Be the catalyst for STEM education in North Texas!
Your support is essential in inspiring, educating, and connecting North Texas communities with the wonders of nature and science. With your help, we can ensure that the Museum remains a vibrant space for exploration and learning, where every visit is an adventure and every discovery sparks the imagination. By nurturing curiosity and a passion for STEM in today’s youth, we are paving the way for the next generation of innovators, thinkers, and problem-solvers.
Your gift matters!
Help us provide financial aid for youth to enjoy STEM experiences at the Museum and out in our communities. We need your help to “reach for the stars” and inspire the next generation of STEM leaders!
Gifts made to support the Perot Museum of Nature and Science through North Texas Giving Day cannot be applied towards a membership.
To inspire minds through nature and science.
VISION
Be an extraordinary resource and catalyst for science learning through innovative, highly accessible experiences that broaden understanding of our world and improve community achievement.
Texas STEM jobs are currently growing two times faster than the national average. As a result, North Texas needs a diverse pipeline of STEM professionals to meet the growing economic demand for local talent. The Perot Museum is responding to this critical challenge by engaging more than one million minds each year — inspiring the problem-solvers, game-changers, and STEM workforce of the future.
Your support helps make it possible to provide limitless possibilities that enrich and transform countless lives throughout our communities.
Our mission to “inspire minds through nature and science” is one we strongly believe in and support unconditionally. It is simple, direct, and guides our thinking on all decisions. That mission stems from a belief that a shared understanding of nature and science has underpinned most of human progress through the millennia, and that as humankind faces new challenges, such understanding will be critical to continued progress. Thus, fostering an environment for all where inquisitiveness about the natural world can grow and flourish is an essential component of our mission.
Towards that end, from the day the Museum opened in 2012, we have had a stated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. Over our first ten years, we are proud to have inspired the minds of millions of visitors of widely diverse backgrounds from across North Texas and beyond. Yet, we know that we can do even better. There are still significant parts of our community that we have not yet reached, and we recognize that this keeps us from fully delivering on our mission. As we look to the future of the Museum and beyond, we are dedicated to taking the power of our mission to the next level for the benefit of all.
Looking forward, the Perot Museum of Nature and Science commits that it will proactively strive to:
• Welcome diversity in all its forms, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, ability, religion/spirituality, national origin, and socioeconomic status
• Seek out the perspectives of our diverse constituents to better understand their needs and to discover where we can do more to engage our entire community
• Remove barriers from those with the least privilege by intentionally assuring that the entirety of our programming, exhibits, policies, and organization are inclusive and equitably accessible to all
• Assure that the Board, executive leadership, and staff all reflect the rich diversity that is our community
• Work to undo any systems of injustice and inequality we may find within our institution
Trial and error are essential to the scientific process: trying, learning, improving. Fulfilling our mission demands that we continually evaluate our efforts to determine what works, what doesn’t, and what biases may be influencing the result. For that process to work, we must listen to many voices and diversity of thought and representation. Our mission and our shared future depend on it.
Organization name
Perot Museum of Nature and Science
other names
Perot Museum
Causes
Arts & Humanities
Operating Budget
$10,000,000 or more
Counties Served
Dallas
Equity Statement
Equity Statement
Address
2201 N. Field Street