The Dark Side of the Moon laser show was amazing, and the kiosks for the will call tickets were very easy to find. Gift shop is BIG. I plan to see the other shows, now that I have seen the quality of both audio and visual effects. Recommend for anyone looking for a spontaneous fun thing to do in Houston.

Went to see James Woods mesmerica amazing!

Clean, social distancing enforced and a great show! My 4 yr old and 13 yr old were both impressed so 5 stars!

First time my son has been to a planetarium, he was amazed and couldnt stop asking questions about what he had learned from the show

We will never go back. Horrible experience with staff for the NOT worth paying $40 Mesmerica show.They only cared about people with VIP tickets, the rest of us were treated like we are kindergarten. He was even trying to be polite and said use your voices, remember like they teach you in kindergarten.I am pregnant (very obvious) and we were first in the general admission line. My back started to hurt from standing too long and i sat down on the floor. They started letting the VIP line first. And told us we will open your line in 15 minutes. There was no one in VIP line any more but we were ignored. It felt like we bought our tickets with 90% discount and were treated this way. Horrible. At some point one of the staff members looked over his shoulder and said You need a chair? Honestly it felt like he was doing a favor, too cool for school attitude.Right at 7:15 one of the staff guys said OK guys lets open your line, where all of the sudden some other lady put her heavy hand down and said 30 more seconds! with that same attitude as the guy above.I wonder what would happened if we would enter now. At this point you just want to turn around and go home.See, if the staff is friendly then you dont mind if the show you watched was bad, you will go back just for the great experience before and after the show. But when you are treated like low class with looks over the shoulder YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK. Not even for free. Sad. But it could be better.And the show was similar to my screen saver on the computer kaleidoscope like.

Incredible show!

To clear up the review under mine. DARK SIDE OF THE MOON IS A PINK FLOYD ALBUM. & the experience is beyond amazing. Lots of other show options also.

Went to the Planetarium for the first time with my husband.. it was very disappointing. We watched the Dark side of the moon and I was thinking we were actually going to see something with what the title stated but I guess not.. had NOTHING to do about the moon. It was the weirdest presentation I have ever seen. After being disappointed about that we had to pay $20 worth of Garage parking.

Girl scout troop loved it! It was so immersive and felt real. Almost got motion sick it was so real. Presentation was informative engaging and entertaining.

Watched the Pink Floyd show. It wad amazing! Totally different from when I was younger and they only had laser shows. I recommend going if you love space!

A great place to take your children, grandchildren or even your great grandchildren. Educational as well as entertaining.

Went to the last show called the Dark side of the moon expecting an educarional 45 min about the moon. Instead we got a psychedelic show on music from Deep Purple, Dire Straits etc. The good thing is it put us right to sleep and had a great power nap, but fefinetly a waste of time and money. Not something that should be shown at a planetarium in my opinion.

Please get rid of the Dark Side of the Moon? Im begging you!!! I spent all of that money for my children to look at weird pictures for 45 minutes.

Found Yoda in a galaxy far far away

We took the whole family to see the Starry Night Express. What a waste. The previews were more interesting than the show. We spent over $30 for the show that wasnt worth it. The narrator is not great, the use of the domed screen was minimal, and it was extremely short (although we were glad to get out of there because it was so bad.) Either make the tickets free because its about the same quality as a middle school power point presentation or improve the show!

It is not worth your money. I watched the dark side of the moon. The music was good. But you end up watching Windows screen saver effect for 45 minutes. I was thinking of other good planetarium experience but it was far too bad...

I have never been so disappointed in a planetarium/museum experience in my life. If I could give it zero stars, I would! My family and I saw the Starry Night Express on March 14th. It was as though the planetarium just grabbed a guy off the street and said, Hey, can you come in here and mumble for 20 minutes about space-type stuff? He clearly had no script. He started off by saying, We can barely see like a couple dozen stars cuz were just stuck here on earth. His speech was composed primarily of the words like and um, and the phrases like I mentioned and like I said comprised about half of this laughable presentation. To point out something on the ceiling/screen, he used a laser pointer which he spun in circles on top of whatever item he was speaking about, completely obscuring the item for the entire time he was speaking about it. Finally, after 20 minutes of this truly painful experience, a narrated movie started. Relieved, we thought the real planetarium show was finally starting. It ended four minutes later, and the terrible live narrator told us to have a great day. I was embarrassed for the presenter, the planetarium, and the entire museum. I was angry that I had wasted my time and money on such a truly crappy experience. I will dedicate the near future to warning people away from this gigantic failure of a planetarium. Its really sad that a city like Houston cant come up with anything better than this. AWFUL, AWFUL, AWFUL!!

I went to see the Black Holes showing here on a weekday and practically had the planetarium to myself, which was awesome!The staff was very accommodating as I arrived just as the show was getting ready to start, they quickly processed my ticket purchase and I think because it was so empty, they were able to seat me just as the lights were going down.The planetarium is your standard domed screen, but I gotta say the projections were very crisp! It seriously felt as if the room was moving at times! And the visuals really do encompass your entire peripheral!The show itself was fantastic and informative! I am a space nerd and am fascinated by black holes, so the fact that this showing virtually takes you into one, is just awesome, event horizon and all!My only gripe would be the running time, it was super short (I think the run time came in just under 30mins), but I am biased because I could watch something on the exploration and theory of black holes for hours!Parking can be hit or miss (there are street parking spots right in front of the HMNS if you are lucky enough to snag one!I only came for the Black Holes showing, but the rest of the Museum looks great and Id love to come and explore it thoroughly on another visit!I think the next show I will come see here is their Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon, it looks like an amazing experience!

Pales in Comparison to the one in New York City. Dont waste your money.

Its was okay, we saw edge of darkness, a little short, but I think an inspiration for children, 8 dollars adult, like a nice short dream, showing how small we are

Saw the Pink Floyd Laser Show here, very cool.

The Burke Baker Planetarium has been a wonderful learning tool for me and my son. Starry Night Express is his favorite presentation at the planet around. We have been members of HMNS for approximately six years. My son, who is now seven years of age, and I have been visiting this excellent museum since my son was in a stroller. Therefore, he has grown up at this museum, as well as learned, more so than any other place of higher learning. For the past two years my son has been taking homeschool classes there.The staff is one of the best if not the best. Since first visiting HMNS, now for approximately six years, we have experienced two incidents that were immediately and professionally taken care of by one of the museums directors, Brad Levi.Along with excellent staff such as James Washington, Mattie Hammet, Melvin French, Ms. Wanda, the wonderful people who great us with a smile and thank you for returning to the museum, to the kind and helpful McDonalds employees, and of course the two shops employees, we are made welcome and are accommodated completely.Ms. Kelsey and Ms. Melissa, from whom my son has had the pleasure to learn, are just two of the extremely talented and highly educated teachers at the museum. Mrs. Hartman of Homeschool and Beyond has done an outstanding job putting at the teaching programs together. I regret that I am not able to recall the names of the other teachers from whom my son has learned in the past few years.I cannot say enough wonderful things about this outstanding museum. Words escape me as I write her. Our only great regret is having to leave by the end of the day especially when classes are over. There are just not enough of the classes that are being taught at HMNS. By the way, I too am able to learn what is being presented to each class. Never have I taken such a lengthy amount of notes.The memories are many and are remembered fondly. We look forward to my sons continuing education at HMNS and our leisurely visits. Oh yes! My family loves our museum so much that my daughter now works there!In looking to HMNS successfull future,Eduardo I. RanonAka, Lalo de Pilar

Technical difficulties all day

Disappointing. A 2 1/2 hour drive in and 2 1/2 hours back to see a 20 program (Black Holes). I think Burke Baker needs to talk with the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles about how to run a planetarium. Save money and time and give this stinker a pass.

Great place for learning about space!

Wonderful. Adventure

More than 5 stars ;)

Great.

LOVE the Planetarium

Cool sound,good view

Its a small planetarium.

I got a snorlax!!