Since 1992, the Museum has been awarded $4.46 million from the National Science Foundation to support its outstanding exhibitions and programs. NSF only funds significant programs that are innovative and have broad impact. The Museum is recognized as a leader in informal education programming.
For nearly 20 years, the Museum has partnered with Southern Methodist University on important paleontological work: from excavating bones and fossils at sites in Texas to preparing the fossils for research and exhibitions. The partnership works this way: SMU's Shuler Museum of Paleontology and the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man conducts the research and publishes scientific papers, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History interprets and presents the bones and fossils to the public in dynamic, interactive exhibits.
The Museum helps prepare students for classroom teaching in the state of Texas through partnerships with four area universities: Texas Christian University, Texas Wesleyan University, University of North Texas and the University of Texas at Arlington. The planetarium has conducted workshops for teachers and students from Texas Tech University and Tarleton State University and also holds labs for more than 1,000 astronomy students from TCU each academic year.
Numerous partnerships exist between the Museum and local school districts, including those in Fort Worth and Arlington. The Museum's field trip program is the largest of any institution in North Texas. On a typical day during the school year, more than 1,500 students, teachers and chaperones flood the Museum on field trips.
For more than six decades, educators have relied on the Museum to be an educational resource partner. Our hands-on exhibits, Omni Theater, and Noble Planetarium engage students in science and history and provide exciting, mind-expanding learning opportunities.
