Group Visit Policies

While we will begin accepting in-person field trips again starting July 1, we aren’t getting rid of Digital Demos anytime soon! Click here to learn more about Digital Demos. And click here for booking policies.

We strive to give all guests the best experience possible, so we staff appropriately to support group visits. To allow us to provide an unforgettable experience for your group, we ask that you observe the below group policies:

• Payment and a final group count is due two weeks prior to arrival and can be made by check or credit card. If you require an invoice for payment, please let a Group Adventures Associate know when you book your visit.
• Final Numbers can only be changed up to seven (7) days prior to your visit. After this time your numbers cannot be adjusted.
• On the day of your visit, if additional guests join your group, those guests will receive the general admission price.
• On the day of your visit, if a guest in your group does not attend, the group leader will be given a voucher for that guest to return to the Museum another day. Individual refunds cannot be issued.
• Payment will be due at booking for visits booked within two weeks of arrival

Discounted group admission is available for groups of 10 or more.

Exhibits Only

• $10 per person

Exhibits + Dome

• $14 per person

A Live Science Demonstrations can be added to your group visit for an additional $4 per person.

The group leader should come to the front desk and check in with our Guest Services staff. They will confirm your schedule for the day, provide the admission stickers for everyone in the group, and a stylus for use on the touchscreen exhibits. Please ask all students and chaperones to stay on the buses, a Guest Services associate will greet each bus and go over the Museum rules, and your groups schedule for the day.

To reduce the number of lost and found items, we ask that all students leave coats and backpacks on the bus, if possible. We do not have storage areas for coats or backpacks.

We require one adult chaperone per 10 students for grades pre K–12. Students must be accompanied by a chaperone at all times while in the Museum.

Lunches will be scheduled on a first come first served basis when your group arrives at the Museum. A lunch spot and time are not guaranteed, be prepared to eat on your buses or on the lawn if no spots are available.

Our Guest Services staff will bring out a lunch bin, for your students to put their lunches in. Your group's lunches will be delivered to your location at the scheduled time, and then brought back to the main exit for your departure.

Live Science Demonstrations must be scheduled two weeks in advance because space is very limited.

All Live Science Demonstrations are about 30 minutes long. We will ask that your group meet at the Pendulum 15 minutes before your demonstration start time, and one of our educators will bring your group to their classroom.

Groups can add a Dome feature to their visit for $4 per person.

• Our current Dome show times are 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
• Groups of at least 35 can request a special Dome showing from anything in our public library at one of the standard times listed above—if no ticket sales have been made on the date and time of their choosing.
• Groups of at least 75 can also book any Dome show from our public library and can reserve a special noon time spot.

All of the standard group booking policies apply to homeschool groups. A minimum of 10 people are required to qualify for the group rate and to book a Live Science Demonstration.