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(Above left) Midi Sound Studio in Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall; (right) the Expanding Universe Hall
cation programmes. We’ve identified where we think the biggest gaps are in science learning and combined that with what the teachers said they needed help with in the classrooms to create a set of curriculum for children of all ages. We start at six-months-old and go up through high school and college, plus we have adult programming. We’ve sold out all of our school pro-
grammes for the year, so they’ve all been well received. Our first social science evening for adults sold out for 1,500 people in a few days. The sleep- overs for kids are also popular.
What’s Campaign for Excellence? We deduced that successful institutions continue to focus on long-term opera- tional excellence. Having capital to do that was important. We identified six areas that we need to focus on: opera- tions excellence; temporary exhibits; innovation; research and collections; and endowment. We decided to con- tinue raising funds to support those areas, so that the long-term operation continues to have the necessary capital to provide excellent programmes. It’s progressing well because we were
able to meet our fundraising challenge for the project a year early.
What are the future plans? We’re focused on innovative, engaging programming right now. As for physical assets, we’ve designed the building so that we can double the square footage. At some point we’ll commence to phase two, but we’re not quite there yet.
What does the museum mean to you? When you start at the beginning and go through the planning, you can only hope what it might bring to people. I believe we’re changing lives and that
one day there will be a Nobel Laureate who says they were inspired at the Perot Museum. l
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Moody Family Children’s Museum
Aimed at children under five. Highlights include an environment mim- icking the Great Trinity Forest, child’s-size rep- licas of the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge, Reunion Tower and the Dallas Farmers Market. Other attractions include water play tables, a gazebo- enclosed baby and toddler park, an art lab and an outdoor dino dig.
The Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Traveling Exhibition Hall
The 7,500sq ft (700sq m) space is designed to properly present and pre- serve artefact displays.
Discovering Life Hall
Uncover stories of the biosphere with interactive games and dioramas, nat- uralist activities, displays and taxidermy that reveal unique stories associated with biodiversity, evolu- tion and Texas ecology.
The Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall
Experience an earth- quake, touch a tornado, broadcast a weather forecast and explore extreme Earth events within controlled safety.
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Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall
Build a better building, program movements in a 3D animation lab, cre- ate music in a sound studio and design and build a robot to race through a maze, pick up objects or compete with other robots.
Sports Hall
Explore the body in motion by throwing a ball, turning cartwheels or trying to outrun a Tyrannosaurus rex.
Tom Hunt Energy Hall
Take a virtual trip deep underground to explore a drilling rig from the inside out and discover how fossil fuels and alterna- tive energy sources are playing a powerful role as global demand for energy is on the rise.
Expanding Universe Hall
Take a 3D-animated journey through the solar system
T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall
See the first installation of the Alamosaurus and the new species Pachyrhinosaurus peroto- rum, discovered in Alaska
by the Perot Museum’s Anthony Fiorillo
Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall
Highlights include a 6ft (1.8m)-high, 1.5-ton ame- thyst, grape jelly geode that can be opened and closed with a large hand- wheel and Mexico’s Cave of Giants – home to the largest natural mineral crystals ever found, some up to 40ft (12m)-long.
Being Human Hall
Scrutinise slices of a human specimen, record the electrical activity of a heart and use brain waves to launch a Ping-Pong ball.
Rose Hall of Birds
Take to the air via a full-body flight simu- lator and discover the links between dinosaurs and modern-day birds
The Hoglund Foundation Theater
The Perot Museum has a three-year multi-film deal with National Geographic to show and debut all NatGeo film products. The museum opened with Sea Monsters 3D: A Prehistoric Adventure and Meerkats 3D. For spring break, Wildest W
eather in the Solar System 3D is showing
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