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Museums & Historical Places
Below is our online directory of child friendly Museums & Historical Places in the Dallas Fort Worth area. If you’re into science, nature, railroads or flight, we’ve listed it below. You'll notice there are several museums in the Collin County area. Collin County Museums are a great way for kids to learn!
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Age of Steam Railroad Museum
Phone: 214-428-0101Address: 1105 Washington St, Dallas, TX
Moving to Frisco!
Experience the heritage, current and future development of American Railroading through artistic, cultural and educational programming.
Bolin Wildlife Museum
Phone: 972-562-2639Address: 1028 North McDonald, McKinney, TX
Cavanaugh Flight Museum
Phone: 972-380-8800Address: 4572 Claire Chennault , Addison, TX
Chestnut Square Historic Village
Phone: 972-562-8796Address: 315 S. Chestnut Street, McKinney, TX
Chestnut Square Historic Village is a collection of six historic homes, a replica of a one-room school house, chapel and store on 2.5 acres just south of the downtown McKinney square.
The grounds also include a blacksmith shop, smoke house, and beautiful chapel and reception gardens. The buildings include period artifacts showing how people lived in Collin County from 1854-1920.
Chestnut Square hosts public events such as Front Porch Fridays & Living History Days. See our Events Calendar for details!
Collin County Farm Museum
Phone: 972-424-1460Address: 7117 County Road 166, McKinney, TX
The Farm Museum has 30,000 square feet of exhibit space covering 100 years of Farm History. The Farm Museum consists of 8,528 square feet in the Wells Building, the blacksmith shop, the granary and the confinement house.
Walk-ins $1/person, under six are free.
Dallas Children's Museum & Museum of Science & Nature
Phone: 214-428-5555Address: 3535 Grand Avenue, Dallas, TX
Four diorama halls which include fifty dioramas of Texas wildlife, each using real specimens from the Museum’s collections, including all major biotic provinces of Texas.
Dallas Heritage Village at Old City Park
Phone: 214-428-5448Address: 1515 South Harwood St., Dallas, TX
Nestled in 13 wooded acres just south of downtown Dallas, Dallas Heritage Village provides visitors, young & young at heart, a unique museum experience.
"Living Breathing Texas History"
Dallas Heritage Village is a living history museum portraying life in North Texas from 1840-1910. The museum is composed of 38 historic structures & boasts a working Civil War era farm, a traditional Jewish household, elegant Victorian homes, a school, a church & commercial buildings.
Einsenhower Birthplace State Historical Museum
Phone: 903-465-8908Address: 609 S. Lamar Ave, Denison, TX
Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site features the modest two-story frame house in the railroad town of Denison where Dwight D. Eisenhower was born in 1890.
Farmer's Branch Historical Park
Phone: 972-406-0184Address: 2540 Farmers Branch Lane, Farmer's Branch, TX
As the oldest community in Dallas County, Farmers Branch is steeped in the heritage of the Lone Star State, but with its eye firmly fixed on the future. Highlights include the Oldest School, The Gilbert House oldest rock structure in Dallas County that is still on its original foundation, and the Dallas & Wichita Train Depot from 1877.
Frontiers of Flight Museum
Phone: 214-350-3600Address: 6911 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, TX
Hours: Monday - Saturday 10am - 5pm; Sunday 1pm - 5pm
Grapevine Vintage Railroad
Phone: 817-410-8136Address: Cotton Belt Depot - 707 S. Main Street, Grapevine, TX
Special Events throughout the year plus regular train rides from Grapevine to Fort Worth. The Grapevine Vintage Railroad travels along the historic Cotton Belt Route between Grapevine and the Fort Worth Stockyards. Join the fun!
Heard Natural Science Museum
Phone: 972-562-5566Address: One Nature Place, McKinney, TX
Heritage Farmstead
Phone: 972-424-7874Address: 1900 W. 15th Street, Plano, TX
Turn-of-the-century farming on the Blackland Prairies of North Texas is captured in this recently completed restoration in Plano, 20 miles north of Dallas.
The Heritage Farmstead Museum offers a four acre complex with row crops, gardens, a windmill, and a handsome 1891 Victorian farmhouse with 12 original outbuildings.
Interurban Railway Museum
Phone: 972-941-2117Address: 901 East 15th Street, Plano, TX
The Interurban Railway Museum is housed in a restored depot that served Plano from 1908 until 1948. Historical exhibits detail Plano's early days and even before then and highlight the forces that shaped what the city has become. A train car outside the depot has been restored to show what the mail cars and passenger cars of the time looked like.
North Texas History Center
Phone: 972-542-9457Address: 300 E. Virginia, McKinney, TX
There's a new Civil War Exhibit at the North Texas History Center!
This exhibit, developed by the staff of the North Texas History Center, uses words, photos, and objects to tell the story of the Reluctant Confederates.
Pecan Grove Cemetery
Phone: 972-542-4029Address: S.H. 5 (McDonald Street) at Eldorado/Industrial, McKinney, TX
Texas State Railroad
Phone: 1-888-987-2461Address: Rusk, TX
This historic train travels through the scenic piney woods and hardwood creek bottoms of East Texas where rolling hills, nature and wildlife abound.
The Texas State Railroad offers both steam and diesel train excursions reminiscent of days gone by. Passengers may board excursion trains at either the Rusk or Palestine depots* where southern hospitality is the norm
The Planetarium at UT Arlington
Phone: 817-272-1183Address: 700 Planetarium Place, Arlington, TX 76019
Google Map: click here
The Planetarium at UT Arlington is a one-of-a-kind teaching, learning, and special occasion space located at a nationally recognized research university in the heart of north Texas. Open to the public for shows, star-gazing events, field trips, and private functions.The Science Place
Phone: 214-428-5555Address: 1318 Second Avenue, Dallas, TX
