Transforming the Moody Family Children’s Museum
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. 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 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 Moody Family Children’s Museum will look radically different by mid-2025, and the dynamic environment and diverse interactives will be a space of wonder where anything goes, and children can feel free to chart their own course. The expansion bolsters the Museum’s position as the preeminent children’s museum of the region, extending programming to serve children up to age 7, offering an enriching experience from toddlers to early elementary students that will:
- Stimulate imaginations
- Welcome bilingual learners
- Foster creativity
- Engage curiosity
- Spark wonderment
- Encourage exploration and discovery
- Support learning through play
New entrance of the Moody Family Children’s Museum
Stay in the Know
The Moody Family Children’s Museum will close for renovations early January 2025 and re-open May 2025. Stay connected with the museum for email updates on our progress and all things happening at the Perot Museum!
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS SUPPORTERS
$1,000,000+
The Addy Foundation
Anonymous (2)
$500,000 – $999,999
The Davies and Cryer Families
The Kincaid Family
Mabee Foundation
$250,000 – $499,999
The M.R. and Evelyn Hudson Foundation
$100,000 – $249,999
The Aaron and Gross Families
Bela and Chase Cooley
Harry W. Bass, Jr. Foundation
Georgina Hartland
Hillcrest Foundation
Catalina Gonzalez and Santiago Jorba
Karla and Mark McKinley
Tori and Ross Mulford
$25,000 – $99,999
Anonymous
Dana and Michael Arnold
Lindsay and George Billingsley
Francis Harrison Brito and Manuel Brito
Meredith and Robert Garvey
Christina and Sal Jafar
Suran Yoo and Byung Lee
Caroline Harrison-Loehr and Gavin Loehr
Elizabeth and Kevin Phillips
Lindsay and Patrick Reese
Katie and Jerome Rose
Kate and Steve Sigfusson
Jason Valdivia
Support Us
For information on opportunities to support the Children’s Museum transformation, please contact Ashley Chellgren, senior director of development, at ashley.chellgren@perotmuseum.org or 469.573.0188.
Press Release
Click here to read the full project announcement press release.