Houston Museum of Natural Science General Admission
Full description
Included / Excluded
- Local taxes
- The listed price does not include a parking fee, parking is payable upon arrival.
- The listed price does not include access to separate ticketed attractions such as films, the butterfly center, or traveling exhibits
- Food and drinks
Itinerary
The Houston Museum of Natural Science is located in the heart of the Houston Museum District across from Hermann Park. With world-class hospitality and knowledgeable staff, the museum will delight you with it's easy to follow layout, clearly marked displays and beautiful exhibit halls. Whether you are searching for the cafe or querying staff about the elemental symbol for gold, you are guaranteed to find whatever it is you are looking for with a minimal amount of effort and a substantial amount of excitement. Your voucher to the museum should be exchanged for your ticket upon arrival. Once you enter, you'll have the option to visit numerous permanent exhibits including North America's largest dinosaur hall and one of the most extensive gem and geode collections in the United States. The museum is perfect for families and school groups, tourist and locals and offers refreshments and food at the cafe.
Meeting point
Start Location
5555 Hermann Park Dr,, Houston, Texas, United States
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Stroller Accessible
- Easy Public Transport
Good to know
- Please be sure to have a photo ID with you in order to redeem your voucher
- Admission to the Permanent Exhibit Halls is free to all from 5 pm to 8 pm each Tuesday.
Traveler reviews
Great family outing!
Impressive! From dinosaur fossils to interactive demos on how things worked, it was a lot to see and do. Use parking lot C for free 3hr parking. It’s only a 5-10 min walk to the museum.
Great for all ages!
Great experience for all ages! Special treat for fossil geeks like me! Really well maintained and some nice little treasures hidden in tucked away areas. Highly recommend!
First time there.
It is a huge 4 story museum with really nice historical artifacts. There will be a lot of kids so be prepared if you are trying to go there on a date. The only thing I did not like was the fact that you have to pay admissions again for certain exhibits that you want to check out that are inside of the museum after you purchase the general admissions one.
Excelkent display of Dinosaurs. Egyptian exhibition also brilliant. Especially the lady foing the talk on embalming.
Excellent dinosaur exhibition. Eygptian exhibituon excellent. Talk on embalming brilliant insightful.
Amazing science museum but too much for one day and extremely expensive.
This has become a world class science museum, with an unmatched dinosaur collection, an amazing faberge collection, tons of physics, chemistry, and biology activities, a wonderful butterfly conservatory, planetarium shows and 3D movies, exciting special exhibits and so much more. It was always great but has improved so much since I was a child and even since my children were young. I’m now thrilled to be visiting with the next generation. The only thing is that it has gotten SO expensive. Instead of one ticket to cover everything, the special exhibits, planetarium show, movie, and the butterfly exhibits are all add ons. That is particularly frustrating since it is next to impossible to see everything in one day (kids need to rest and eat and take trips to the bathroom). I really think they should at least offer a discounted 2 or 3 day pass that includes general admission and all the special exhibits. It was really sad to have to choose between the special exhibits, but after spending almost $300 for 1 adult and 2 children (that included the butterfly conservatory, and 1 planetarium show and one 3D movie so the kids could rest ) and not even managing to see all of the general admission museum, I just couldn’t justify spending even more. I would have purchased a membership but the discount off special exhibits and shows was not enough. Also, the food offered at the museum is awful and so unhealthy. It also doesn’t take into account people with food-related disabilities (celiac, food allergies, etc….). They really need better vendors. We really enjoyed the gift shop though; it has some inexpensive souvenirs for kids.