Museums

Young scientists will stretch their brains and emerge smarter at the Don Harrington Discovery Center with interactive and educational exhibits. Get hands-on with engaging activities as kids learn about the galaxy and planets, animals and the natural world, STEM in our everyday lives, and build their own engineering feats.

The Mayborn Museum Complex in Waco features both natural science and cultural history exhibits. Discover the unique fossils from this area, cultural significance of early settlers, and get hands-on in the kid-friendly Discovery Center. Find exhibits on geology, paleontology, archaeology, and natural history.

View prehistoric fossils such as reptiles, amphibians, sharks, ammonites, dinosaurs, mammals and petrified wood. Texas Through Time inspires future paleontologists with a variety of kid-friendly hands-on exhibits, fossil digs, and behind-the-scenes tours to watch fossils being prepared.

Everything at the Frisco Science Discovery Center is hands-on, as you build incredible towers, use air shoot baskets, make giant bubbles, build and race cars, and be amazed at science and technology. Keep those brains energetic and check out their workshops, robotics, electricity projects and building camps.

Located in the heart of Dallas, the Perot Museum is an extraordinary display of science and nature to inspire your child’s inner scientist. Stand in a star galaxy, walk beside towering dinosaurs, view rare fossils, exotic gems and minerals, give a live weather report, dig for fossils, design and play with robots, wear a lab coat to look at DNA.

Watch history come to life to a time back when windmills pumped water, horses pulled plows, the food was canned in glass jars, sheep provided wool that was spun for clothing, clothes were dried outside, and big porches had old rocking chairs. History leaps from the pages of a book as visitors can see firsthand the life of early settlers to Texas.

The National Videogame Museum shows the creation and evolution of the videogame industry with the opportunity to play as many games as possible during your visit.   Visitors will see a life-sized Mario, the world’s largest Pong console, computer games, handhelds to play and 80s arcade.