I regret not coming to the Houston Museum of Natural Science earlier

🦕 The Houston Museum of Natural Science is located on the northern boundary of Hermann Park, featuring a dinosaur hall, planetarium, gem and mineral hall, butterfly center, and Wortham Giant Screen Theatre, making it perfect for a 👶🏻 family trip! ⛰【Travel Tips】 📍Detailed address: 5555 Hermann Park Dr. Houston,TX77030 🚗Transportation tips: Self-driving is recommended 🕙Opening hours: 9:00-17:00 💰Ticket price: $25 per person, except for a few exhibition halls and 3D movies which require a separate ticket. The entire museum has four floors and you can wander around freely. 🌟Highlights: 🎈First floor exhibits: The first floor mainly features large dinosaur fossils and other fossils. It is recommended to spend over an hour here, and you can install google translator in advance to use the photo translation feature (after all, the English names of dinosaurs are really obscure) 🎈Second floor exhibits: One side has models of contemporary animals (very realistic, as if in a zoo), and the other side has contemporary marine life (including manta rays and giant squids, as well as many shells). There is also a gem hall on the second floor (it's quite dark inside, where you can see dazzling diamonds and jewelry, as well as raw stones) (recommended 1-1.5 hours) 🎈Third floor exhibits: Cultural halls (Indian/Amazon civilizations, as well as ancient Egyptian civilization). Key point: The pharaoh's head from Animal Crossing is there!!! (40 minutes) 🎈Fourth floor exhibits: Energy technology 📌Little Tips: It is recommended to arrive between 9-10 am, as it gets very crowded in the afternoon. Parking requires circling up the floors, and it can be painful to find a parking spot and navigate traffic when it's busy. It's much easier in the morning. When buying tickets, you can also purchase tickets for special exhibits and the theater at the same time, the theater is a 3D giant screen movie, where you can experience the underwater world, pyramids, etc., and then set the viewing time, which allows for better scheduling of your visit (requires 1 hour) Lunch: It is recommended to have lunch before 12 pm, as the museum offers fast food. The peak lunch hours are from 12 pm to 2 pm, when you have to queue up to buy food and struggle to find a seat There are no security checks for bags in the venue Entry and exit: Except for special exhibits, multiple entries and exits are allowed, and you can also go out for lunch and come back to continue your visit