The Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas's Victory Park was designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis. The museum is named for Margot and Ross Perot, and their children gave $50 million. A 2006 merger combined three earlier museums, and the new building opened on December 1, 2012. A $185 million campaign reached its goal by November 2011, so construction took no debt or public funding. The article names no style.
The building is a large cube floating over a landscaped base, with a green roof of about an acre. It covers about 180,000 square feet (17,000 m²) over six floors. A 54-foot (16 m) escalator rises in a glass casing 150 feet (46 m) long.
It has 11 permanent exhibit halls and 6 learning labs. Rainwater collection covers 74% of non-potable water needs. It earned a Four Green Globes rating. About 6,000 visitors came on opening day. The article gives no hours.
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