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Museum of Nature and Science


Museum of Nature and Science
308 Valley View Center Preston Road and LBJ Freeway (I-635)
Dallas, TX 75240
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“Dallas Children's Museum” Wcities.com
“The Science Place” Wcities.com
“Science Place” PlanetWare.com
“The Best of Dallas in 48 Hours” TravelLady
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“The Science Place” VirtualTourist.com
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 131 attractions in Dallas
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Attraction type: Science museum, Children's museum
Address: 308 Valley View Center
Preston Road and LBJ Freeway (I-635) Dallas, TX 75240
Tel: 214-428-5555
Fax: 214-428-4356

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“updated information”
4 of 5 stars
museumchick49
Dallas tx
Oct 18, 2008

This website needs to be updated. The Science Place merged with the Dallas Museum of Natural History in early 2006, becoming the Museum of Nature and Science. Two main buildings, plus the Planetarium building, are included in the price of an exhibit ticket. Many of the exhibits in the Science building have been renovated, updated, or changed. Still located in... more

“Nice place for children”
5 of 5 stars
minmurphy
Durant, Ok
Sep 5, 2007

My husband and son whom is 2 1/2 just returned to day from Dallas. We had never been to the Science Place. It was interesting, I think it has a couple of things for adults, nothing big. But, it does have lots of stuff for children, the last floor has a childrens area with all kinds of stuff for them... more

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308 Valley View Center, Preston Road and LBJ Freeway (I-635), Dallas, TX 75240
Tel: 214-428-5555 Fax: 214-428-4356