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The Maritime Aquarium (formerly known as the Maritime Center) is a family-friendly aquarium situated in the popular neighborhood of SoNo. The aquarium is home to over 7,000 fish and marine mammals, including sharks, turtles, river otters, seals, and others, all of which are housed in recreated habitats that echo their natural terrain in the Long Island Sound.

The aquarium has three touch tanks where visitors can interact with stingrays, sea stars, sharks, crabs, jellies, and other coastal creatures and a state-of-the-art 169-seat 4D theater. The aquarium also offers an array of fun marine-based activities for visitors to enjoy such as year-round study cruises on the 64-foot hybrid-electric catamaran "R/V Spirit of the Sound," educational programs and special exhibits.

10 North Water Street, 203-852-0700

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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