DALLAS — Everything is bigger in Texas. This can apply to hair, or it could mean a celebration. The newest selfie museum in North Texas is the perfect example of what it looks like when you put the two together. 

Inside the Black Hair Experience exhibit, visitors can get some Instagram action. The setup and displays are designed as a tribute and celebration of Black hair. Whether you wear your hair bone straight or in a textured form, the point is for Black women to feel accepted and seen as beautiful. 

“It’s art. It’s definitely art,” said Ashton Tucker, who has been behind the washbowl and styling chair as a hairstylist for 10 years. 

Tucker is a woman who is proud to show off her baby hairs, blonde strip, and a bun full of curls. She says exploring the exhibit takes her to a time before she was a licensed hairstylist. 

“There are a lot of exhibits that give me a sense of nostalgia, where it's like I'm in my room and I'm with my Barbie dolls combing their hair,” Tucker said. 

Also taking a trip down memory lane is Tucker’s friend Sebastiana Black, who is also a hairstylist. Black says a rough childhood molded her career because she grew up seeing her mom lose the will to look nice and take care of herself after struggling with drugs in the 80s. As a little girl, Black also says the only way she knew how to keep her mom’s demons at bay, even for a little bit, was to braid her hair.  

“My mom used to be a beautiful girl and a beautiful lady. I would hear stories about how beautiful she was. I knew I didn’t want her hair looking raggedy and her walking around in the streets looking crazy,” Black explained. 

The confidence someone feels when they are free to wear their hair how they’d like is an experience that’s not taken for granted by Alisha Brooks and Elizabeth Davis. The two women created the space so visitors can take some pretty pictures, and because hair representation is a political topic in Texas.  

The state's Crown Act Bill aims to end discriminatory bans on braids, locks, or twists in schools or in the workplace. It was not passed in the previous legislative session.

"One of the things that's most important to me is doing something with a message," said Davis.

"We figured that bringing this celebration of self-love and the celebration of Black hair can kind of push that messaging forward," explained Brooks. 

The playground for Black girl magic will be open until the end of the year.