Entomology Collection

Insects from Northeast Texas and the Big Bend for most of the 85,000-specimen entomology collection. Of particular importance is the hymenoptera collection, "Shinners’ Bees", which contains host plant information and insect behavior associated with the specimens collected by the late SMU botanist Lloyd Shinners.

The lepidoptera are strong in the butterflies of Dallas county, collected in the 1930’s and 50’s by A.A. Brown. A small arachnid collection and isopod collection is also maintained by the Museum.

MNS is an AAM accredited institution that is the result of the merger of the Dallas Museum of Natural History, The Science Place, and the Dallas Children's Museum, supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and HP.