"general admission is about $30-35 if they have student ID and other applicable discount. I think the price is fair for what they offer. we bought the VIP tour with private access to the living roof to actually see the tierknochen that were in the process of “cleaned” by other small creatures. we need to see collected exemplars (rather collection! . I didn't know about ithyology until then, so it was great if they were interested in science or fish. we did not use much of the VIP access as they came out with great, how rabate in the restaurant and souvenir shops that I believe, but jump the line and entrances to the GEM wagon or other collections were worth it and it is just like $25 per person for the VIP tour. However, I must be honest that I expected a little more of the VIP tour, and for general admissions: I wish the image quality of the planetarium was a bit better, but that's okay. we come back sometimes when they have new things."