New England Aquarium

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With thousands of aquatic animals—from penguins to periwinkles, from seals to sea stars—the Aquarium is one of the premier visitor attractions in Boston.

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The New England Aquarium is a global leader in ocean exploration and marine conservation. With more than 1.3 million visitors a year, the Aquarium is one of the premier visitor attractions in Boston and a major public education resource for the region.

Address: 1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, USA

Phone: (617) 973-5200

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State: Massachusetts

City: Boston

Zip Code: 02110

Opening Hours

Monday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Tuesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Sunday: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

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Reviews

My family and I loved the time we spent here. I recommend arriving early. It seemed like a lot of feedings were happening (especially penguins ). The animals were active and there was a lot to see. The 4 story deep sea tank at the center was really cool. We stood there forever watching for the sea turtles and sharks. My personal fave was the giant octopus. It's movement is somehow hypnotic! 
The whole things is designed to show animals in naturalistic surroundings, including animals they coexist with--even an anaconda in the Amazon exhibit. Very cool.

 8 years ago (21-02-2018)

There was a group of us, 4 adults and a toddler. I do wish there were more interactive exhibits, for all ages. Also there elevator (which of you have a stroller is required to get to the top floor) was incredibly, horrendously SLOW. Took about 10 min just to get the cart to us.. :/
Also, for a toddler under 2, may not be the best idea. My son got pretty overwhelmed. Maybe it's just that he's not used to crowds but he seemed to have had a hard time with all the stimulation. We had to find windows around the center tank that weren't so crowded for him to be comfortable looking at at them and looking at the fish.

Overall we had fun and I think my son did for the most part too. :)

Though it's pretty expensive, and since we got there two hours before it closed, I would have expected tickets to be discounted,v but they weren't. If we were there earlier and would have had more time to enjoy then the pricing would have made more sense..

 8 years ago (23-02-2018)

It was fun, but my 18 month got a bit overwhelmed.
I do wish there were more interactive exhibits for all ages. 
But we had a nice time and once we find some more quiet windows in the large central exhibit, my son seemed to have a better time. Would recommend waiting for kids to be a bit older than 18 months.

 8 years ago (06-03-2018)

I have been to this aquarium 2x now. First time was a few years ago I went with my boyfriend and our kids (3&4 years old) I thought it was awful but kept it to myself because kids seemed to like it. 

Today I brought my now six year old. First, we had to stand in line for approximately 45 minutes (longer than it took to look at exhibits) . Then to pay about  $50.00 just for entry! To go in to a crazy mob scene. People EVERYWHERE no maximum capacity? Strollers all over, the lighting was awful, tanks were filthy, two sea turtles except one was just plunked on a rock lifeless. No sharks. Forget the touch center total chaos my daughter couldn't even see over the wave of people. So over priced for nothing. Not to mention paying $32 just to park my car for two hours .. 

Mystic aquarium is so much bigger more beautiful, bigger variety, fair in price with discount.

 8 years ago (21-02-2018)

We visited with our whole school today. It was an easy visit considering. The school had  organized a schedule for the cafeteria for lunch time so we would not take the whole place. It worked fine. We had to wait outside around 10 minutes before entering the Aquarium while a guide told us what to expect, how to approach the exhibits (mainly the touch tank) and how to proceed in the case of a lost student. It was cold, some students left their jackets in the bus so they would not carry them all the time. We were lucky it was not freezing and the sun was out. The kids had a great time.

 9 years ago (04-12-2017)

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