Texas rain does not drizzle. It arrives, empties itself over the afternoon and takes your outdoor plans with it. This is where to go when that happens.
The Perot is five storeys of hands-on science in a building that looks like a concrete cube with an escalator bolted to the outside. The dinosaur hall has a full Alamosaurus, seventy feet of it. There is an earthquake simulator, a racing track where you run against a projected T. rex, and a bird flight lab. The Moody Family Children’s Museum on the lower level is a separate space built for under-fives, which means the youngest of your group are not simply dragged round exhibits aimed at their siblings.
It is genuinely all indoors and it takes a solid three hours, which is the real test of a rainy day option.
Book tickets online before you drive over — timed entry sells out at weekends and during school holidays, and a wet Saturday is exactly when everyone else in Dallas has the same idea. Parking is underground, so you will not get soaked getting in.
