Dallas / Fort Worth: Museums

Currently displaying the Art of Captain Charles Young

The People Choose: 1860 & 1900 Today's Lives Shaped by Historical Presidential Campaigns

General Admission Event Tuesday, September 16, 2008 through Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Event Hours: Tuesdays - Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Sundays: Noon - 4 p.m. Event admission fees vary. Tickets: Event included with purchase of General Admission

Gun Fights at the Village Main Street Site of Gun Fight

 Every 1st and 3rd Saturday in Fall 2008

Why all the shouting in the Saloon? Visit Dallas Heritage Village every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month, September 20 to December 20, and witness early Dallas law and order, settler style, on the Village's Main Street. Performed by the Trinity River Desperadoes, visitors will get a firsthand view of the “Wild West” when a mild disagreement concerning the presidential nominees of 1900 campaign quickly turns into a gun fight on Main Street. Free with museum admission.

 General Admission Event Sunday, October 05, 2008

Event Hours: Noon - 4 p.m. Free Admission 1st Sunday of the month (October, November and December 2008) Tickets: Event included with purchase of General Admission

Civil War on the Home Front Cub and Boy Scout Day (Also Open to the Public)

 Saturday, November 08, 2008 Event Hours: Saturday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (2 p.m. Battle Re-enactment) *Early Cub & Boy Scout Registration Ends November 5* Tickets: Scouts $5.00 Adults $5.00 Seniors $5.00 Purchase Tickets Online

Nip & Tuck's Barnyard Buddies Storytime

-November 12 Stories, Music and Hands-On Activities for Preschoolers Event

 Hours: 11 a.m. Tickets: Child $5.00

December 1-31, Prairie Lights, Lynn Creek Park, Grand Prairie.

 Prairie Lights features scores of HUGE lighted Holiday Displays including the World’s Largest Tunnel of Lights! Brought to you by Wonderland and the City of Grand Prairie. Admission fee.

There is also a Concessions and Prairie Lakes Store. For more information, call 972.237.8100 or visit www.gptx.org. December 6 – Winter Wonderland, Lynn Creek Park, Grand Prairie

June 29 - November 2, 2008

Some of the most celebrated and iconic works of the great Impressionist painters are coming to the Kimbell Art Museum next summer! The loan of about 90 paintings from Chicago’s world-renowned Impressionist collection is possible because of an ambitious reinstallation and expansion project at the Art Institute that includes extensive renovation of the galleries and the construction of a new Modern Wing designed by Renzo Piano—the architect recently chosen by the Kimbell to design its own second building. The Art Institute’s Impressionist collection has never before left Chicago in such a large group, and it will be shown exclusively at the Kimbell.

Texas Dinosaurs

NOW OPEN in MNS Science Building! New Texas Dinosaurs - Fossil Dig exhibit

Have you ever wondered how dinosaur fossils wind up in museums? Join us in a contemporary tale of discovery that begins right here in Texas. It takes a team to find a fossil, unearth it and transport it to a lab for preparation, study it, and finally display it in a museum.

Our team includes paleontologists, students and teachers, engineers, artists, computer scientists, and many others. Each contributes unique skills and enthusiasm to this adventure. Museums are places for sharing, where scientists share the results of their work with the community. Museums are also nurturing places, home for many scientists. Here their research is conceived, funded, supported, and realized. Museums help make discovery possible. Imagine that you are the first to see something that has not seen the light of day in over 60 million years. On the field expedition, in the new MNS Texas Dinosaur - Fossil Dig, you are the explorer. All of the fossil casts you can find in this dig have been unearthed over the past four decades in Big Bend. Now it is your turn… come and explore. 3535 Grand Avenue and 1318 S. 2nd Avenue in Fair Park Phone: 214-428-5555 FAX: 214-428-4356

Hall of Texas Birds

 The Hall of Texas Birds at the Museum of Nature and Science presents wildlife dioramas of several avian species that are native to Texas. From the Attwater Prairie Chicken exhibit, to the Wintering Geese exhibit, there is much to see and explore.

Hall of Texas Wetlands

The Hall of Texas Wetlands presents wildlife dioramas of several lake, river and marshland habits and their respective wildlife. From the American Alligator exhibit, to the Wood Stork exhibit, there is much to see and explore.

Bison Hall

Vernon & Florence Bailey documented the biological diversity of Texas at the turn of the 20th Century. Their story is now told at the Museum of Nature and Science's Bison Hall.

Hall of texas mammals

the hall of texas mammals at the museum of nature and science presents wildlife dioramas of several mammalian species that are native to texas. from coyotes to white tail deer, there is much to see and explore.

The Museum of Nature & Science houses the only public planetarium in Dallas County.

Recently, we upgraded our planetarium to exploit cutting-edge 21st century technology featuring the state-of-the-art digital system, Digistar 3. Digistar 3 system uses powerful graphics hardware and software to generate immersive images, scanned with twin DLP projectors on the interior surface of the overhead dome

The newest attraction in the Fort Worth Stockyards is the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to 72 of the top cowboys and cowgirls in Texas. The museum is located in Barn A, in what was once the horse and mule barns in the Stockyards.

 Visitors see three exhibits for one low admission fee. The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame honors Texas men and women who have excelled in the sports of rodeo and cutting.

Each booth contains photographs and memorabilia; and many of the booths also have video, depicting the honorees’ careers in their respective events. (Learn about the nomination process)

Also included in the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame are the Sterquell Wagon Collection and the John Justin Trail of Fame. The Sterquell is billed as “the world’s largest lifestyle wagon collection” and features more than 60 antique wagons, carriages and sleighs. Included in the exhibit: A Sicilian cart dating to the 1750s, with dramatic painted scenes and intricate iron work A Welsh funeral hearse, complete with beveled glass windows, gold leaf paint, and plumes The John Justin Trail of Fame

Kennedy: Home Movies From Dallas; Special exhibit in the 7th Floor Gallery opens November 12, 2007 ________________________________________________________________________________________________

The SmartHouse Exhibit, created by AMX for The Women's Museum, makes "going green" hands-on this year at the State Fair of Texas. Interact with the newest "green" technologies, from energy-saving thermostats and water heaters to security systems that turn the lights on when you get home.

Try out other cutting-edge energy-saving solutions, including:

Thermostats that communicate with utility companies and adjust for weather conditions Sunlight-detecting lights and shades Heat-sensing window awnings Self-adjusting sprinkler systems Tankless water heaters and re-circulating water pumps

In addition, you can watch videos, visit interactive kiosks, and learn how the women engineers of AMX are helping to build the household of the future.

Partisan Pieces: Quilts of Political and Patriotic Persuasion

 November 6, 2008 – March 29, 2009 Part of Quilt Mania II

The Sorcerer's Apprentice October 31 - November 2

November 7 - 9

All Friday performances are held at 11:00AM. All Saturday performances are held at 11:00AM & 2:00PM. All Sunday performances are held at 2:00PM.