Dallas Museum of Natural History

Dallas Museum of Natural History is a museum in Dallas, Texas. Dallas Museum of Natural History is situated nearby to African American Museum, as well as near the Ferris wheel Texas Star.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cotton Bowl and African American Museum.

Cotton Bowl

Stadium

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The Cotton Bowl is an outdoor stadium in Dallas, Texas, United States. Opened in 1930 as Fair Park Stadium, it is on the site of the State Fair of Texas, known as Fair Park. Cotton Bowl is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Dallas Museum of Natural History.

African American Museum

Museum

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African American Museum of Dallas is an American art museum located at 3536 Grand Avenue in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas. The museum was founded in 1974 and has operated independently since 1979. African American Museum is situated 940 feet northwest of Dallas Museum of Natural History.

Texas Star

Ferris wheel

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Texas Star is a Ferris wheel at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, where it operates during the annual State Fair of Texas as its most popular ride. With an overall height of 216 feet, it was the tallest Ferris wheel in North America from 1985 until the opening of the 250-foot Star of Puebla in Mexico, on 22 July 2013. Texas Star is situated 1,000 feet east of Dallas Museum of Natural History.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fair Park and South Dallas.

Fair Park

Neighborhood

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Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex in Dallas, Texas, United States, located immediately east of downtown. The 277-acre area is registered as a Dallas Landmark and National Historic Landmark; many of the buildings were constructed for the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936.

South Dallas

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South Dallas is part of Dallas, extending south of the I30 east of Downtown, and south of the Trinity River west of it. In its west, across the Trinity River, you will find Oak Cliff, a large, low-income, mainly residential district southwest of downtown.

Deep Ellum

Quarter

Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Deep Ellum is a historic neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, home to a diverse array of arts venues, restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, businesses, and urban residential units near downtown in East Dallas.

Dallas Museum of Natural History

Type: Museum
Address: TX
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Dallas, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.77707° or 32° 46′ 38″ north

Longitude

-96.7625° or 96° 45′ 45″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

8645Q6GP+RX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 368164974

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

4684925

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