Good museum for children to learn about science and nature having fun. If you are taking teens with you, tell them to watch the videos with different professionals talking about their careers, why they chose that area to study. it's about passion.

While visiting a friend in the Dallas area we decided to take the kids (two 9 year old girls and a 13 year old boy) to the Perot Museum on a 100 degree day. We wisely bought our tickets on line the night before. The entrance times are printed on your ticket and available every 30 minutes. We had originally planned to see a movie first and then enter the museum. Since traffic was not on our side, we were late for our movie time. We were able to switch to the next movie at the customer service desk, but needed to kill 30 minutes before our entry time. Bathroom break and window shopping in the gift shop did the trick. We had enough time to do the Sports area of the museum before our movie time. The girls raced a TRex in a sprint and took slow move photos to compare to a pro. In addition to other hands on and listening exhibits. It was just the right size for the time we had. The film about the solar system weather was ok for a 20 minute movie. Learned some things, but not information overload.
After we ate lunch in the cafe. I'm a vegetarian with Type 1 Diabetes and I was able to fill my plate with veggies and salad (and shared sweet potato fries). Burgers, pizza, mac and cheese, dessert choices. Nothing special, but felt like I had healthy choices. We decided to start at the top of the museum and work our way down. All the different sections were sized about right for a child's attention span and an adult's patience. While we didn't do each thing in each area, we were there for 5 hours and didn't hear one complaint out of our kids. All-in-all a good day.

I suppose I'm just a fan of Fair Park's museums. it's open and has plenty of running room, inside and out. This museum seems small and a bit cramped. The different floors are small and appear more so when they are teaming with a hundred children running around. Plan on dealing with bus loads of school kids if attending before 1:30 during the school year. Staff is ok. Place is clean and new though some of the exhibits might have not survived some kids pounding them. I'm not too hip on the location as well. Happy that's it's close to one of the original El Fenix restaurants. We have a membership, pretty sure we won't be renewing it.

We visited the Perot Museum on a busy Tuesday, there were a lot of children's groups visiting for the summer and the tickets were sold out for a good portion of the day. I did not know what to expect but the design and layout of the building is excellent and it easily accommodates the large number of visitors. Everything flows very nicely and you never feel crowded or rushed. There is plenty of room for strollers, wide hallways, the option to go between floors using the stairs or the huge elevators (which are see-through and really cool), overall the design of the building is not just aesthetically pleasing but extremely functional. It was easy to move around the floors and revisit exhibits that we wanted to see more than once. The museum exhibits are engaging and entertaining for both the younger and older children as well as adults and we could have easily spent another 2-3 hours there and will definitely be returning. Both of my kids' favorite was where they could race the T-Rex, a cheetah, or local athletes. The price for the museum is reasonable, there is also a café at the entrance but we did not eat there, maybe next time. The staff and volunteers are very friendly and helpful. I have been visiting the museum since I was a child when it was located in Fair Park and while I miss the old building there is no doubt that this is a fantastic addition to the downtown area in so many ways and a long overdue upgrade for the museum.