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Museum School takes place within a larger museum setting that includes the Jane & John Justin Foundation Omni Theater with an 8K digital LED dome, the TCU Children's Gallery, DinoLabs and DinoDig, Innovation Studios, the Energy Blast exhibit, the Cattle Raisers Museum, and the Havener Gallery with changing exhibitions. Museum School is identified as the successor to the Frisky and Blossom Club, connecting it to the museum’s earlier children’s programming.
• Schedule: Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 AM–5 PM, and Sunday, Noon–5 PM; closed on Mondays.
The Museum School program is part of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, which traces its origins to a charter filed on May 21, 1941, for the Fort Worth Children’s Museum. The museum opened in early 1945 in two rooms at De Zavala Elementary School, moved in 1947 to the R.E. Harding House at 1306 Summit Avenue, and opened a new building at 1501 Montgomery Street on January 25, 1954. The Charlie Mary Noble Planetarium opened in 1955, the institution adopted the name Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in 1968, and the Omni Theater opened in 1983. Construction of the current facility was completed in 2009, and in Fall 2024 the Omni Theater was updated with an 8K digital LED dome described as the first theater of its type and scale in the world.
The museum states that it is dedicated to lifelong learning and, anchored by its collections, engages a diverse community through programs and exhibits that interpret science and the stories of Texas and the Southwest. It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is part of the Smithsonian Affiliate program, the Association of Science and Technology Centers, the Association of Children’s Museums, and Museums for All. The museum notes community involvement that includes collaboration with the Tarrant County Education Foundation for the Waste to Wonder exhibit, which looks at how discarded materials can be transformed into something new, decomposition times, materials used before plastics, and how artists and companies are rethinking waste.
Last updated July 22, 2026.
• Schedule: Open Tuesday–Saturday, 10 AM–5 PM, and Sunday, Noon–5 PM; closed on Mondays.
The Museum School program is part of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, which traces its origins to a charter filed on May 21, 1941, for the Fort Worth Children’s Museum. The museum opened in early 1945 in two rooms at De Zavala Elementary School, moved in 1947 to the R.E. Harding House at 1306 Summit Avenue, and opened a new building at 1501 Montgomery Street on January 25, 1954. The Charlie Mary Noble Planetarium opened in 1955, the institution adopted the name Fort Worth Museum of Science and History in 1968, and the Omni Theater opened in 1983. Construction of the current facility was completed in 2009, and in Fall 2024 the Omni Theater was updated with an 8K digital LED dome described as the first theater of its type and scale in the world.
The museum states that it is dedicated to lifelong learning and, anchored by its collections, engages a diverse community through programs and exhibits that interpret science and the stories of Texas and the Southwest. It is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is part of the Smithsonian Affiliate program, the Association of Science and Technology Centers, the Association of Children’s Museums, and Museums for All. The museum notes community involvement that includes collaboration with the Tarrant County Education Foundation for the Waste to Wonder exhibit, which looks at how discarded materials can be transformed into something new, decomposition times, materials used before plastics, and how artists and companies are rethinking waste.
Last updated July 22, 2026.
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