The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is located in Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas. This Museum is dedicated to giving you and your young ones extraordinary learning experiences. From interacting at the Innovation Studios to discovering the mysteries of the cosmos at the Noble Planetarium, unearthing fossils in DinoDig, to immersing yourself in a big-screen experience at the Omni Theater. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History makes your imaginations come alive and bring out the inner explorer in you. That is why in this article, we are going to know more about this Museum and the permanent exhibits that you can see while you’re here.

History

The Museum began in 1939 when the local council of Administrative Women in Education started to study building children’s museums and starting one in Fort Worth. It took the council four years before the Museum found a physical home. Through the city’s school board efforts, the Museum has finally opened two rooms in De Zavala Elementary School in 1945.

Two years after its opening, the Museum was moved to a larger venue at R.E. Harding House at 1306 Summit, and it is where it kept growing in size and popularity. That is why it became very apparent that a much larger place was needed for the Museum so that it could cater to the growing needs of the community. In 1952, the ground for the new facility was broken, and two years after that, the Museum opened its new building at 1501 Montgomery Street.

In 1968 the Museum changed its name to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History; this is because it also aims to be fun and educational even to adults. That is why today, it is estimated that about half the Museum’s visitors consist of adults. Some say that it was also because of the addition of the Omni Theater, the first IMAX® dome theater in the Southwest.

During its first 40 years, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History was a serene place where you could explore the past or think about it. There are several permanent exhibits here in the Museum that you can explore all year round. These are Your Body, Rocks and Fossils, the History of Medicine, IBM Calculators and Computers, Man and His Possessions, and Texas History. Aside from these permanent exhibits, the Museum also collaborated with other science centers and museums. That is why it also offers extensive and world-class traveling exhibits that are open visitors.

The Museum announced their plans to build a new building in May 2006, and the project included an innovative work of architecture which features a full plaza and a campus-like environment. The design of the new building also complements other buildings in the south end of the Cultural District. The project was completed in the fall of 2009, and the Museum is now near the Will Rogers Memorial Center. It has a broad plaza that connects it to the Will Rogers Center and the National Cowgirl Museum and the Hall of Fame.

Although the Museum changed its name, size, location, and scope dramatically since it opened in 1941, the Museum still aims to provide an extraordinary learning environment for everyone.

Exhibits at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

Fort Worth Children’s Museum – This exhibit takes you back to the humble beginnings of the Museum in Summit Street. Here, children can learn about the living environment and daily habits of reptiles and amphibians. They can also enjoy an indoor block-building where they can build trains and pretend at the kid’s grocery.

Dinolabs and Dinodig – In the DinoLabs exhibit, you and your children can explore the pre-historic world from bone to stone and ancient fossils. Get to know more about how dinosaurs lived, roamed, fought, and died. You can also see some preserved remains of animals and plants that are more than 10,000 years old. On the other hand, the DinoDig exhibit is an outdoor experience where you can be a paleontologist and dig the sandy ground to discover actual fossils of clams, sea biscuits, ammonites, and sea biscuits.

Energy Blasts – Here, you can learn about physics, technology, science, and history. In the Energy Blasts exhibit, you can see and experience the Devon Energy Theater, a 4-D theater where you can watch different educational shows. The exhibit also talks about alternative energy sources such as solar, geothermal, wind, and hydroelectricity.

Omni Theater – This theater is the largest IMAX dome in the United States, and it has a reputation as an engaging learning environment. It is an eight-story domed screen, and it has a 30-degree stadium seating that sure to give everyone the same viewing experience.