Collections

Birds
One of the largest scientific collections of birds in Texas

 

Entomology
Insects from Northeast Texas and the Big Bend

 

Live Animals
From spiders to mammals, the Museum houses many types of live animals

 

Malacology
Land and freshwater gastropods of the Southwestern United States

 

Mammals
Over 3,000 mammal specimens can be found at the Museum

 

Mudge Library
One of the most important and valuable illustrated bird libraries in the United States

 

Rocks and Minerals
Several thousand specimens of rocks and minerals

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Collections Policies

Please see the following PDF documents for MNS collection policies
Collections Policy
Disaster Recovery Policy

 

 

MNS is an AAM accredited institution that is the result of the merger of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place, and the Dallas Children's Museum, supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and HP.