SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- The San Diego Natural History Museum, also known as The Nat, is offering visitors a steep discount from now through early November as it embarks on a $7.5 million construction project.

Admission will be half-off until early November due to the theater and several galleries around the atrium being closed for safety purposes during the project.

The construction project consists of replacing the atrium ceiling with a more sustainable design that allows for the addition of solar panels, the museum said.

Visitors may enter through the south entrance off the Prado walkway or use the ADA-friendly entrance along Village Place on the west side of the building.

The north entrance to the building will be closed. Starting Sept. 23, the parking lot directly east of the mus

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