We’re visiting from Scotland . Do I assume it’s impossible to look round the museum over the next 5 days ? Ie no queuing on the day ?

Passes The Museum is honored to have welcomed more than 2.5 million visitors since opening. To best serve the public we offer multiple options for obtaining passes for entry to the Museum. Obtaining Timed Entry Passes Free timed entry passes for the Museum may only be obtained through Etix (see options below). Each timed entry pass provided through Etix has a unique code and can only be used once. All timed entry passes are free, and should not be bought or sold. Please be aware of attempts to make counterfeit passes available through other services, as passes obtained through other services or from individuals not associated with the Museum will not be honored. The Museum offers the following options for obtaining timed entry passes to the museum. Same-Day Online Same-day timed entry passes are available online beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET daily until they run out. You may obtain up to four (4) same-day passes per order. Same-day passes are not available via phone. CHECK SAME-DAY

Its highly recommended that you go online now and get timed entry passes for the days you are planning to visit.

Helen, if you are unable to obtain any of the passes mentioned above, you can go directly to the front entrance of the museum after 1:00pm. Preferably on the weekdays, being that passes are very limited on the weekends. It limits the amount of time you have available to walk through the museum, but it will allow you to gain access into the museum. P.S. it will take several days to see everything.

I agree with all of the above.

Passes must be obtained in advanced even same day tickets online. No pass no entry. No que (line)