Science rules!  The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is the perfect place for those of you who seek creativity, imagination, and inspiration. It’s filled with exhibits the whole family can enjoy. In my most recent visits I saw many bored-out-of-their-mind parents. However, if you visit with an open mind, this can be a very cool place to learn new things. The exhibits are far more than just cool features on display. If you pay attention, you’ll walk away from here with more knowledge than you walked in with.

Everything about this place screams fun with an artistic style. The stations are presented in a manner that makes science intriguing for newcomers. Children can get a little loud here because the interactive projects cater to individual experiments and experiences that cause excitement.

The museum is never too crowded in terms of people, but it is filled with activity rooms and projects to keep anyone busy through the day. If you look up, there is a display of interesting artistic light fixtures decorating the ceiling.

The giant lite bright is a main attraction in the designer room station. It’s such an awesome nostalgic piece that attracts more adults than it does children. Everyone wishes they had one of these in their homes as they place pegs into the holes. I can just see sales going up for Hasbro every time someone sees this again after so many years.

Jenga is another activity here at The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Recently, it has made its way in the local bar scene as a game where competitors square off against each other for some sort of beer prize. As if beer pong wasn’t enough, you now have drunk people trying to pull Jenga pieces out one by one without the tower collapsing. It’s difficult enough to do this sober, but it has become a sensation with the patrons looking to win those kinds of competitions.

The weekends have filled these stations with people. There are even special guests like chemists, scientists, and local artists that make an appearance to work with kids.

There is always something fun, new, and exciting in the exhibits. At one time there was a complete Wizard of Oz exhibit with neat little movie props and optical effects. Today, there are pinwheels and giant paper airplanes. Stations here allow you to create your own paper airplanes and put them up against an air blowing device. Very messy, very interesting, but Science isn’t always without cleaning up.

In another area, the museum runs a 4D mini theatre experience for a little bit of education on the topic of the Barnett Shale. You can always skip this, but if you haven’t experienced 4D, I’d recommend it. Next time just head for the Omni Theatre or the Noble Planetarium. That is another story in itself which I plan to cover in the future; for now the general exhibits are the focus here.

Dinosaurs bones! This area is dedicated partly to a large dino skeleton. I dont think the bones are real (duh!), it is just an example of how elaborate the museum can be. They also have a digging area for kids outside in which they can discover buried dinosaur fossils (also not real!). As I stated, this place is pretty dynamic. The Indiana Jones exhibit is running upstairs, and I will cover that topic at another time. For now, if you have some time to kill, and you want to learn a little bit more about Science, come visit the general exhibit. The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 1600 Gendy St, Fort Worth, TX 76107 (817) 255-9300