Certain weeks have been themed such as Nature Week, Gratitude Week (with Teacher Appreciation and Mother’s Day focus) and My Museum Collection week. During uncertain times, TSHA believes it's important for historical associations and museums work together to help promote the appreciation, teaching, and understanding of Texas history. While at home, visit the Bayou Bend site to take a virtual tour of the landmark and its collection.

Displayed in the former home of Houston civic leader and philanthropist Ima Hogg (1882–1975), the collection is one of the finest showcases of early American furnishings, silver, ceramics, and paintings in the country, including many examples of 19th-century Texas material culture.

Texas Theater has launched a virtual streaming room where you can rent movies to watch at home. Here are the new safety protocols the organization has put in place this year. As the local history division of the Austin Public Library, the Austin History Center provides the public with information about the history, current events, and activities of Austin and Travis County. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. You can join in on the tour using Facebook Live and Instagram. The camp is three hours each day and is completely free for participants. Both of those events begin at 6:30 p.m. Bayou Bend is the MFAH house museum for American decorative arts and paintings. Contact Us | Through the amazement of new technology, the Dallas Holocaust Museum brought the experience of exploring the Anne Frank House to North Texas. The Dallas Zoo is using its social media channels to #BringTheZooToYou with virtual tours, chats with staff and more. The cost of the camp is $135 ($100 for members) and includes art supplies; siblings can join in with an additional art kit for $30. The Dallas Zoo is open for business, but its Wild Adventure Camps have been canceled. Many camps have pivoted to focus on at-home activities this summer. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra is taking their music online! The site also features the online William J. Hill Texas Artisans and Artists Archive, where you can find insightful information on early Texans such as Hermann Lungkwitz and Johann Michael Jahn. Museums around the world are embracing virtual reality to allow would-be visitors to tour exhibits without actually "being" there. I only had time to visit one Museum during my brief recent visit to Dallas and my first and only choice was the Dallas Holocaust Museum.

The first part of the exhibit is a virtual reality experience. ... Group tour reservations are available for groups with 15 or more guests. You can also check Cara Mia Online for available classes. Frisco’s Sci-Tech Discovery Center is offering both in-person and virtual summer camps for kids big and small. If you didn't get a chance to check out Origins: Fossils from the Cradle of Humankind, you can get a virtual 360 tour of the exhibit here.

Learn more here. However, the zoo introduced a new program this summer called Zoo Just For You, which allows children from the same household to have a camp-like group experience via a personalized guided tour of the zoo by a Dallas Zoo educator. The curtain is still closed at the Dallas Children’s Theater, but the show will go on virtually. 300 N. Houston Suite 100, Dallas, TX 75202-3307. They’ll be doing daily COVID screenings and requiring masks to be worn while indoors. You can also browse the museum's 25,000 works of art and find additional resources online at DMA at Home. For now, we encourage everyone to practice social distancing and the regulations put in place by your local officials. Open for Business: COVID-19 Updates and Resources. Spark! The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum hosts weekly virtual iRead adult book club meetup every Monday, and has a variety of additional online programming, including special exhibit, The Fight for Civil Rights in the South, and more. The Houston Museum of Natural Science was founded in 1909 on the idea that science can enhance everyone’s lives. Learn more here. The Perot Museum of Nature and Science Amaze Your Brain at Home program lets you explore nature and science at home and in your backyard – all while using the most common household objects.