Empowering Children to Reimagine the Future

The Moody Family Children’s Museum is one of the most beloved and visited spaces at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, consistently identified as the primary reason for visiting the Museum by families with young children. After 12 years, advancements in understanding how children learn and solve problems necessitate a new design. We are undertaking a comprehensive modernization of the Children’s Museum to ensure that our resources and experiences are even more accessible and impactful for families.

The new hall will expand from 6,250 to nearly 11,000 square feet and include an expanded Toddler Area, a Makery where our youngest visitors will tinker and engineer, an immersive Imaginarium experience, and a larger Outdoor Area with climbing and water features. Each space will foster creativity, curiosity, and critical thinking in children. The inviting and larger-than-life design is rooted in scientific principles and will empower children to reimagine the future.

The reimagined hall’s approach emphasizes learning through trial, error, and success, moving away from prescriptive methods. It aims to create a safe environment where children from all over North Texas can come together to learn through play in a dynamic, collaborative, and nurturing environment.

The Moody Family Children’s Museum will look radically different by mid-2025, and the dynamic environment and diverse interactives will:

• Stimulate imaginations
• Welcome bilingual learners
• Foster creativity
• Engage curiosity
• Spark wonderment
• Encourage exploration and discovery
• Support learning through play

The new Children’s Museum will nurture imaginations, empowering young children to be brave and daring. It will also encourage them to design and explore as they imagine the future. The hall will be a space of wonder where anything goes, and children can feel free to chart their own course.

Naming Opportunities

We are delighted to offer exclusive naming opportunities in this space. Below, you will find a preview of unique recognition opportunities for gifts of $25,000 and above.

$1,000,000+

• Rainbow Hill — $1,500,000
  This bold and colorful climbing wall/slide and rainbow structure will allow children to be brave and scale new heights to discover perspectives from above.
• Trinity Falls — $1,000,000 — Commitment secured
  The outdoor three-tiered fountain area features an interactive waterfall where children can bring digital designs to life in water and enjoy sensory experiences with exciting water activities.
• Woven Wonders — $1,000,000 — Under consideration
  This iconic playscape is a work of art by internationally renowned artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, where children can climb for hours on a colorful and whimsical netted structure.
• Toddler Garden — $1,000,000
  This vibrant play space for toddlers is designed to nurture our youngest guests, allowing them to explore freely and safely to encourage curiosity, enabling them to make discoveries about the world around them.

$500,000 – $999,999

• RollAround — $750,000
  Children will have the opportunity to test their own innovative mobile designs using wheels, axles, blocks, and magnets while rolling objects and their own bodies through this organic indoor playscape.
• Water Hillscape — $500,000
  This interactive and educational water play area, where young visitors can explore the wonders of water through hands-on activities and exhibits, will spark wonder and encourage children to explore the wonders of water dynamics.

• Makery & Duplo Waterfall — $500,000 — Commitment secured
  Children’s imaginations can soar in this space, where creations with Lego DUPLO bricks come to life, nurturing a passion for STEAM learning.

$100,000 – $499,999

• Central Flower Chairs
  These eye-catching, central flower seats will offer comfort and beauty to our visitors.
• Individual Ponds Within the Toddler Garden
  Each pond in our Toddler Garden will have a different theme and will offer a serene, tactile, and playful environment for our youngest guests.
• Outdoor Bubble Zone — Commitment secured
  This whimsical area brings joy and laughter to children and families alike with bubbles of all sizes.
• Outdoor Musical Wall Flowers — Under consideration
  These musical flowers provide various ways to create music and explore sound.
• Outdoor Wall Mural — Commitment secured
  Our outdoor wall mural’s vibrant, artistic expression inspires creativity and wonder while connecting to the themes of nurturing imagination in the indoor hall.

$25,000+

Supporters at this level will be recognized on a digital donor display at the entrance of Children’s Museum.

Contact Us

For more information or to discuss these opportunities in detail, please contact Ashley Chellgren, senior director of development, at ashley.chellgren@perotmuseum.org or 469.573.0188.

Thank you for your generosity and commitment!

THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS

$1,000,000+
The Addy Foundation
Anonymous (2)

$500,000 – $999,999
Bellevue Foundation
Mabee Foundation
Melinda Kincaid

$250,000 – $499,999
The M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation

$100,000 – $249,999
CES / The Hartland & Mackie Family Foundation
Bela and Chase Cooley
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
Hillcrest Foundation
Catalina Gonzalez and Santiago Jorba
Tori and Ross Mulford

$25,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
Dana and Mike Arnold
Lindsay and George Billingsley
Suran Yoo and Byung Lee
Elizabeth and Kevin Phillips
Lindsay and Patrick Reese
Jason Valdivia