Been coming here for years. Best place to kill an ...

Been coming here for years. Best place to kill an entire day with your kids for free. That said bring your own lunch to save more money or support them by eating at their restaurants on the first floor. Also don't park at the coliseum parking lot closest to the museum as they don't get any revenue from that parking lot. Park at the natural history museum if you can and support that museum with parking I think it's $4 cheaper. If you want to splurge I suggest and IMAX movie with popcorn and any of their paid exhibits our generally good. But all the free stuff is really good. Just remember it's not really free. The science endowment pays the overhead and staff for your admission fee. So if you love this place as much as I do and can be generous always support your science endowments or other endowments that support children learning.