Dallas Heritage Village

The Dallas Heritage Village will work with longtime partner Vogel Alcove, an organization that provides childcare and other family support services to homeless children, to transform an underutilized building on the museum's grounds into an ideal safe place for toddlers and preschool visitors. The space, Play Village, will be the home base for Vogel Alcove visits, providing a familiar starting place for young children before they explore other parts of the museum complex. The museum hopes to increase its ability to provide effective early childhood education programs through the Play Village, and will use the services of the Center for Research and Evaluation at Southern Methodist University to evaluate the programs while also establishing tools, guidelines, and best practices for early childhood education within museums.