{"id":513497,"date":"2026-01-13T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/513497\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T16:53:14","slug":"what-to-know-about-the-new-balloon-museum-popping-into-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/513497\/","title":{"rendered":"What to know about the new Balloon Museum popping into Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"

As visitors enter the Balloon Museum in South Dallas, they are immediately immersed in an inflatable, colorful world. <\/p>\n

After two years touring Europe and other parts of the United States, the museum is now in North Texas. At least until April 26, 2026. <\/p>\n

In its \u201cLet\u2019s Fly: Art has No Limits,\u201d the museum explores air not as only a physical element, but a symbol of movement and limitless travel within people. <\/p>\n

Horse balloons hang above the entrance of the Balloon Museum before patrons move through a mirrored walkway, with colorful bubbles projected on the walls and ceilings.<\/p>\n

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\"Simone<\/p>\n

Simone Cox, front, and friend Lucia Sardone play with inflated balls in the \u201cSqueezed In\u201d exhibit at the Balloon Museum\u2019s “Let\u2019s Fly: Art has No Limits” interactive exhibit on Jan. 9, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Angela Piazza \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Eighteen unique interactive art exhibits follow. Attendees can use virtual reality headsets to immerse themselves in a balloon world in \u201cAirscape,\u201d while \u201cMariposa\u201d allows visitors to lie down or hang out on a swing and watch a 26-foot-wide butterfly with 39,000 LEDs light up to choreographed music. <\/p>\n

\"Dayanara<\/p>\n

Dayanara Renteria and Dylan Stinson, of Dallas, walk around the \u201cADA\u201d exhibit at the Balloon Museum\u2019s “Let\u2019s Fly: Art has No Limits” interactive art exhibit on Jan. 9, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Angela Piazza \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Other standout exhibits include \u201cADA,\u201d which features a humongous helium ball that is covered with charcoal pencils. When someone hits the ball, it can draw on the paper walls and ceilings. <\/p>\n

\"Balloon<\/p>\n

Balloon Museum\u2019s “Let\u2019s Fly: Art has No Limits” interactive art exhibit visitors watch a light show in the final exhibit on Jan. 9, 2026, in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Angela Piazza \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

The exhibition finishes off with the \u201cHyperfrequency\u201d light show, which has a large pit filled with black plastic balls and a disco ball at its center.<\/p>\n

BALLOON _MUSEUM<\/p>\n

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Details<\/a>: Open through April 26, Monday through Thursday from 1 to 7 p.m., Friday from noon to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. South Side Studios, 2901 Botham Jean Blvd., Dallas. Kids are $29 and adults are $39. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As visitors enter the Balloon Museum in South Dallas, they are immediately immersed in an inflatable, colorful world.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":513498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,2677,1596,7712,7710,14053,33852,358,1072,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-513497","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-artists","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-fortworth","12":"tag-fun-places-and-events","13":"tag-south-dallas","14":"tag-take-the-kids","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-things-to-do","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115888836214103419","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}