Brookshire’s Wildlife Museum and Annex (“Museum” or “Annex”) strive to educate and inspire all guests. The rules listed below are intended to help provide a safe, educational and friendly experience for all Museum guests and staff. Everyone’s safety is very important.

Please review our visitor guidelines outlined below before your visit. By reserving your tour or event, you agree to abide by these guidelines and the Museum/Annex reserves the right to ask visitors who do not follow these guidelines to leave the premises of the Museum and/or Annex. The Museum/Annex, Brookshire’s Communities Foundation and Brookshire Grocery Company will not be liable for any injury or damages that result from one’s failure to follow these guidelines.

WILDLIFE MUSEUM AND ANNEX

• All Museum guests must schedule a tour time on the Museum website.

• All guests must check in at the Museum or Annex 10 minutes before starting their Museum tour.

• No food or drink of any kind, including water bottles, may be taken through the Museum. Please consume or dispose of any food or drink before beginning your Museum tour.  Eating or drinking is only permitted in the Annex.

• Backpacks, large bags, and large purses may not be taken through the Museum. Accepted purse size at the Museum is no larger than 12 x 6 x 12. For the safety and security of all guests, the Museum does not provide storage lockers. Guests assume all risk and responsibility for any personal property and/or equipment brought into the venue before, during or after the event, and will not hold the Museum/Annex responsible for any such loss, theft, or damage, except to the extent such loss, theft, or damage is directly caused by the Museum/Annex.

• Youth under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult (age 18 and older). Adults are responsible for the safety and discipline of the youth they are accompanying.

• Pets are not allowed on the Museum grounds. However, service animals are always welcome. In Texas, a service animal means an animal that is specially trained or equipped to help a person with a disability. Pets and therapy/emotional support animals are not permitted in our facilities. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, “comfort,” “therapy,” or “emotional support animals” do not meet the definition of a service animal. 

• Guests must wear appropriate attire at all times. 

• Overly revealing clothing is not allowed.

• Shoes must always be worn.

• Clothing, tattoos, or other items that include messages that are obscene, symbols of hate, or generally inappropriate in a children’s museum will not be allowed.  This includes the display of imagery or words that convey violence, weaponry, profanity, and racism, or that cite unsafe behaviors.  The Museum reserves the right to determine what controversial terms, language, imagery, etc. are prohibited under these rules and how to address same.

• The Museum and Annex are drug-free, tobacco-free, and smoke-free facilities.

• Vaping, smoking and the use of any illegal substances in the Museum and Annex are not permitted. 

• Unless otherwise noted, photography for personal use is allowed with hand-held cameras.  Tripods and external lights may not be used without prior authorization from Museum management.  However, no photographs or video may be taken of Museum guests that are not in your group.

• Solicitations of any kind are strictly prohibited in the Museum and Annex.

• The Museum/Annex reserves the right to refuse access or request that a guest leave at any time during a visit.  Inappropriate behavior, including, but not limited to yelling, running, violence, intimidation, threats, harassment, aggression, obscene gestures, swearing, property damage or abuse, intoxication, loitering, skateboarding and all other actions that negatively impact other guests will not be tolerated.

• Other activities that will not be tolerated are as follows:

• Activities that threaten the operations of the Museum;

• Activities that disrupt the Museum’s safe, welcoming, family-oriented environment; or

• Activities that are illegal under city, state and/or federal law. Guests must follow all verbal and written instructions of the Museum staff.

The administration and interpretation of these Guidelines lies solely in the discretion of the Museum staff.