What is inside the Perot Museum? The 11 exhibit halls.
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Short answer
Eleven permanent halls cover dinosaurs and fossils, gems and minerals, space, energy, the human body, engineering, sports, birds and living things, plus a children's museum and a theater.
In detail
The halls, as the museum names them.
Fossils, dinosaurs and birds.
T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall has ancient fossils next to modern animals. Rose Hall of Birds shows how birds connect to dinosaurs.
Earth and its treasures.
The Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall covers storms and earthquakes and has a nearly complete mammoth fossil. Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall shows gems and minerals. Tom Hunt Energy Hall looks at oil, natural gas and alternative energy.
Space.
Expanding Universe Hall is about stars, planets and galaxies.
People and living things.
Being Human Hall covers the body and the mind. Discovering Life Hall is an indoor nature walk. Lamar Hunt Family Sports Hall is about what makes an athlete.
Making things.
Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall has challenges in construction, 3D animation and robotics.
For the youngest.
Moody Family Children's Museum has interactive exhibits, a toddler area and an outdoor play space.
Tip. The museum suggests two to three hours for a visit.
Call the museum if
- You want to know which special exhibition is on
- You want film times for The Hoglund Foundation Theater
