Recently Opened Perot Museum Of Nature & Science Drawing Large Crowds

The Dallas Morning News reports that visitors have been flocking to the Perot Museum of Nature and Science since it opened last month. Over 116,000 visitors have passed through the museum since it opened on December 1st and the museum has also sold 12,000 memberships. The museum's offerings include the chance to feel the ground shake beneath them in an earthquake simulation, an opportunity to program a robot to navigate a maze and even test their speed against a virtual Tyrannosaurus Rex. The museum was named for billionaire former presidential candidate Ross Perot and his wife Margot, after their five children made a 50-million-dollar gift in honor of them. The museum cost nearly 185-million-dolalrs to build and was funded entirely with private donations. It has five floors of public space and stands about 14 stories high.