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MUSEUMS

Allen Heritage Center is open on the second and fourth weekends of the month on Saturdays from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and on Sundays from 1–3 p.m. Visit allenheritageguild.org/heritagecentermuseum.html.

Frisco Discovery Center provides a home for a 100-seat Frisco Black Box Theatre, the Frisco Art Gallery, and the Sci-Tech Discovery Center. The Sci-Tech Discovery Center presents "Playing with Time" June 18–December 31. The exhibit showcases events that occur too quickly or too slowly for humans to see: the flap of a hummingbird wing, the expansion of the universe…. The exhibit invites you to examine these invisible dynamics by using high-speed photography, time-lapse videos, and animations to effectively turn the world’s speed up and down. Visit mindstretchingfun.org.

Frisco Heritage Museum, located in the Frisco Heritage Center, is open 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Wednesdays–Saturdays, and 1–5 p.m. on Sundays. The museum includes two historical homes, the old Lebanon Baptist Church, a replica of the Frisco Depot, a log cabin, a replica of a one-room school house, a gazebo, and a stationary steam engine and caboose. For more information, call 972.292.5665 or visit friscomuseum.com.

Heard Museum in McKinney presents the Native Texas Butterfly House & Garden, through September 30. See monarchs, queens, and painted ladies. You may even get the chance to see tigers! Finally, "Denizens of Darkness" runs June 11–September 11. The Heard Museum is generally open Tuesdays–Saturdays 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday 1–5 p.m. Closed Mondays. Admission is $9 for adults, $6 for children 3-12 and seniors, and children 2 and under get in free. Family memberships are available. Call 972.562.5566 or visit heardmuseum.org.

Heritage Farmstead Museum is open Tuesday–Sunday from 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. and closed on Mondays. Docent-guided tours are at 1:30 p.m. or by appointment. Guided tours are $5 or $3.50 for seniors (65 plus) and students (5-18). Museum members and children 4 and under get in free. Self-guided tours to the grounds only (no access to the Farrell-Wilson House or outbuildings) are $2 per person. Call 972.881.0140 or visit heritagefarmstead.org.

Interurban Railway Station Museum in downtown Plano is open Monday–Friday from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. and Saturdays from 1–5 p.m. The museum is housed in a building that served as a primary stop on the Texas Electric Railway that ran between Denison and Dallas from 1908–1948. Admission is free. Call 972.941.2117.

The North Texas History Center (NTHC) relies on your donations! The museum needs $10,000 a month to stay open. The North Texas History Center was founded in 1957 as the Collin County Historical Society. For the first 25 years of its existence, the focus was on collecting and preserving, but in 1982 the Historical Society opened the doors to its museum for exhibits. Call 972.542.9457 or visit northtexashistorycenter.org.