The New England Aquarium is located in Boston, Massachusetts, on the Central Warf and also includes the Simons IMAX Theatre as well the seasonal New England Aquarium Whale Watch, which operates between April and November. The main attraction of the aquarium is the magnificent Giant Ocean Tank, a 200,000-gallon tank with a simulation of a Caribbean reef located in the open atrium.

It is home to stingrays, bonnethead sharks, moray eels, sea turtles, barracuda, and other reef dwellers. At the bottom is the penguin exhibit and around the atrium there are four levels of other exhibits. Some of the most interesting exhibits include the Thinking Gallery with goliath groupers, sea dragons, and ancient fishes, the Freshwater Gallery with piranha and anacondas on one side and electric eels together with Atlantic salmon on the other, and The Edge of the Sea tide pool, which has sea stars, snails, sea urchins, and horseshoe and hermit crabs.

Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, Phone: 617-973-5200, Map

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