certification. The Victory Park building was designed and built using green building practices so that it would serve as a model of sustainability.<ref name=Fedele>{{cite web| url=http://designbuildsource.com.au/perot-museum-celebrates-impressive-green-recognition| title=Perot Museum Celebrates Impressive Green Recognition| publisher=Design Build Source| date=April 30, 2013| last=Fedele| first=Angela}}</ref>

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The building has secured the highest possible 4 Green Globes from the Green Building Initiative. It got a rating of an overall 85% on the Green Globes rating scale and 100% for its design and its sustainable performance measures.<ref name=FMLink>{{cite web| url=http://www.fmlink.com/article.cgi?type=News&archive=false&title=Perot%20Museum%20awarded%20rare%20%224%20Green%20Globes%22%20rating&mode=source&catid=1012&display=article&id=44567| title=Perot Museum awarded rare "4 Green Globes" rating| journal=FM Link| date=April 24, 2013| last=Henson| first=Shane}}</ref><ref name=MarketWire>{{cite press release| url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/perot-museum-achieves-green-globesr-highest-possible-ranking-for-sustainable-building-design-2013-04-11| title=Perot Museum Achieves Green Globes Highest Possible Ranking for Sustainable Building Design| publisher=Market Wire| date=April 11, 2013}}</ref> Green Globes is a nationally recognized green building guidance and assessment program in the United States.<ref name=Fedele>{{cite web| url=http://designbuildsource.com.au/perot-museum-celebrates-impressive-green-recognition| title=Perot Museum Celebrates Impressive Green Recognition| publisher=Design Build Source| date=April 30, 2013| last=Fedele| first=Angela}}</ref>


===Permanent exhibit halls===
===Permanent exhibit halls===
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* ''Dallas Skyline Climber'' allows kids to traverse a miniature [[Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge]], climb a playground made of tiny Dallas landmarks that includes the [[Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)|Dallas County Courthouse]], [[Reunion Tower]], the [[Magnolia Hotel (Dallas, Texas)|Magnolia Hotel]], [[Thanksgiving Tower]] and [[Neiman Marcus]] building.
* ''Dallas Skyline Climber'' allows kids to traverse a miniature [[Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge]], and climb a playground made of tiny Dallas landmarks that includes the [[Dallas County Courthouse (Texas)|Dallas County Courthouse]], [[Reunion Tower]], the [[Magnolia Hotel (Dallas, Texas)|Magnolia Hotel]], [[Thanksgiving Tower]], and [[Neiman Marcus]] building.
* Observe museum staff feed and maintain terrarium animals
* Observe museum staff feed and maintain terrarium animals
* Take a hike up the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]]
* Take a hike up the [[Trinity River (Texas)|Trinity River]]
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* ''Sports Run'' is a 55-foot interactive video exhibit where participants will be able to race [[Felix Jones]] of the [[Dallas Cowboys]], Emily Richardson who is a [[WOGA]] Level 10 [[gymnast]], a 3D life-size [[tyrannosaurus]] rex and a 3D life-size [[cheetah]]<ref name=900lbs>{{cite web| url=http://900lbs.com/portfolio/perot-sports-run-exhibit/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514131755/http://900lbs.com/portfolio/perot-sports-run-exhibit/| dead-url=yes| archive-date=May 14, 2013| title=Perot Museum's Sports Run Exhibit| publisher=900lbs of Creative| date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>
* ''Sports Run'' is a {{convert|55|ft|adj=on}} interactive video exhibit where participants will be able to race [[Felix Jones]] of the [[Dallas Cowboys]], Emily Richardson who is a [[WOGA]] Level 10 [[gymnast]], a 3D life-size [[tyrannosaurus]] rex and a 3D life-size [[cheetah]]<ref name=900lbs>{{cite web| url=http://900lbs.com/portfolio/perot-sports-run-exhibit/| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514131755/http://900lbs.com/portfolio/perot-sports-run-exhibit/| url-status=dead| archive-date=May 14, 2013| title=Perot Museum's Sports Run Exhibit| publisher=900lbs of Creative| date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>
* View [[X-rays]] of sports injuries
* View [[X-rays]] of sports injuries
* Explore the human body's [[aerodynamic]]s
* Explore the human body's [[aerodynamic]]s
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* Experience the East Texas [[Piney Woods]]
* Experience the East Texas [[Piney Woods]]
* Smell the [[beeswax]] of the [[Blackland Prairie]]
* Smell the [[beeswax]] of the [[Blackland Prairie]]
* Hear the prairie dog's alarm call in the [[Chihuahuan Desert]]
* Hear the [[prairie dog]]'s alarm call in the [[Chihuahuan Desert]]
* Create your own virtual cartoon [[dragon]] by playing the [[Genetic Lottery]], a [[slot machine]]-type game
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* Record your own heartbeat
* Record your own heartbeat
* Toss a ping-pong ball with your mind
* Toss a ping-pong ball with your mind
* Get in the Bio Lab to extract [[DNA]] from wheat germ (8+), examine your own cheek [[cells]] (8+), dissect a [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit fly]] [[larva]] to see its giant [[chromosome]] (13+) or test [[antimicrobial]] agents (10+)
* Get in the Bio Lab to extract [[DNA]] from wheat germ (8+), examine your own cheek [[cell (biology)|cells]] (8+), dissect a [[Drosophila melanogaster|fruit fly]] [[larva]] to see its giant [[chromosome]] (13+) or test [[antimicrobial]] agents (10+)
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| Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation
| Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation
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* World's third largest gold nugget (23.26&nbsp;kg / 62.33 [[Troy weight|troy]] lbs) known as the [[Ausrox Gold Nugget]] which was discovered by three prospectors with a hand-held metal detector on April 2010 in the [[Mineral fields of Western Australia|Eastern Goldfields]], [[Australia]].<ref name=23kg>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/StatementDetails.aspx?listName=StatementsBarnett&StatId=5049| title=Goldfields welcomes home 23kg gold nugget| publisher=Government of Western Australia| date=November 5, 2011}}</ref><ref name=vanbergeijk>{{cite web| url=http://www.vanbergeijk.com/2010/09/01/the-third-largest-gold-nugget-in-the-world/| last=van Bergeijk| first=Jeroen| title=The third largest gold nugget in the world| publisher=vanbergeijk.com| date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> The nugget is irregular shaped and has a surface that alternates between smooth, crystalline and square. The nugget has been on display at the Western Australia Museum at Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the [[Houston Museum of Natural Science]].<ref name=23kg/> After its Perot Museum stop, it will be exhibited in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] as part of a world tour<ref name=CultureMap>{{cite web| url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_life/01-29-12-a-real-rock-star-62-pound-gold-nugget-discovered-by-metal-detectors-gets-its-houston-moment/ | title=A real rock star: 62-pound gold nugget discovered by metal detectors gets its Houston moment| publisher=Culture Map Houston| date=January 29, 2012| accessdate=2013-04-30| last=Radley| first=Whitney}}</ref><ref name=Million>{{cite press release| url=http://press.hmns.org/release.php?articleID=3| title=It Feels Like a Million Bucks| publisher=Houston Museum of Natural Science| year=2012}}</ref>
* The world's third largest gold nugget (23.26&nbsp;kg / 62.33 [[Troy weight|troy]] lbs) known as the [[Ausrox Gold Nugget]] that was discovered by three prospectors with a hand-held metal detector in April 2010 in the [[Mineral fields of Western Australia|Eastern Goldfields]], [[Australia]].<ref name=23kg>{{cite press release| url=http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/StatementDetails.aspx?listName=StatementsBarnett&StatId=5049| title=Goldfields welcomes home 23kg gold nugget| publisher=Government of Western Australia| date=November 5, 2011| access-date=April 30, 2013| archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628014809/http://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/pages/StatementDetails.aspx?listName=StatementsBarnett&StatId=5049| archive-date=June 28, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=vanbergeijk>{{cite web| url=http://www.vanbergeijk.com/2010/09/01/the-third-largest-gold-nugget-in-the-world/| last=van Bergeijk| first=Jeroen| title=The third largest gold nugget in the world| publisher=vanbergeijk.com| date=September 1, 2010}}</ref> The nugget is irregular-shaped and has a surface that alternates between smooth, crystalline, and square. The nugget has been displayed at the Western Australia Museum at Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the [[Houston Museum of Natural Science]].<ref name=23kg/> After its Perot Museum stop, it will be exhibited in [[Munich]], [[Germany]] as part of a world tour<ref name=CultureMap>{{cite web| url=http://houston.culturemap.com/news/city_life/01-29-12-a-real-rock-star-62-pound-gold-nugget-discovered-by-metal-detectors-gets-its-houston-moment/ | title=A real rock star: 62-pound gold nugget discovered by metal detectors gets its Houston moment| publisher=Culture Map Houston| date=January 29, 2012| accessdate=2013-04-30| last=Radley| first=Whitney}}</ref><ref name=Million>{{cite press release| url=http://press.hmns.org/release.php?articleID=3| title=It Feels Like a Million Bucks| publisher=Houston Museum of Natural Science| year=2012}}</ref>
* 1.5 ton [[geode]] called the ''Grape Jelly'' geode
* 1.5 ton [[geode]] called the ''Grape Jelly'' geode
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* Virtually travel through 9,000 feet of gas well in the ''Shale Voyager'' motion-based theater to experience [[natural gas]] [[fracking]]. Visitors will experience being shrunk down to travel into a well shaft less than a foot wide in the Texas [[Barnett Shale]]
* Virtually travel through {{convert|9,000|ft}} of gas well in the ''Shale Voyager'' motion-based theater to experience [[natural gas]] [[fracking]]. Visitors will experience being shrunk down to travel into a well shaft less than {{convert|1|ft}} wide in the Texas [[Barnett Shale]]
* Learn the difference between onshore and offshore oil drilling
* Learn the difference between onshore and offshore oil drilling
* Learn about traditional and alternative fuels
* Learn about traditional and alternative fuels
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| T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now
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| Follow the evolution of life on Earth over 4 billion years, the [[Beringia]] land bridge where people migrated from [[Siberia]] to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current day [[Bering Strait]] and life in [[Prehistory of Alaska|prehistoric Alaska]]. Soundscape for this exhibit was designed by students from the [[University of Texas at Dallas]].<ref name=WFAA>{{cite web| url=http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Students-designed-soundscapes-at-new-Perot-Museum-182478041.html| title=Local students designed soundscapes at new Perot Museum| publisher=WFAA| date=December 6, 2012| last=Whiteley| first=Jason}}</ref>
| Follow the evolution of life on Earth over 4 billion years, the [[Beringia]] land bridge where people migrated from [[Siberia]] to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current day [[Bering Strait]] and life in [[Prehistory of Alaska|prehistoric Alaska]]. Soundscape for this exhibit was designed by students from the [[University of Texas at Dallas]].<ref name=WFAA>{{cite web| url=http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Students-designed-soundscapes-at-new-Perot-Museum-182478041.html| title=Local students designed soundscapes at new Perot Museum| publisher=WFAA| date=December 6, 2012| last=Whiteley| first=Jason| access-date=May 1, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411172751/http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/dallas/Students-designed-soundscapes-at-new-Perot-Museum-182478041.html| archive-date=April 11, 2013| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Cast of 85-foot [[alamosaurus]] and an actual alamosaurus skeleton
* Cast of {{convert|35|ft}} ''[[Alamosaurus]]'' and an actual ''Alamosaurus'' skeleton
* Cast of 35-foot [[malawisaurus]]
* Cast of {{convert|35|ft}} ''[[Malawisaurus]]''
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| Expanding Universe
| Expanding Universe
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* Experience the [[Big Bang]] through the creation of Earth's [[solar system]] via high-definition screens
* Experience the [[Big Bang]] through the creation of the Sun's [[Solar System]] via high-definition screens
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| Rose Hall of Birds
| Rose Hall of Birds
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Building the Building
| Building the Building
| December 1, 2012&nbsp;– May 12, 2013
| December 1, 2012– May 12, 2013
| Showcases the stories of the more than 2,500 people it took to create and design the Victory Park campus building and exhibits. Includes interviews with museum leaders, architect Thom Mayne, exhibit designers, landscape designer Coy Talley, Balfour Beatty construction team members, local educators from school districts and universities. Also includes the remnants of a Ford [[Model T]] discovered as the site was prepared for construction.<ref name="PR-Dallas Art News-Last Chance to See Building the Building Exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science">{{cite press release| url=http://www.dallasartnews.com/2013/04/last-chance-to-see-building-the-building-exhibit-at-the-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science/| title=Last Chance to See Building the Building Exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science| journal=Dallas Art News| date=April 30, 2013}}</ref>
| Showcases the stories of the more than 2,500 people it took to create and design the Victory Park campus building and exhibits. Includes interviews with museum leaders, architect Thom Mayne, exhibit designers, landscape designer Coy Talley, Balfour Beatty construction team members, local educators from school districts and universities. Also includes the remnants of a Ford [[Model T]] discovered as the site was prepared for construction.<ref name="PR-Dallas Art News-Last Chance to See Building the Building Exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science">{{cite press release| url=http://www.dallasartnews.com/2013/04/last-chance-to-see-building-the-building-exhibit-at-the-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science/| title=Last Chance to See Building the Building Exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science| journal=Dallas Art News| date=April 30, 2013| access-date=May 1, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001315/http://www.dallasartnews.com/2013/04/last-chance-to-see-building-the-building-exhibit-at-the-perot-museum-of-nature-and-science/| archive-date=March 4, 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall
| Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall
| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Recycle Reef
| Recycle Reef
| June 17, 2013&nbsp;– August 25, 2013
| June 17, 2013– August 25, 2013
| Visitors will participate in building the exhibit from the ground up by using recyclable materials to transform them into creative works of art. The exhibit will be dynamic and ever-changing as it develops with each newly contributed art work. The entire exhibit will be recycled after the exhibit closes.
| Visitors will participate in building the exhibit from the ground up by using recyclable materials to transform them into creative works of art. The exhibit will be dynamic and ever-changing as it develops with each newly contributed art work. The entire exhibit will be recycled after the exhibit closes.
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| Lower Level
| Animal Inside Out
| Animal Inside Out
| September 22, 2013&nbsp;– February 23, 2014
| September 22, 2013– February 23, 2014
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Build It! Garage
| Build It! Garage
| June 21, 2014&nbsp;– August 17, 2014
| June 21, 2014– August 17, 2014
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| World's Largest Dinosaur
| World's Largest Dinosaur
| April 6, 2014&nbsp;– September 1, 2014
| April 6, 2014– September 1, 2014
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| 2theXtreme: MathAlive!
| 2theXtreme: MathAlive!
| September 27, 2014&nbsp;– January 1, 2015
| September 27, 2014– January 1, 2015
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| The International Exhibition of [[Sherlock Holmes]]
| The International Exhibition of [[Sherlock Holmes]]
| February 14, 2015&nbsp;– May 10, 2015
| February 14, 2015– May 10, 2015
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Build It! Nature
| Build It! Nature
| June 19, 2015&nbsp;– August 6, 2015
| June 19, 2015– August 6, 2015
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Amazing Animals: Built to Survive
| Amazing Animals: Built to Survive
| June 13, 2015&nbsp;– September 7, 2015
| June 13, 2015– September 7, 2015
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence
| Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence
| October 31, 2015&nbsp;– February 21, 2016
| October 31, 2015– February 21, 2016
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Eye of the Collector
| Eye of the Collector
| April 16, 2016&nbsp;– September 5, 2016
| April 16, 2016– September 5, 2016
| Nine exhibits displaying historical and fashionable objects of 10 people displaying their recollections of items they have gathered during their lives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eye of the Collector |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-eye-of-the-collector/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
| Nine exhibits displaying historical and fashionable objects of 10 people displaying their recollections of items they have gathered during their lives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eye of the Collector |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-eye-of-the-collector/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Birds of Paradise
| Birds of Paradise
| October 8, 2016&nbsp;– January 8, 2017
| October 8, 2016– January 8, 2017
| Exhibits display video footage, photographs, artifacts, and interactive experiences to create a science exhibition, art show, and natural history display from a comprehensive study of all 39 known species of [[Bird-of-paradise|birds-of-paradise]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Birds of Paradise |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-birds-of-paradise/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
| Exhibits display video footage, photographs, artifacts, and interactive experiences to create a science exhibition, art show, and natural history display from a comprehensive study of all 39 known species of [[Bird-of-paradise|birds-of-paradise]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Birds of Paradise |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-birds-of-paradise/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
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| 3rd Floor
| 3rd Floor
| Giant Gems of the Smithsonian
| Giant Gems of the Smithsonian
| September 9, 2016&nbsp;– January 17, 2017
| September 9, 2016– January 17, 2017
| Exhibit displays a close up view of the [[National Museum of Natural History]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History#Hall of Geology.2C Gems.2C and Minerals|National Gem Collection]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Giant Gems of the Smithsonian |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-giant-gems/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
| Exhibit displays a close up view of the [[National Museum of Natural History]]'s [[National Museum of Natural History#Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals|National Gem Collection]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Giant Gems of the Smithsonian |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2016-giant-gems/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2016 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
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| Lower Level
| Lower Level
| Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed
| Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed
| February 11, 2017&nbsp;– September 4, 2017
| February 11, 2017– September 4, 2017
| Exhibit allowing guests to explore an underworld cave, excavate an ancient burial site, and encounter the richness of [[Maya civilization|Maya culture]] through hands-on explorations such as building arches, deciphering [[hieroglyph]]s and translating the [[Maya calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2017-maya/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2017 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
| Exhibit allowing guests to explore an underworld cave, excavate an ancient burial site, and encounter the richness of [[Maya civilization|Maya culture]] through hands-on explorations such as building arches, deciphering [[hieroglyph]]s and translating the [[Maya calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/explore-the-museum/traveling-exhibits/2017-maya/index.html |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |year=2017 |accessdate=February 16, 2017}}</ref>
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|Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall
|Lower Level
|Ultimate Dinosaurs
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|Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals
|3rd Floor
|Mineral Art of China
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|Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall
|Lower Level
|The Art of the Brick
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|Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall
|Lower Level
|The Science of Guinness World Records
|March 6, 2021– September 6, 2021
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===The Hoglund Foundation Theater A National Geographic Experience===
===The Hoglund Foundation Theater A National Geographic Experience===
The 297-seat [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA) compliant theater has a 2D, 3D 4K digital projection and sound system. The theater features a variety of films from educational features and documentaries to experimental independent films.<ref name="Web-Examiner-Perot Museum will feature state-of-the-art theater and exhibits ">{{cite news |title=Perot Museum will feature state-of-the-art theater and exhibits |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Beaumont)|The Examiner]] |location=Beaumont, Texas |date=November 2, 2012 |last=Devries |first=Raine}}</ref>
The 297-seat [[Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990|Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA) compliant theater has a 2D, 3D 4K digital projection and sound system. The theater features a variety of films, from educational features and documentaries to experimental independent films.<ref name="Web-Examiner-Perot Museum will feature state-of-the-art theater and exhibits ">{{cite news |title=Perot Museum will feature state-of-the-art theater and exhibits |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Beaumont)|The Examiner]] |location=Beaumont, Texas |date=November 2, 2012 |last=Devries |first=Raine}}</ref>

==Fair Park campus==
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| image = File:Fair Park August 2016 60 (Natural History Museum).jpg
| caption = Natural History Museum building in 2016
| location = 3535 Grand Ave.,<br />[[Dallas, Texas]]
| coordinates = {{coord|32|46|42|N|96|45|47|W|display=inline}}
| locmapin = Texas#USA
| map_label = Museum of Natural History
| locmap_relief = yes
| built = {{Start date|1936}}
| architect = [[Mark Lemmon]], Clyde Griesenbeck
| architecture = [[Moderne architecture|Moderne]]
| designated_nrhp_type = September 24, 1986
| designated_other1 = TSAL
| designated_other1_date = January 1, 1984
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| designated_other1_num_position = bottom
| designated_other2_name = [[List of Dallas Landmarks|Dallas Landmark]] Historic District<br />[[Contributing property|Contributing Property]]
| designated_other2_abbr = DLMKHD
| designated_other2_color = #F5DEB3
| designated_other2_date = March 4, 1987<ref name="DalOrd">{{cite web|title=Ordinance No. 27079|url=http://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/DCH%20documents/pdf/FairParkOrdinance.pdf|year=2008|publisher=City of Dallas|access-date=August 16, 2018}}</ref>
| designated_other2_number = [http://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/landmark_districts.aspx H/33] ([[Fair Park]])
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The museum at Fair Park is located in the Museum of Natural History building constructed, along with much of Fair Park, for the 1936-1937 Texas Centennial Exposition whose facilities form a [[historic districts in the United States|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The campus features exhibits such as ''Mineral Majesty'', ''Light Play'' and historical [[diorama]]s. Admission to the former Dallas Museum of Natural History is $1 for non-members and free for members. A ticket to the Perot Museum in Victory Park provides free access to the Fair Park campus.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/visit-the-museum/fairpark-victorypark.html |title=Perot Museum of Nature and Science at Fair Park |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |accessdate=2013-04-01 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008001555/http://www.perotmuseum.org/visit-the-museum/fairpark-victorypark.html |archivedate=2012-10-08 |df= }}</ref>


==Educational outreach==
==Educational outreach==
The museum creates a Teacher's Guide, which is a booklet and online publication that is distributed to North Texas educators. The guide outlines programming designed for children pre-K to 12th grade in earth and space sciences, life and natural sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and engineering. Programming is designed to reinforce [[Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills]] (TEKS) objectives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/events-and-programs/school-programs/index.html |title=TEKS-aligned programs and field trips |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |accessdate=2013-04-01}}</ref><ref name=Weiss>{{cite news| url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121114-dallas-perot-museum-designed-to-fit-with-texas-specific-public-school-curriculum.ece| title=Dallas' Perot Museum designed to fit with Texas-specific public school curriculum| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=November 14, 2012| last=Weiss| first=Jeffrey}}</ref>
The museum creates a Teacher's Guide, which is a booklet and online publication that is distributed to North Texas educators. The guide outlines programming designed for children pre-K to 12th grade in earth and space sciences, life and natural sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and engineering. Programming reinforces [[Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills]] (TEKS) objectives.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perotmuseum.org/events-and-programs/school-programs/index.html |title=TEKS-aligned programs and field trips |publisher=Perot Museum of Nature and Science |accessdate=2013-04-01}}</ref><ref name=Weiss>{{cite news| url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121114-dallas-perot-museum-designed-to-fit-with-texas-specific-public-school-curriculum.ece| title=Dallas' Perot Museum designed to fit with Texas-specific public school curriculum| newspaper=Dallas Morning News| date=November 14, 2012| last=Weiss| first=Jeffrey}}</ref>


There are three educational outreach opportunities: field trips to the museum, onsite programming at schools (in the classroom and after school), and ScienceCast distance-learning programs through videoconferencing.
There are four educational outreach opportunities: field trips to the museum, onsite programming at schools (in the classroom and after school), Community Engagement through the Museum's TECH Truck and The Whynauts virtual, bilingual video series.


===Field trips===
===Field trips===
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Museum educators offer 26 programs that can be taught in schools’ classrooms, presented to large groups in auditoriums, or showcased as part of after-school programming.
Museum educators offer 26 programs that can be taught in schools’ classrooms, presented to large groups in auditoriums, or showcased as part of after-school programming.


===Community Engagement===
===Distance-learning video conferencing===
The TECH Truck brings hands-on discovery directly to community centers programs, libraries, parks, public events, out-of-school programs and more — providing science-based experiences for the public.
ScienceCast distance-learning programs, which the museum created and introduced in 2012 to widespread acclaim, use computer technology to stream live instruction directly to the classroom, allowing students to interact with educators in real time.

===The Whynauts===
Bring the wonders of the Perot Museum to your classroom through an interactive, bilingual, STEM educational series.


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|NRHP|Texas}}
{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Texas}}
*[[List of nature centers in Texas]]
*[[List of nature centers in Texas]]
*[[List of museums in North Texas]]
*[[List of museums in North Texas]]
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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
*[http://www.perotmuseum.org/ Official Web site of Perot Museum of Nature and Science]
*[https://www.perotmuseum.org/ Official Web site of Perot Museum of Nature and Science]
*[http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121114-dallas-perot-museum-designed-to-fit-with-texas-specific-public-school-curriculum.ece Dallas' Perot Museum designed to fit with Texas-specific public school curriculum ]
*[http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/visitors-guide/perot-museum/headlines/20121114-dallas-perot-museum-designed-to-fit-with-texas-specific-public-school-curriculum.ece Dallas' Perot Museum designed to fit with Texas-specific public school curriculum ]
*[http://vimeo.com/56156624 Perot Museum - Sports Run Exhibit]
*[http://vimeo.com/56156624 Perot Museum – Sports Run Exhibit]


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"Museum of Nature & Science" redirects here. For the Museum in Denver, see Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Map
Established2006 (2006)
LocationDallas, Texas, United States
Coordinates32°47′13″N 96°48′24″W / 32.78689°N 96.80665°W / 32.78689; -96.80665
TypeScience museum, natural history museum
Visitors1,000,000+[1]
CEODr. Linda Abraham-Silver[2]
Public transit accessMainline rail interchange DART/TRE: Victory station, Heritage streetcar M-Line: St Paul & McKinney
Websiteperotmuseum.org/


The Perot Museum of Nature and Science (shortened to Perot Museum) is a natural history and science museum in Dallas, Texas in Victory Park. The museum was named in honor of Margot and Ross Perot.[3] The current chief executive officer of the museum is Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver.[4]

Background[edit]

Victory Park building in February 2013.

History[edit]

On June 6, 1936, the Dallas Museum of Natural History opened to the public as part of the 1936 Texas Centennial Exhibition. On September 20, 1946, the Dallas Health Museum was founded by a group chartered as the Dallas Academy of Medicine. It was renamed the Dallas Health and Science Museum in 1958. The name was changed yet again to the Science Place in 1981. In 1995, the Dallas Children's Museum was founded elsewhere.

An exterior view of the museum's main staircase

In 2006, Perot Museum CEO Nicole Small oversaw the uniting of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, the Science Place, and the Dallas Children's Museum at Fair Park. Following the merger, the museum was in three buildings there, featuring an IMAX-style theater, a planetarium, an extensive exhibit hall, and its own paleontology lab.[5][6] The museum moved on December 1, 2012, to a new facility in Victory Park.

On June 1, 2014, CEO Small was replaced by Colleen Walker.[7]

Walker resigned as CEO in 2017, and was replaced in 2017 by Linda Abraham-Silver.[8]

Donation and endowment[edit]

The Victory Park campus museum was named in honor of Margot and Ross Perot as the result of a $50,000,000 gift made by their adult children Ross Perot, Jr., Nancy Perot Mulford, Suzanne Perot McGee, Carolyn Perot Rathjen, and Katherine Perot Reeves. The $185,000,000 fundraising goal, slated to provide for the site acquisition, exhibition planning and design, construction of the new building, education programs and an endowment, was achieved by November 2011, more than a year before the museum's scheduled opening in December 2012. The donated funds enabled the museum to be built, incurring no debt or public funding.[6][9]

Victory Park campus[edit]

Cast skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex in Life Then and Now hall
Journey Through The Solar System exhibit at the Expanding Universe hall

The 180,000-square-foot (17,000 m2) facility has six floors and stands about 14 stories high. Five of the floors are accessible to the public and house 11 permanent exhibit halls as well as 6 learning labs.[10] The top floor houses the museum's administration offices. The Victory Park campus opened its doors to the public on December 1, 2012. Approximately 6,000 visitors came to the museum on its first day of operation.[11]

Building design[edit]

Designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis Architects, the building was conceived as a large cube floating over a landscaped plinth (or base).

The stone roof, which features a landscape of drought-tolerant greenery, was inspired by Dallas surroundings. The plinth was landscaped with a 1-acre (0.40 ha) rolling green roof comprising rock and native drought-resistant grasses that reflects Texas' indigenous landscape and demonstrate a living system that will evolve naturally.[12] Building on the museum's commitment to resource conservation, the new building has a rainwater collection system that captures run-off water from the roof and parking lot, satisfying 74% of the museum's non-potable water needs and 100% of its irrigation needs.[13]

The building is characterized by a continuous flow escalator, measuring 54 feet (16 m) in length and housed within a 150-foot (46 m) glass casing that extends diagonally outside the building cube. The building also prioritizes sustainability by utilizing LED lighting, off-grid energy generation technology, and solar-powered water heating. To enhance energy efficiency, the atrium and other spaces within the building benefit from natural sunlight via strategically placed skylights.[9][14]

The building has secured the highest possible 4 Green Globes from the Green Building Initiative. It got a rating of an overall 85% on the Green Globes rating scale and 100% for its design and its sustainable performance measures.[15][16] Green Globes is a nationally recognized green building guidance and assessment program in the United States.[14]

Permanent exhibit halls[edit]

Exhibit hall Level Feature Highlights[10][17]
Moody Family Children's Museum Lower Level
Sports Lower Level
Discovering Life 2
Being Human 2
  • Use motion capture to learn how the human body moves by mimicking instructors in hip-hop dance, basketball or tai chi as a visitor's body is projected next to theirs
  • View cross sections of real human bodies
  • Test out a prosthetic hand
  • Review human tissue samples
  • Record your own heartbeat
  • Toss a ping-pong ball with your mind
  • Get in the Bio Lab to extract DNA from wheat germ (8+), examine your own cheek cells (8+), dissect a fruit fly larva to see its giant chromosome (13+) or test antimicrobial agents (10+)
Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation 2
  • Create music in a sound studio
  • Build a robot to learn how machines follow programmed instructions
  • Create a model skyscraper that can withstand an earthquake
The Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth 3
  • Simulated earthquake experience through the shake table simulator
  • Footage of real Texas tornadoes and hurricanes
  • The tornado simulator model
Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals 3
  • The world's third largest gold nugget (23.26 kg / 62.33 troy lbs) known as the Ausrox Gold Nugget that was discovered by three prospectors with a hand-held metal detector in April 2010 in the Eastern Goldfields, Australia.[19][20] The nugget is irregular-shaped and has a surface that alternates between smooth, crystalline, and square. The nugget has been displayed at the Western Australia Museum at Kalgoorlie-Boulder and the Houston Museum of Natural Science.[19] After its Perot Museum stop, it will be exhibited in Munich, Germany as part of a world tour[21][22]
  • 1.5 ton geode called the Grape Jelly geode
Tom Hunt Energy 3
  • Virtually travel through 9,000 feet (2,700 m) of gas well in the Shale Voyager motion-based theater to experience natural gas fracking. Visitors will experience being shrunk down to travel into a well shaft less than 1 foot (0.30 m) wide in the Texas Barnett Shale
  • Learn the difference between onshore and offshore oil drilling
  • Learn about traditional and alternative fuels
  • Giant drill bit and gas turbine engine
T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now 4 Follow the evolution of life on Earth over 4 billion years, the Beringia land bridge where people migrated from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge that spanned the current day Bering Strait and life in prehistoric Alaska. Soundscape for this exhibit was designed by students from the University of Texas at Dallas.[23]
Expanding Universe 4
Rose Hall of Birds 4 Mezzanine
  • Build your own bird by selecting wings, songs, diets, tails, feet and feathers to construct it and then put on 3D glasses and fly it

Temporary exhibit halls[edit]

Exhibit hall Level Exhibit Name Date Description
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Building the Building December 1, 2012– May 12, 2013 Showcases the stories of the more than 2,500 people it took to create and design the Victory Park campus building and exhibits. Includes interviews with museum leaders, architect Thom Mayne, exhibit designers, landscape designer Coy Talley, Balfour Beatty construction team members, local educators from school districts and universities. Also includes the remnants of a Ford Model T discovered as the site was prepared for construction.[24]
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Recycle Reef June 17, 2013– August 25, 2013 Visitors will participate in building the exhibit from the ground up by using recyclable materials to transform them into creative works of art. The exhibit will be dynamic and ever-changing as it develops with each newly contributed art work. The entire exhibit will be recycled after the exhibit closes.
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Animal Inside Out September 22, 2013– February 23, 2014
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Build It! Garage June 21, 2014– August 17, 2014
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level World's Largest Dinosaur April 6, 2014– September 1, 2014
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level 2theXtreme: MathAlive! September 27, 2014– January 1, 2015
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes February 14, 2015– May 10, 2015
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Build It! Nature June 19, 2015– August 6, 2015
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Amazing Animals: Built to Survive June 13, 2015– September 7, 2015
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Creatures of Light: Nature's Bioluminescence October 31, 2015– February 21, 2016
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Eye of the Collector April 16, 2016– September 5, 2016 Nine exhibits displaying historical and fashionable objects of 10 people displaying their recollections of items they have gathered during their lives.[25]
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Birds of Paradise October 8, 2016– January 8, 2017 Exhibits display video footage, photographs, artifacts, and interactive experiences to create a science exhibition, art show, and natural history display from a comprehensive study of all 39 known species of birds-of-paradise.[26]
Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals 3rd Floor Giant Gems of the Smithsonian September 9, 2016– January 17, 2017 Exhibit displays a close up view of the National Museum of Natural History's National Gem Collection.[27]
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed February 11, 2017– September 4, 2017 Exhibit allowing guests to explore an underworld cave, excavate an ancient burial site, and encounter the richness of Maya culture through hands-on explorations such as building arches, deciphering hieroglyphs and translating the Maya calendar.[28]
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level Ultimate Dinosaurs
Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals 3rd Floor Mineral Art of China
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level The Art of the Brick
Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall Lower Level The Science of Guinness World Records March 6, 2021– September 6, 2021

The Hoglund Foundation Theater A National Geographic Experience[edit]

The 297-seat Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant theater has a 2D, 3D 4K digital projection and sound system. The theater features a variety of films, from educational features and documentaries to experimental independent films.[29]

Educational outreach[edit]

The museum creates a Teacher's Guide, which is a booklet and online publication that is distributed to North Texas educators. The guide outlines programming designed for children pre-K to 12th grade in earth and space sciences, life and natural sciences, chemistry, physical sciences and engineering. Programming reinforces Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) objectives.[30][31]

There are four educational outreach opportunities: field trips to the museum, onsite programming at schools (in the classroom and after school), Community Engagement through the Museum's TECH Truck and The Whynauts virtual, bilingual video series.

Field trips[edit]

Students can explore 11 permanent exhibit halls, experience educational films in their theater, and take advantage of TEKS-aligned onsite classroom or auditorium programming. Further learning, available through program extensions, is held in the learning labs and auditorium of the museum's Lower Level. The museum also features educational films, offered in partnership with National Geographic.

Onsite programming at schools[edit]

Museum educators offer 26 programs that can be taught in schools’ classrooms, presented to large groups in auditoriums, or showcased as part of after-school programming.

Community Engagement[edit]

The TECH Truck brings hands-on discovery directly to community centers programs, libraries, parks, public events, out-of-school programs and more — providing science-based experiences for the public.

The Whynauts[edit]

Bring the wonders of the Perot Museum to your classroom through an interactive, bilingual, STEM educational series.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Le, Tiffany (July 12, 2013). "Perot Museum attracts its one millionth visitor". The Dallas Morning News.
  2. ^ "Perot Museum appoints Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver as the Eugene McDermott Chief Executive Officer" (Press release). Perot Museum of Nature and Science. March 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Stengle, Jamie (November 17, 2012). "New Dallas science museum named for Ross Perot". USA Today.
  4. ^ "Board Members & Senior Staff". Perot Museum. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. ^ Rothstein, Edward (November 30, 2012). "Bursting With Science, Some of It Unsettling". The New York Times.
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  7. ^ Abril, Danielle (May 2, 2014). "Meet the Perot Museum's new CEO, Colleen Walker". Dallas Business Journal.
  8. ^ Elf, Ellery the (2017-03-02). "JUST IN: Dr. Linda Abraham-Silver Named New Chief Executive Officer For Perot Museum". My Sweet Charity. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  9. ^ a b Mariani, Anthony (April 26, 2013). "Museum Swap: The Perot is Pretty Groovy". Fort Worth Weekly.
  10. ^ a b Pinn, Rachel Edenson (November 15, 2012). "Previewing the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, from A to Z". Dallas Observer.
  11. ^ Flick, David (December 1, 2012). "Dallas' Perot Museum of Nature and Science officially opens to enthusiastic crowd". Dallas Morning News.
  12. ^ "Museum of Nature & Science". Talley Associates. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
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  14. ^ a b Fedele, Angela (April 30, 2013). "Perot Museum Celebrates Impressive Green Recognition". Design Build Source.
  15. ^ "Perot Museum Achieves Green Globes Highest Possible Ranking for Sustainable Building Design" (Press release). Market Wire. April 11, 2013.
  16. ^ Kaul, Greta (November 14, 2012). "What to do at Dallas' new Perot museum: Look a dinosaur in the eye, race Felix Jones". Dallas Morning News.
  17. ^ "Perot Museum's Sports Run Exhibit". 900lbs of Creative. February 25, 2013. Archived from the original on May 14, 2013.
  18. ^ a b "Goldfields welcomes home 23kg gold nugget" (Press release). Government of Western Australia. November 5, 2011. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
  19. ^ van Bergeijk, Jeroen (September 1, 2010). "The third largest gold nugget in the world". vanbergeijk.com.
  20. ^ Radley, Whitney (January 29, 2012). "A real rock star: 62-pound gold nugget discovered by metal detectors gets its Houston moment". Culture Map Houston. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
  21. ^ "It Feels Like a Million Bucks" (Press release). Houston Museum of Natural Science. 2012.
  22. ^ Whiteley, Jason (December 6, 2012). "Local students designed soundscapes at new Perot Museum". WFAA. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  23. ^ "Last Chance to See Building the Building Exhibit at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science". Dallas Art News (Press release). April 30, 2013. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  24. ^ "Eye of the Collector". Perot Museum of Nature and Science. 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  25. ^ "Birds of Paradise". Perot Museum of Nature and Science. 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  26. ^ "Giant Gems of the Smithsonian". Perot Museum of Nature and Science. 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  27. ^ "Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed". Perot Museum of Nature and Science. 2017. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  28. ^ Devries, Raine (November 2, 2012). "Perot Museum will feature state-of-the-art theater and exhibits". The Examiner. Beaumont, Texas.
  29. ^ "TEKS-aligned programs and field trips". Perot Museum of Nature and Science. Retrieved 2013-04-01.
  30. ^ Weiss, Jeffrey (November 14, 2012). "Dallas' Perot Museum designed to fit with Texas-specific public school curriculum". Dallas Morning News.

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