Steinhart Aquarium — Attraction in San Francisco

I also am wondering why the ticket prices are so high. If all that was here was the aquarium what an utter disappointment. Small, crowded, uncontrolled mass of humanity replete with constantly ear piercing shrieking children in a confined concrete space. I’ve seen much better for a quarter the cost. “Out of Africa” was a huge disappointment, the premise I read on entering led me to expect to see a story about the origin and migration of humanity. This consisted of one exhibit of one specimen and on small wall. The rest was just random animals. Blah. The show at the planetarium was kind of cool but it’s no wonder Covid is raging here. There is no reason they, as a private entity, cannot enforce a mask mandate in such confined spaces but no, as a result of it only being ‘recommended’ approximately no one anywhere in the entire place was wearing a mask. Too crowded, too noisy, too disorganized, and way too underwhelming...

It’s like they took a piece of the ocean and stuck it in the Academy of Sciences. The Steinhart Aquarium showcases sea life from all corners of the world, fish that dwell in deep oceans to shallow shores to swamps and rivers. I’ve been to the Academy of Sciences at least five times and I have been mesmerized by the aquarium every time. It’s nice to see the animals acting and moving like they would in their natural environments, and there’s tons of interactive stuff for kids. The aquarium was also quite big. I wasn’t able to see everything in the limited time I was there, so there’s lots of exploring to do. Overall, very...

I really liked the dome where butterflies fly, and there are also birds, and many different plants. The aquarium itself has many fish, different plants, and there is also an alligator, it's great!! But I didn't like that for such a large place there is no parking, neither paid nor free - it's not right and not convenient. The ticket price also seems too high to me, because I was in the aquarium in Los Angeles, Long Beach, there the ticket cost 30 dollars and for that I had the opportunity to watch different shows, touch stingrays, sharks, sea lions and much more, so I think that 55 dollars is too much for...