Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Tons of interactive displays for children of all ages and lots of unique displays of dinosaurs, oil field equipment, and ranch life. Plus special exhibits for super heros and the barbie world. Grand finally was the omni theater movie Animal Kingdom which was well done.

“I had a fun time at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History! There’s a good mix of science and history exhibits, from dinos and cowboys to interactive hands-on areas that keep kids busy. The planetarium was also a cool experience that added something different to the visit. It feels great for families and kids especially, though some parts are more geared toward younger visitors and can be a bit dated in spots. Still, it’s a neat place to explore, learn, and spend a couple of hours if you’re in the Fort Worth Cultural District.” 

Good museum, a little smaller than the Perot but a good amount of hands on activities for kids. The theater is amazing though definitely worth it. I suggest watching something realistic in the theater to maximize the experience. Animated items aren't as vivid.

A great place for young children. The nearly overwhelmed our visit. The planetarium is awesome and gives perspective. The Jane Goodall exhibition is magnificent and worth the time for anyone interested in her works.

My daughter is part of the QUEST program in HEB ISD, and we were invited to visit the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. It was our first time there, and we really enjoyed it! My daughter loved the experience — it was fun, educational, and very well organized. We’d love to visit again!

Kids really enjoyed it. Ages 6,7,11,12. They had a place for the littles to do hands on activities and a place for the older ones to do hands on activities. They enjoyed those the most. It is much like the Perot Museum in Dallas but with different stuff. If you go to the planetarium, included with ticket, sit opposite of the doors. Otherwise you will be looking over your shoulder.

This was another great experience! I went as a kid, my kids went as kids and now they have upgraded everything to amazing picture and sound quality, and the seats are perfect! Sad to say the helicopter ride from the past is gone, but it so amazing I can't count it against them.

I was a bit disappointed by this museum. Coming from Albuquerque, NM I guess perhaps I had a different expectation of what a "Science and History" museum should be. Our Natural History museum has exhibits on dinosaurs - which was similar but had less specimens, but also much about the history piece, geology, what the area was like when the dinosaurs were living there. But the FW museum felt more like a museum with an agenda. Rather than explain the why around dinosaurs, it had Texas's 2 main (and somewhat controversial) exported resources and history around them. Also the energy piece was out of date.

We have seen several exhibitors that travel and are full of educational and observational wonder here - on top of the regular everyday interactive and outstanding exhibits for learning and growing! This is a great spots for kids of all ages and our family spanning senior discount to children's discount is no exception! We routinely drag three generations around here for fun - special events and regular visits - it is all cool and worth it!

For a city the size of Fort Worth you'd think that their museum of science and history would be a pretty impressive place that children and adults alike would find engaging. And, for a long time I believe that was the case. At this point though, it's in such desperate need of an update that it's sad to see the state of it. Scrolling through past reviews tells the tale of the museum's decline. Therefore, I'm sure to be echoing what other reviewers have already said while also pointing out that those observations still hold true today. The exhibits, especially the interactive ones, are all worse for wear. Some have so many broken or missing parts that there isn't much point to them anymore. The subjects covered here just aren't that interesting. I mean, how often does anyone feel the need to take a deep dive into the world of Barnett shale and fracking?? There is too much underutilized/empty space. Large rooms filled with tables and chairs sit unused because kids don't want to go to the museum and draw pictures. Then there are other areas that can't be accessed because they are under construction. However, the construction has been an ongoing problem for as long a I can remember. The planetarium is somewhat worthwhile. Although, my opinion probably only comes from the fact that it's included in the price of general admission.. Even they seem to acknowledge that it doesn't merit a special visit because they stopped charging separately for it. For a much better planetarium experience I would recommend going to UTA which is open to the public. I always thought the Omni theater was the museum's best feature. Every time I went in the past it was really spectacular, so I imagine that it's just as good or even better after the renovation. The days of free (or even cheap) parking are ancient history. Now the parking garage costs $15 for 3 hours or more.

Color me not impressed. Most of the museum was either shut down or out of order during our visit, and the few exhibits that were open felt dirty and unkept. It was disappointing, especially given the potential this place has. Unfortunately, we won't be returning anytime soon

I didn't get to see the museum, but the polyphonic spree show in the omni is truly immersive and moving! Definitely worth a visit for say an adult date night.

My wife and I had a "date day" so we headed to one of my childhood haunts. In fact, one of the displays was celebrating the 75th anniversary of, at the time, The Children's Museums' "Museum School." I'm 75 now and I started spending Saturdays at the museum shortly after the school was founded. We had a great time browsing through all the exhibits. After a while of strolling around it was time for lunch. The previous snack bar has been replaced by the "Exhibit Cafe" which has an expanded menu and lots of options. What's nice it most of the items are "grab and go" without waiting to get your selection prepared. After looking at the menu, my wife decided on the Museum Club which had smoked turkey, ham, hickory bacon, Romaine hearts, tomatoes, pickles and Ranch dressing. It was served on ciabatta bread and was HUGE, definitely enough for two. I decided to order the "Sweet and Spicy" flatbread. It had prosciutto, hickory bacon, tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese and drizzled with a chili pepper honey. Oh my! The flat bread had to be prepared so there was a short wait in the line. My wife loved her sandwich. She ended up cutting it in half and taking it home for lunch the next day. The sandwich was prepared perfectly and piled full of goodness. The ciabatta bread was fresh and had a wonderful "chew" to it. My flatbread was SO delicious. It was the perfect blend of sweet and spicy. The honey drizzle was so yummy. After lunch it was just about time for us to head to the Omni for our feature about rainforests. The new Omni is spectacular. The sound system is unbelievable and the 8K resolution is spectacular. We loved they kept the snack bar. Even though we had just finished lunch, how can one pass up the smell of fresh popped popcorn? To end our wonderful visit to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, we headed to the planetarium. Growing up in Ft. Worth, I spent so much of my childhood at the museum especially the planetarium. I dreamed when I grew up, I'd go to space. Things didn't work out exactly as I dreamed it. Outside of the planetarium, I stopped, and my mouth dropped open! In the case was one of the telescopes children could check out back in the 1950's. I used to check the scopes out all the time to be able to stargaze. In fact, the scope in the case could have been one of the telescopes that I used. Wow, what an incredible stroll down memory lane! The planetarium show was very enjoyable and brought back so many memories. What a wonderful visit we had at the museum. We'll have to return again soon and take in some additional offerings at the Omni.

We've visited the museum on multiple occasions, even attending a beautiful wedding here! However, we recently attended a school field trip here & noted that a lot of the kids areas needed attention. The interactive exhibits were missing pieces, didn't work, or were simply worn out. Would love to see the high traffic areas refreshed, as well as the gift shop! We loved the IMAX experience & will be back in the future. The staff are always kind, helpful, & work hard!

Well.. well... I was so excited to bring my 18months old here for the planetarium. Just to came to find out that they don't open planetarium to public on school days till 2oclock show! SMH that was a waste of our time! Put that in your website!! And they also took the Sesame Street one out also! The museum itself was just ok. Some part need updating! It's children museum for age 4-6 and not outside that age range. Because if you are younger than 4, it's gonna be too hard for you and over 6, really is nothing much for them to do! I won't go again unless they will do something different. Just not worth the time!

Came to see the evening IMAX that seemed to be interesting in the online summary. Got here and they had a difficult time starting it but after about 7-10 tries it started. Totally not what the online summary previewed. It was like watching a 70s psychedelic movie that made no sense at all. I was really disappointed and it is definitely NOT worth the money. This was the most pointless IMAX movie ever.

I suggest going on a less crowded day but the best parts were the interactive things and the Jane Goodall exhibit but yeah I could spend all day catching loofas and trying to get a wheel to spin on a spinning wheel lol and the Dino things were cool, my only "complaint" would be it's definitely aimed at kids and could use some more exhibitions but it's still cool

Amazing! Came from Houston to see the Omni Theatre 8k experience. I must say it definitely worth the experience. The future of movie theaters. Everyone must try it!

This poor museum is in dire need of updating. History and science museum it is not. A beat up children's museum? That is a big maybe! While the science exploration area for kids is very nice, The mini community indoor play area had bare shelves in the Dr area, grocery store and the few objects the kids can play with are broken and absolutely filthy! Nothing looks clean. I loved walking in and seeing a memorial to 911. (anyone can see without a ticket) IMHO ...While they do have a great start to a Dino section, the energy/industrial area is the largest exhibit of the museum, yet the info is outdated and many of the hands on items have broken sound effect buttons or handles. It's just sad. The long horn/ cattle exhibit is beautiful, but you could easily miss it if you don't go looking for it. Over all, it an OK muesum, that should be called a children's museum.

Very disappointing. It is just a remnant of what it use to be. So many exhibits have been removed and so many fun things are gone. Someone needs to bring back the fun. Brought a friend in from out of town and embarrassed that I wasted our time.

We used to have Ft Worth Museum memberships for a good 10+ years and we let it go around 2022. What was a great museum when we were kids seems to become filled with either sponsored exhibits or large areas that amount to play areas geared to kids second grade and younger. We finally gave up our membership here to get one at a Dallas museum that is a bit more geared to older kids and adults; while still being little kid friendly; and has more member perks than Ft Worth has had over the last 4 years. Possibly they will improve the membership benefits once they get the Omni back open; but we somewhat felts burned the last couple of years we had memberships here when compared to benefits we get where we have memberships now.

Here's what we were able to see on our most recent visit, which was very short and sweet. We came in on a Saturday around 1:30pm and while there were plenty people around, it really wasn't crowded. Parking is $6 for 0-2 hours and admission is $16/adult, $12/child, and babies 2 and under are free. We spent most of our time in the Children's Museum exhibit (which is what most of my photos are of). This is meant for kiddos (up to age 8) and it's super cute. They've got a little kid-size grocery store, a play hospital/ambulance, make your own train tracks/buildings, a giant cable car, a quiet room for nursing/rocking, and their own restrooms. There's also a play mat and toys for little toddlers and babies. Winnie just speed-walked/ran through everything for the most part, haha, but if we came more often she would spend more time exploring. Downstairs there's also Innovation Studios where you can draw, design, and invent. There's the Energy Exhibit all about natural gas and generating power and oil drilling. And an enormous long-neck dinosaur... a Paluxysaurus jonesi, apparently. He's pretty cute. 110-115 million years old and one of his femur bones alone weighs over 200 pounds. Insane! Okay what else was downstairs... the Dino lab and outdoor Dino dig park, an outdoor playground, and a space gallery. And the Stars Cafe with sandwiches, hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken tenders, fries, fruit, nuts, chips, etc. Upstairs there's a few special exhibits like: "A Century of Clothing: Circa 1850s through 1950s." That was really cool, all these old tiny clothes and shoes. There's also an exhibit on the path to modern medicine, the transformation of weaponry, and the Cattle Raisers Museum for all your Fort Worth "cowtown" specific trivia and artifacts. And finally the Omni theater, although it's currently closed for renovation. The building is pretty dated overall, an artifact in itself, haha. But overall this museum is clean, comfortable, affordable, and really does offer a lot if you take the time to look.

There's so much good stuff here: interactive exhibits for kids, digging for dinosaur bones, drawing, building and on and on BUzt so many things are broken! It ruins the experience. The price is still significant so fix those broken items!

I really enjoyed it here! While there are many kid directed activities and locations the actual museum exhibits and information was really fun and educational for an older audience. Came with a young family member anyways so had a ton of fun with her and highly recommend for a family outing just don't go to the Chick-fil-a as the food is frozen and pretty much just microwaved before you for the same steep price!

Unfortunately after At least 11 years of membership, after today we're just going to let our membership expire at the end of January. Having known what we got pre-covid compared to how it is now, it's not a good fit for us anymore. Prior to 2020 our membership included parking. At a certain point we had been told when we first got the membership they owned the lot on the cowgirl side of the museum. They had an amazing gift shop we would buy something from every time. From 2017-2019 my oldest got to go to a special single day summer camp for members. They had amazing, interesting and well known exhibits. Things like mythbusters, titanic, Indiana jones, bodies, George Washington, Dora the explorer, etc. They had plans for a remodel which included an experience that reminded me of Sorin' at Disney. With the 2020 closer the museum remained closed into 2021, shy of a 2 week attempted re-opening in December 2020. During closure I guess folks were not checking things as they should have and a flood of the Omni theater went unseen until it had done a lot of damage. Omni still remains closed and won't reopen until fall 2024 unless they have more delays. I will say with the closer our 2020 membership extended out to January 2022 due to the length of the closure. We made use of the reciprocal membership and went to the Perot & Herd during our home museums extended closer. With renewing in Jan 2022 we gave a lot of grace in a post covid world. They charged for the planetarium for awhile, now it's back to being included. I was told the parking lot was taken over by the city with all of the development in the area. They kept the free parking for awhile but it became discounted parking with our 2023 membership. The 3D/4d show was hit and miss to being open. A lot of the activities in one area became things my kids do at school. There wasn't really traveling exhibits, and the ones they have brought seemed underwhelming compared to things that had come before. Even more frustrating compared to what other museums bring to their location in the DFW area. We almost didn't renew in January 2023 but Perot was more expensive at that point for what we needed. Though the Perot was bringing in well known exhibits including a science of the Art of Pixar, that had been planned for 2020 but with their line up made it to the Perot this past year. Now with looking forward Perot has changed their membership levels it is $10 cheeper without any special deals for a Perot with ASTC still included. We loose free access to the cowgirl museum but we didn't regularly visit there when in the area. If you have kids kindergarten age and younger this museum might still be a good fit & live in the area. I really recommend a rebranding of the museum as a children's museum vs Science & History if they continue to remain the same or down the path they are on.

Although it is geared more for the younger crowd, my wife and I found many interesting exhibits to keep us occupied. The new IMAX theater is also a great addition.

Recently saw Pink Floyd Dark Side of The Moon show in the new Omni theater. Wow! The screen and sound are awesome. At times it felt like we were moving or floating. The actual show could have been a little better. But was overall very pleased. The effects were top notch. I did miss the old Careflite helicopter flyover from back in the day. But the new flyover made you feel like you were floating.

Review from adult perspective: I am a proud science nerd, so I really wanted to love the FW Museum of Science & Natural History. However, as an adult, it was barely ok. The Energy Exhibit was mildly interesting... the tiny Dr. RA Ransom, Sr. display in the first floor hallway was great... and the Cattle Ranching exhibit upstairs was very interesting and engaging. Otherwise, the museum is honestly a Children's Museum with a few adult-level displays that felt like afterthoughts. Definitely NOT worth the $16 per adult fee + the $6-12 per car parking fee across the street. Now, for kids, it looked like KIDS LOVE IT. So, I am glad the museum is available.

My son and I love visiting this museum. There are two levels of informative and fun exhibits for the kiddos to visit. My son especially loves the creative centers where there are hands on activities such as the paper helicopters, the glow in the dark room, and the nail bed! The cafe has tasty, made to order lunches. There is a variety of options to fill everyone up. Highly recommend! I have a premium membership with the Perot museum, and it allows me to visit this one for free (cool perk).

Nice facility with plenty of hands on for your kiddos. I rank the science portion above the children's Museum, but depending on age and interest there is definitely something for everyone. We went on a busy Saturday and opted not to fight crowds for the planetarium but the showtime schedule is roughly every hour. There are two outdoor places to burn some energy, one is the galaxy theme playground, and the other is the dinosaur dig a.k.a. sandbox both excellent and fun for the littles. The rotating exhibit, this one was Eric Carl, was not impressive but everything in the building is included within the entry price. The parking, however, is third-party and is not included so you need to allocate additional funds for the parking lot. You can bring snacks and water but Chick-fil-A is also available. I did see a birthday party being held in a private room and they can host special events. I did inquire about membership, and the membership fee is roughly two visits and caps your parking to max $6 per visit. It's a fair deal if you plan to go more than once in a year and you're saving money if you go three or more. Overall good place for hands on learning and contained play spaces.

I'm kind of a museum geek and so I love museums that it feels like will take an eternity to get through - this is not that. Not all of the exhibits were open and so that was a little disappointing. It is however a great place to distract a kid for a few hours and the kids had a great time! They can dig for dinosaur bones outside, which sounds fun if it weren't so darn hot, so we didn't last long at this. They have a good solar system exhibit that's interactive for kids. They can learn about individual planets and see virtual models of our telescopes. They have some cool interactive areas in the dinosaur exhibit that don't require going outside. One, you get to color a dinosaur and then scan it into a virtual world full of other dinosaurs. We spent a good amount of time doing that. Parking is easy, there's a lot right outside. Cost is $10. Card only, no cash. The cafe isn't open, so if you think the kids will get hungry or thirsty bring stuff from home.

I am starting 2022 by writing 22 reviews! Here goes the first one and what better way to start than with my old work place. Having worked back in 2013 maybe This place holds a special place in my heart, having intern here then moved to paid employee I will tell yall what it's really like. I recommend certain parts of the museum for teenagers and up such as; Innovation studios, Cattle raisers, and Planetarium. Least favorites 'Energy Blast', "children's place" (where the water stuff is), 'Dino - Dig'. These sections required to know a little more and don't have as much 'hands-on' but it's still good to bring little ones. Please be aware that not everything in the museum is intended for little kids to touch and throw and expect them to be entertained for hours. Our job as staff is to help and engage guests in the current exhibit, not be a babysitter for your school field trips or little kids. Fun fact: FWMSH has about 5-10 warehouses full of times that fit the 'science and history aspect' but we don't have enough room in the museum itself to display all of them. From when I was working there from what I was told over half of those warehouses are full of taxidermy animals many of who are endangered or illegal to own. The issue with displaying these majestic animals is that people wanna touch and they feel privileged and say stupid things like "I thought this was a hands-on museum for my 5 and 8yr old'. Well, I am sorry you can't read because it is very clear this room is only for 15yrs and up. *points to the sign at adult eye level posted on door*. This is also one of the reasons we cant display other items because people don't want to follow the rules and do whatever they want, get hurt, then get angry and blame us --the staff-- for damages/ unclear instructions/ poor explaining. Look I like talking to people but when adults come in there and claim to know more then the staff that has been trained on the exhibit... ok please be my guest EDUCATE ME KAREN! I could go on and on about some of those experiences on why we can't have nice things at the museum but lets move on. My favorite thing in there is the IMAX theatre, I live for that opening intron to every film. They have a variety of films showing just make sure to check the website for times. They usually show one big movie title once a month on the weekends. I once went to see 007 Skyfall and OMG yall the sound, when that base drops wow. I also went to see Interstellar, if yall liked it yall need to see it in IMAX. I also went to see one of the recent StarWars movies and I was sitting in the middle of the house and when that jump to hyperspace came one took my breath away * cheffs kiss* It really made me feel like I was right there in space going * pew pew*. Next are the temporary exhibit that come in upstairs and make me live for them. I have experience "Mythbusters" , 'CSI The Experience", "Indiana Jones", "Titanic", "Gross-o-logy" just to name a few. Innovations studios was my baby! We would have daily interactive 'workshops/ demonstrations' these ranged from 'science behind thanksgiving' to 'optical illusions and gravity, Whats up with that", "circus, magic or optical illusion?" and other wacky titles we came up with. My favorite was the liquid nitrogen demonstrations I got to do for anyone that would listen. We also did special events for national chemistry week, Mole day, Google Maker bot day, nation science week/month. We would collaborate with many other wonderful organizations to make all of this happen. One thing I was waned to do but never got a chance because of my schedule was 'Reel Adventures', that's where we would take like something popular in pop culture and 'bring it to life with science and history of course. For example the one I almost did was Harry Potter Reel Adventures. One of my coworkers dressed like professor sprout and they were doing 'herbology' simply put, they were extracting DNA from strawberries. One of the best part was the employees got the chance to dress up and they really got into character and awards would be handed out and it was so much fun! During Christmas we would have "pajama parties" meaning, you purchase a ticket for this special after museum hours event. We had santa, milk, hot coco and cookies for kids, arts and crafts aka 'elf in the making' haha. We had the science behind snowflakes and how temperature affects different parts of the country. History of saint Nicolas and our special items expert would bring something cool from the warehouse to show during these parties. At the end of the 2 hour event the Imax showed the movie 'The Polar Express' to end with the magic of Christmas. One of my other favorite things to experience during the museum was the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo. During FWSSR your paid ticket allows you access to FWMSH and the National Cowgirl Museum along with paid grounds admission. Parking not included, yall need to go, please be kind to the staff and don't spill popcorn

Hello I am tourist from Boise, Idaho USA. This is best muesum ever. I was so excited see everything that needs more everything that no one never knew about many years billion years and til future already changed. Lot things need added more.

Decent museum but won't blow your socks off. They let way too many people in the day we went. Worth a trip I guess but once is enough. Pricey also.

Full of curiosity!!! I'd never expected the city of Fort Worth designed the Cultural District so well; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. And even more there's lots of galleries and small museums nearby. I, in particular, really like this science and history museum because there's lots of knowledge and learning through the experiences such as Children's Museum, Noble Planetarium, Cattle Raisers Museum, DinoLabs, DinoDig, and the Heritage Gallery. I brought my 2 &3 yrs old two boys, lots of energy to explore, spending 5hours, forgetting eating lunch, saying 5hours was not enough. I was exhausted but it was really positive exhaustion that I wanted to live here even though their home has tons of toys and games and good neighbors to play with. Helpful staffs made this place more clean and safe. Worth driving one hours with naughty boys in the back.

I brought a two year old to the science and history museum. It was nothing like I expected. I was thinking more like the science museum in chicago, which this is nothing like. This museum is geared towards a much younger crowd. The two year old had been several times before and wasn't really amazed by any certain thing. If it had been a warmer day, he might have stayed out longer at the dinosaur dig, which seemed to be his favorite. Another spot that I thought was cool was the nail bed, which is meant for older kids, and the air tube that sends up the pieces of fabrics. We both enjoyed the crafts room and got to make a turkey hand. They have all sorts of supplies. While we were there, they had a apple tasting activity. It was a great idea and even fun for a two year old to taste the difference. As I walked around, I did not get any strong feeling about the history part of the museum. The only thing I saw was the piece of the 9/11 building at the entrance/exit. I think they should make a bigger plaque because I almost missed it until I was on the way out and read the small sign. Teach your kids about this day! We brought a lunch to eat in the cafe. I enjoyed all the windows they had for natural light. Lastly, parking for $10 seemed expensive. I would recommend walking a few blocks for free parking if you can.

In comparison to other Science and Children centered museums I give the Ft. Worth Museum 3 stars. Others like Thinkery in Austin, the Children's museums in Houston and Orlando offer more interactive opportunities for kids of all ages. The two of three children I took over Spring Break are 7 and 12. So as a parent it's a challenge to find engaging activities for both. The food we had for lunch at the Ft. Worth Museum was good. My younger daughter enjoyed the play area. It was too cold to go and enjoy the outside activities. The talking and moving cows pictures on the wall, both enjoyed as well as the dress-up hologram boith.

Our boys decided for their last day of summer, they all wanted to go to the museum! In all of my years of living in Texas, I had never visited the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History until this weekend...WE HAD A BLAST! I highly recommend taking a trip and seeing what it's all about!

Would be nice if parents kept their older kids from running rampid in the "toddler & infant" space! Went with my 18 month old grandson and he about got knocked down several times by older kids playing tag in this area!

We stopped here for a short visit during a long road trip for the kids to get their wiggles out! It was great!! We all really enjoyed our time! The Eric Carle exhibit was sooo cute! And my kids could have spent hours in the children's area! They especially loved the pretend grocery area! All in all had a great visit!

Went to this museum on Saturday for a child's birthday party and loved my experience. It's a children's imagination playground and there is so much for them to do and learn. They have an imagination station where children can play with Legos or the other STEM related activities. There are so many things to do that you could literally spend hours they're just going through every exhibit and all the artifacts and interactive things they have. There's a café so no need to leave for lunch and my daughter especially loved seeing the cattle museum. The staff was friendly and knowledgeable and made the experience so cool. I recommend this museum for everyone of all ages.

This would be a great way to spend 2 hours if you have kids under 12 because it's very interactive. This is not for adults. It's very juvenile. $15 per adult ticket but for the size and amount of information to cover, it should be free. Parking is $6. I would recommend any Dallas, Fort Worth museum, garden, or indoor venue above this.

I hadn't visited the FW Museum of Science and History since I was a child in the 1990s and brought my own children for what I hoped would be an educational (for them) and nostalgic (for me) visit. Unfortunately, the museum has been completely gutted and the two largest featured exhibits are industry propaganda. The fracking/Barnett Shale exhibit is out of date as the Barnett Shale contributes less than 2% of the US gas production - so why is it being featured so heavily? The exhibit also completely ignores the health and environmental consequences of fracking - nearby fracking increases childhood cancer rates significantly and releases tons of hazardous chemicals. In short, this clear Oil & Gas "infotainment" is completely inappropriate for a SCIENCE museum. The other industry exhibit, sponsored by the cattle industry, is also misplaced. It would be more suited to the Cowgirl Museum or the Stockyards itself. Both exhibits are misleading, inappropriate for a science and history museum, and not remotely interesting to children. Finally, I'm not sure if this is new but I don't remember it from my prior visits, but the manure odor from the stockyards is almost overwhelming as you enter and leave the museum. Overall, really sad what this museum has become. The kids did enjoy the small dinosaur exhibit, small planetarium, and dedicated children's section. If you are looking for something to do, go to the Kimbell Art Museum, Museum of Modern Art, or Fort Worth Zoo instead, or the Perot in Dallas.

This. "museum" is a lame PR campaign for the petrochemical industry. Most of the dinosaur presentations were broken or empty. this museum is a lame, sorry excuse for a museum. it is over priced and if I could give it zero stars I would. Don't waste time or money on this "ad campaign."

Entry fee is extraordinary.. too high for a museum with most exhibits & planetarium closed. Interesting 4-D exhibit that makes fracking seem like fun!! IT'S NOT!! This exhibit is impressive & was expensive to create, but falsely teaches the masses that exploiting natural gas by drilling through groundwater is a good thing. NOOO!! Of course, exhibit was paid in full by company that benefits from fracking. Typical expensive gift shop. Aside from the fracking exhibit, it's a good place for families with young children. Not much for anyone over age 9, but this might change when all exhibits & planetarium are open. Excellent parking

We traveled over two hours today for my sons field trip to this museum. The museum itself looked pretty cool and would be a great place to have a field trip. Except it was overwhelming crowded, and there where so many different field trip groups that there wasn't space or time to enjoy each part of the museum. I felt like a nervous wreck trying to keep up with the 5 kids I was watching in our group because with that big of a crowd a child could of easily been lost. This museum is probably really neat to visit! So they really should consider limiting the number of field trip groups they allow in a certain time slot or day. I know they won't because "$$$" I payed $16 admission, $12 to park and 1/2 tank of gas to get there and back. Waste of time and money in my opinion. Thought I'd share for anyone planning a visit.

Completely outdated. This museum needs an entire upgrade. Most of the exhibits were closed. My daughter was very disappointed.

Definitely been to better science museums. Most of the stuff in here is broken and doesn't work. The cafeteria smells like a school lunch room and not in a good way. The gift shop is incredibly small with not much to offer. We didn't have a BAD time but, most of what their is to do is stuff we have at home; bug toys, legos, art stations, etc. Would not return.

This museum is way overpriced for what you get. The play area is great for really little kids, the 'exhibits' of dresses and guns were super boring even for adults. The dinosaurs are just so-so. The glow room was the only thing that held my kids attention (boys 6 and 9). So do yourself a favor and drive the extra 30 mins to the Perot museum. It's way better.

This is a "OK" spot to bring kids. Also, if something interesting is playing in the IMAX theater, that could be a draw. I was scoping this place out as a potential museum to take my god kids. I think kids 8 and under would have a nice time with the interactive exhibits, but older kids might be bored. The exhibits seemed a tad lackluster or underdeveloped to me, but I'm looking at it with adult eyes. This spot would probably be a good place to kill a few hours with my god babies. But, honestly, I think some of the exhibits could be more informative or fleshed out. For example, the "Cattle Raisers" exhibit is supposed to tell the "experience of the cattle industry from its origins, through the heyday of the legendary drovers, all the way to today's modern range technology." .....Well, when a story is told from only one perspective, that's not an "experience," but just one tiny side of a deep, complex, rich history. If you want free parking and don't mind walking a few blocks, I suggest you do that. Parking is $10, so I'm glad we opted to park and walk a few blocks.

Having visited this museum many times over my adult life, I've loved this one the most. It's a great museum for the little ones, and has plenty to interest adults as well. At the time of this writing, they are celebrating the 50th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon. As such, they have quite an amazing collection of mission logs, tool kits, spacesuits, and other memorabilia. In addition to all that, they exhibit them all very well and have some interactive things such as VR panorama views of the lunar surface. It's all really cool. They have other cool exhibits as well, like a cowboy section, and a dinosaur section, as well as an energy section. They even have a planetarium and an IMAX theater! This is truly one of the very best museums in the region!

Spent 3.5 hours here today. It was just so so. I thought it would be bigger with more exhibits/information. It's $10 to park and a family of 4 (2adults and 2kids) was $56 and some change to get in. So kinda pricey for what's there. We spent 3 hours in the kids area while the kids played (that was their highlight) and were able to get through the rest of it within a half hour. I wouldn't come back or buy a season pass. There were a lot of doors closed off so maybe construction? Or their videos that play weren't up and running. Not sure. But like I said it was a 1 time and done type thing.

I came here with my wife for our daughter's field trip. The museum was great and the kids had a blast. You can tell that the staff responsible for the design, construction and creative content work very hard. It wouldn't be fair of me to give a poor review based on how it seems that the support staff (gift shop, chaperones who stand around) really don't like kids. It sounds like a joke but - no matter what age the employee is - they really seem like they hate kids. I witnessed a gift shop employee yelling at some schoolkids to "get out" unless they entered with their teachers. There's not a sign to that effect and the kids were perfectly well-behaved. Look, I know some kids are pains in the ass and some act as if they were raised by mountain lions in Mordor but, for Christ's sake, your venue is geared towards kids. Throw on a fucking smile every now and then and give these kids a break. If they're swinging off the tail of a rebuilt dinosaur fossil, okay - say something. If they're standing around without a chaperone, don't tackle them Office Quarterback Terry Tate-style and curse their dead grandparents. Life is good. Enjoy it. Science and art are awesome.

We have had a membership for a year. My three year old really liked it the first 3 times. After that it was boring. We would stay an hour, tops. Then the exhibits got pretty boring. The guitar, the book tour-we just couldn't get into it. Grossology was cool and my son and I had a good laugh. The 2 person membership is a good deal for the year-especially since it pays for itself in 2-3 visits...but we won't be renewing our membership.

It's not the worst, but I wouldn't go back. My kids had fun running around the children's area, but more than half the stuff was missing or broken. Dinoland is a super cute feature. There's not much to see and very little to learn about though.

Rather disappointing. It might be a good place to take small children if you want them brainwashed into thinking the cattle, oil, and fracking industries are awesome. There are pictures of happy cattle that talk to you. No pictures of cows getting their throats cut or being castrated, however. Also, apparently the only con to oil as an energy source is that it "contributes" to air pollution. It has nothing to do with global warming it seems.

Moms and Dads with children. If you are local (DFW) go ahead and purchase the membership. It is worth it! You can plan ahead and get it before Summertime. The kids would love it, you would love it and most importantly the guests you bring in with your membership would love it even more. Free parking for members!