Truly a great place to visit! My five year old had the best time. We had the city pass so we had admission +2 movies and everything was just so enjoyable. We spent over three hours and just had a great time.

Finished the first day of our first visit to Chicago with an evening visit to the planetarium, thinking it would be a nice place to catch some shows and rest our feet. It turned out to be MUCH more than that - we really enjoyed the exhibits, the movies, the hands-on activities, and the breathtaking views of the Chicago skyline at night. The restaurant has views that are worth the detour!!!! Truly an amazing place!

I LOVE planetariums, and I'd been here years ago and wanted to go again. But other than the sky shows, there really wasn't much here to interest me. It's really geared more toward things for kids. And boy, were there kids there! Lots of kids, which is fine, of course. But most of them were too young to understand or be interested in things like the sky shows. So it was hard to enjoy them with the kids being restless and vocal. The cafe was a good place to have lunch with great views of the lake and the city skyline, and walking around outside of the planetarium was nice. I don't think I'll need to come back anymore, but it's a great place for a first visit.

There are some interesting areas of the planetarium but it was largely a let down. Loved the volunteers reciting facts, the meteorite and the initial solar system displays. But after that, there’s just way to much reading, wall after wall of information to read, I could do that online. There’s not sufficient immersive experience, things to watch or do. And don’t mention trying to buy a ticket - urgh.

We got City Pass and picked the Adler as one of our destinations. Make SURE to pick what you want to see BEFORE you get to the museum. When we arrived, the last shows had sold out about a half hour before. Still enjoyed our visit. The view of the city at night from the planetarium is fantastic.

Children ages 6 and 8 were really too young to enjoy. Several exhibits were broken. One of the theaters offering films had technical difficulties so we couldn’t see the film we chose “ free” with admission. I understand that this can happen but it just shortened our visit. Best to Uber, as parking is $30.

It’s was ok. Its not that big and I felt that it was more for kids, it has many things that they can interact with. It’s basically a museum about space and the history of the United States in the space. Nothing impressive, but if you are coming with kids, I think it’s ok, they will probably enjoy it. However, the café is the best thing, good food options, good ambience and you have nice views to the Lake Michigan and the city. The cafe saves this place.

We absolutely loved Adler! It wasn’t at all crowded, the sky shows were great & the Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon show to wrap up our day was perfect. Lunch at the Cosmic Cafe was delicious, if a bit pricey. But that’s to be expected. The view of the city & Lake Michigan makes it worth it. The exhibits are fascinating too.

We loved this planetarium and our young boys loved it even more! We haven’t been to a planetarium since grade school but Adler was amazing! We didn’t have enough time to see everything but we definitely will be coming back. The gift shop isn’t ridiculously priced either.