Admission
Tickets
General admission tickets include access to all exhibits and programs and are valid during all operating hours on the date purchased unless noted. Prices listed do not include access to after-hours events unless noted.
- Members: Free
- Infants (under 12 months): Free
- Children (1-16): $20
- Adults (17-64): $20
- Seniors (65+): $18
- Military: Buy one get one free
- Museums For All (SNAP/WIC cardholders with valid card): $5 per person up to 6 admissions
See all discounts currently available for at-the-door ticket purchase only.
Everything costs more. We feel it. Parents feel it. Children shouldn’t.
$10 off weekdays and $5 off weekends in May
when you purchase online
Because small hands deserve big fun — without the big price tag.
(Bonus: enjoy Muddy May activities for dirt-cheap.)
Gift Admissions
- Gift general admission tickets to a friend or family member (child, adult or senior): $20 each, valid 1 year from date of purchase
- How it works: forward the gift announcement email from the Museum with attached bar-coded tickets to your recipient. We’ll also email you a receipt for your records.
- If your guests enjoy their visit, they can apply the tickets toward a membership and enjoy the Museum for a full year — gift memberships are also available for purchase.
Purchase gift admission tickets
Be sure to check the box indicating you are purchasing a gift.
Adjusted Hours
- Mon, May 25: Museum CLOSED for Memorial Day
- Daily: early admission daily at 8:30 am
- Fri, May 8: 4 pm – 6:30 pm
- Sat, Jun 13: 4 pm – 6:30 pm
- Invite friends! You can bring guests for free up to the number of admissions included with your membership level. Any additional guests will be charged regular general admission prices.
Open for members and their guests only; admission free for the total number of guests included with your membership; regular admission rates thereafter.
- New Year’s Day
- Memorial Day
- July 4
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Eve
- Afternoons are always slower than mornings.
- Weekdays are usually slower than weekends.
- Sunny days are much slower than rainy days–– and a they’re a great chance to visit Habitat Park!
Policies
- All children must be supervised by an adult at all times.
- The health and safety of our visitors, staff, and volunteers is our #1 priority. If any of your party exhibit coughing, sneezing, chills, runny nose, difficulty breathing, or a fever over 100.4 F, please postpone your visit.
- Current Illness Reschedule Policy: Advance Admission ticket purchases are non-refundable, but may be redeemed any date within 90 days at no charge. No reschedule is necessary. (Fees up to 20% of ticket value may apply beyond 90 days.)
- Current Safety Standards:
- Face masks are optional at this time. Please respect other guests’ choices.
- Our HVAC system introduces outside air based on the average parts per million reading of carbon dioxide in the space. The higher the carbon dioxide reading, the more fresh air, up to 100%.
- Alcohol-free hand sanitizer stations are placed at all infant areas and other locations throughout the Museum.
For the last year, the kids kept asking when can they go back to the place with the grocery carts and water. I surprised them and brought them to the Museum when it re-opened. They had a blast!
-Liz, Buffalo Grove