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Perot Museum


Maddy had President's day off from school, so we went to the Perot with the Halls. The Perot has a special Sherlock Holmes exhibit running through May so we went to see it. I highly recommend going if you get the chance. It is an interactive exhibit set up like a mystery game. You visit all the stations and interact with clues and evidence to see if you can solve the mystery. Jude and Kelsay didn't care about it at all but Maddy and Bethany enjoyed collecting the stamps and other evidence in their notebooks. Unfortunately, since Cindy and I were trying to keep up with them, we missed part of the information about how the exhibit worked. So, when we got to the end, we did not solve the mystery. I'd love to go back sans kiddos and try it again. We also spent a lot of time in the children's museum section. It is like a tricked out indoor playground. There is a construction themed playground area, campground complete with critters you might find on a Texas camping trip, a farmer's market, vet clinic, river and art center. All the kids loved that part of the outing. We ate lunch at the museum cafe and it was fairly reasonable for that type of place. We were so impressed with the museum that we ended up getting a membership. They applied the cost of the tickets we had bought for the day's admission so it was a great deal. All regular exhibits are free and there a four floors so we will have lots to go see next time we go back.

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bee said…
If we ever get to DFW in the next year, I would LOVE to go. hint hint. : )
February 17, 2015 at 7:45 PM
Anonymous said…
My sister has a membership so Matt and I went with them at Christmas- that is a really cool museum. Matt and I spent more time than was reasonable on the space floor ; )
brittany
February 18, 2015 at 11:13 AM
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