The Irving Story

Irving's history is presented in a dynamic and immersive 4,000 square foot exhibit - The Irving Story, a nationally award-winning exhibition.  The permanent exhibition features Irving’s story, from its frontier days, through its development into a rapidly growing suburb, into the modern and diverse city that it is today.

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Frontier and Early Irving

Explore the early history of the region when settlers began to establish small communities. Learn about the ambitions of two young men who set out to found a town along the Rock Island Railroad and what Irving was like in the early 1900s.

Suburbia

Discover how the automobile and the post-war baby boom remade Irving from a small farm town into a rapidly growing suburb. Irving epitomized the suburbanization that was occurring across America during the 1950s-1960s.

International City

During the 1970s, Irving began a transformation from a suburb to a vibrant, multicultural, independent city. Learn how the building of Texas Stadium, the opening of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and the creation of Las Colinas all played a role in Irving’s emergence onto the world stage.