Welcome to AroundTownKids McKinney
Welcome to AroundTownKids McKinney
This event occurs every day.
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 04:00:00 PM
Cost: $7.50/Person; Senior/Vets: $5; Children: $3
Location Name: Collin County Historical Society Museum,
Location Address: 300 E. Virginia Street, McKinney TX Click for Google Map
Description: The Collin County Historical Society Museum, , is exhibiting artifacts of Collin McKinney's home and life. Thursday-Saturday ONLY.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Tuesday
Event Begins at: 11:00:00AM
Location Name: Chestnut Square
Location Address: 315 S. Chestnut Street, McKinney TX Click for Google Map
Description: Take a guided tour and tour the buildings from 1854 – 1920 in Chestnut Square Historic Village and the families that lived in them.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/20/2021 to 04/11/2021
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 05:00:00 PM
Cost: $12-$17
Ages: All
Location Name: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Location Address: 8525 Garland Rd., Dallas, TX 75218 Click for Google Map
Description: The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest, featuring 500,000 flowers. For more information or to purchase tickets: 214-515-6615 Email contact: social@dallasarboretum.org
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/20/2021 to 04/11/2021
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 05:00:00 PM
Cost: $12-$17
Ages: All
Location Name: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Location Address: 8525 Garland Rd., Dallas, TX 75218 Click for Google Map
Description: The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest, featuring 500,000 flowers. For more information or to purchase tickets: 214-515-6615 Email contact: social@dallasarboretum.org
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/20/2021 to 04/11/2021
Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 05:00:00 PM
Cost: $12-$17
Ages: All
Location Name: Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden
Location Address: 8525 Garland Rd., Dallas, TX 75218 Click for Google Map
Description: The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden presents Dallas Blooms, the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest, featuring 500,000 flowers. For more information or to purchase tickets: 214-515-6615 Email contact: social@dallasarboretum.org
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Event Time: 07:00:00 AM till 06:00:00 PM
Location Name: Dallas Farmers Market
Location Address: 1010 South Pearl Street
Description: Closed on special holidays. Local farmers display fresh produce, herbs, plants etc.
This event occurs every day.
Location Name: African-American Museum
Location Address: 3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210-1005 Click for Google Map
Description: Facing The Rising Sun presents the remnants of a once thriving North Dallas Community. Facing the Rising Sun contains photographs, found objects, and historical documents that provide an insight into a community called Freedman's Town and later known as short North Dallas and now known as Uptown. Interactive video kiosks allow visitors to see and hear from the people who knew Freedman's Town first-hand.
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Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 01:00:00 AM
Cost: Free, donations accepted
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Crow Collection of Asian Art
Location Address: 2010 Flora Street Dallas, Texas 75201 Click for Google Map
Description: Enjoy a look at the museum’s new, pedestrian-friendly entrance, lobby and street-level galleries and a stunning Japanese exhibition. Fierce Loyalty: A Samurai Complete showcases the Crow Collection’s most spectacular acquisition to date – a suit of Samurai armor from the Edo period (1603-1868).
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 10/16/2020 to 06/30/2021
Cost: see website for tickets
Ages: All Ages
Location Name: Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Location Address: 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: Featuring 12 plant-based animal shapes, such as elephants, giraffes, and butterflies, the displays are sure to stimulate a sense of wonderment and fascination.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/01/2021 to 12/31/2021
Location Name: Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Location Address: 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: The Fort Worth Botanic Garden | Botanical Research Institute of Texas (FWBG|BRIT) welcomed nationally acclaimed artist Patrick Dougherty during the month of February as he wove, twisted and shaped a one-of-a-kind Stickwork sculpture in the Fuller Garden.
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Location Name: Fort Worth Stockyards
Location Address: 121 E Exchange Ave, Fort Worth
Description: At 11:30am & 4pm (subject to weather and the longhorns' dispositions) the world's only daily cattle drive clip-clops its way over the brick-paved streets of the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards. Starting at the Livestock Exchange Building, the trail boss and his cowhands on horseback lead a couple dozen Texas longhorns almost single file down Exchange Avenue and back to their holding pens behind the Exchange Building.
This event occurs every day.
Location Name: Fort Worth Omni Theater
Location Address: 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: The first original large-format dinosaur film in over a decade, Dinosaurs of Antarctica will introduce you to the amazing and bizarre prehistoric creatures that inhabited Antarctic forests and swamps hundreds of millions of years ago. With major support provided by the National Science Foundation, the film follows a team of paleoecologists on a quest to understand the southern continent’s profound transformation, from a warm and bio-diverse Mesozoic to the frozen desert we know today.
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Location Name: Fort Worth Omni Theater
Location Address: 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth, TX 76107 Click for Google Map
Description: The first original large-format dinosaur film in over a decade, Dinosaurs of Antarctica will introduce you to the amazing and bizarre prehistoric creatures that inhabited Antarctic forests and swamps hundreds of millions of years ago. With major support provided by the National Science Foundation, the film follows a team of paleoecologists on a quest to understand the southern continent’s profound transformation, from a warm and bio-diverse Mesozoic to the frozen desert we know today.
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Cost: $20/Adults; $17/Students & Seniors; $10/Kids
Ages: Family friendly
Location Name: Cowtown Winery
Location Address: 112 W. Exchange Ave, Fort Worth TX Click for Google Map
Description: Real hauntings, real history! The paranormal activity in the stockyards is one of the most active & written about in the US. Tours leave from the winery. The Ghost Tour guide will lead you through the streets of the historic Fort Worth Stockyards. The tour is a 90 minute walking tour.The Ghost Tour is family friendly & is great fun for all ages. Reservations recommended. Tours run Thurs - Sat.
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Event Time: 09:00:00 AM till 05:00:00 PM
Cost: $10.00 Adults (age 12-64); $7.00 Children (age 3-11); $7.00 Seniors (age 65 up); FREE Children (age
Location Name: The Dallas Zoo
Location Address: 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway (I-35E), Dallas, TX 75203
Description: The legendary white creature with piercing pink eyes rising from the new swamp in the Pierre A. Fontaine Bird & Reptile Building is not a ghost. That fact becomes obvious when 9-foot Boudreaux opens his massive jaws to take a fish or piece of chicken from his keeper. The male albino American alligator joins two traditionally pigmented female alligators and other swamp residents in the new Ghosts from the Bayou habitat at the Dallas Zoo.
This event occurs Daily from 02/25/2021 to 04/23/2021
Cost: FREE
Location Name: CHESTNUT SQUARE
Location Address: 315 S. Chestnut, McKinney TX Click for Google Map
Description: I WANT THE WIDE AMERICAN EARTH: A Smithsonian Exhibit. To complement the Heard-Craig Center for the Arts Asian Collection and in commemoration of Asian Pacific-American heritage, “I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story” will be exhibited free to the public. The exhibit tells the rich and complex stories of the very first Asian immigrants, including participation in key moments in American history. Exhibit visitors receive a free downloadable e-book that was produced in collaboration with the creators of the first-ever Asian Pacific-American comics anthology. Featuring work by seven comic artists, the book is an illustrated adaptation of the exhibition. Reserve tickets and time slots online to assist in limiting the number of attendees at one time in the house. Masks are required while inside the house. Tour Times Vary
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Event Begins at: 10:00:00AM
Cost: $8/Adults; $6/Children 4-12 yrs
Location Name: National Scouting Museum
Location Address: 1329 West Walnut Hill Lane Irving, TX 75038-3085 Click for Google Map
Description: The National Scouting Museum is home to one of the world's largest collections of original Norman Rockwell art. Showcasing the work of Rockwell, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Howard Chandler Christy, Dean Cornwell, and Joseph Csatari, this exhibition takes a look at the artists behind America's largest youth organization.
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Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 04:30:00 PM
Cost: $8 per child/Parents FREE
Ages: 2-12
Location Name: Pump It Up of Frisco
Location Address: 7164 Technology Dr. #200 Frisco, TX 75034 Click for Google Map
Description: Join us Mon.-Fri. for any of our Open Jump sessions to get rid of the wiggles, meet other families or make new friends in a safe, clean, climate controlled environment. Come as you are for our regular Open Jump OR choose one of our special Little Tikes, Superhero, Bubble or Glow Jumps! *Socks and a signed waiver are required to play. Please note: Open Play times may change during summer and school holidays. Open Jumps are Mon - Fri ONLY.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs Daily from 02/06/2021 to 09/06/2021
Location Name: Perot Museum
Location Address: 2201 N. Field Street, Dallas, Texas Click for Google Map
Description: How does one develop the ability to do 36 consecutive pull-ups using only their pinky fingers? What does it take for someone to create the world’s smallest stop-motion film? And what motivates someone to learn how to solve three Rubik’s Cubes simultaneously … whilst juggling? Discover the marvels of GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS attempts and the science (and secrets) behind their triumphs when The Science of Guinness World Records™ exhibition, presented by Highland Capital Philanthropies, makes its U.S. debut at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science on March 6, running through Sept. 6, 2021. Guests will learn what it takes to crash through these seemingly impossible ceilings, the physical and mental thresholds humans possess, and the scientific principles that explain their awe-inspiring feats. Dozens of engaging exhibits – from the largest Pac-Man videogame, to reaction competitions, speed drumming and a dance-a-thon – will challenge and encourage all ages to go behind the scenes and discover the discipline driving these fascinating accomplishments.
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Location Name: African-American Museum
Location Address: 3536 Grand Ave, Dallas, TX 75210-1005 Click for Google Map
Description: The AAM, Dallas has one of the largest collections of African American folk art in the country. The Billy R. Allen Folk Art Collection, named for a founding board member, has grown to include more than 500 objects. Dr. Warren and Sylvia Lowe of Lafayette, Louisiana, Sally Griffiths and Dr. Bobby Alexander of Dallas, Texas have been major contributors. Pieces from the collection are rotated, twice each year, in the Sam and Ruth Bussey Gallery. Artists include Clementine Hunter, Mose Tolliver, Reverend Johnnie Swearingen, David Butler, Sister Gertrude Morgan, and Isaac Smith to name a few.
Click here for more informationThis event occurs each Week on Tuesday
Event Time: 10:00:00 AM till 02:00:00 PM
Cost: All included in garden admission except Photography
Location Name: Dallas Arboretum
Location Address: 8525 Garland Rd Dallas, TX
Description: For moms, grandparents, caregivers and their children, these special days include a petting zoo, nature art, face painting and Kindermusik.
This event occurs each Week on Tuesday
Event Begins at: 11:00:00AM
Cost: Suggested donations are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors, students, and military
Location Name: Chestnut Square
Location Address: 315 S. Chestnut Street, McKinney TX Click for Google Map
Description: Take a trolley tour through McKinney's Historic District. Our knowledgeable docents will share McKinney's history and beautiful architecture from the comfort of the historic trolley. Learn about the beautiful historic homes, the history of their owners and the history of McKinney in the comfort of McKinney Trolley. Tours last an hour and 30 minutes
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