Located off Mallory Square, the Key West Aquarium is one of Florida's oldest aquariums and the best place to get up and close and personal with sharks. Built between 1932 and 1934, the Key West Aquarium features many tanks housing seahorses, eels, lobster, and glowing jellyfish and visitors can touch and hold horseshoe crabs and conchs, sea cucumbers, and living starfish.

The aquarium is also home to alligators, stingrays, and rescued sea turtles, and an open shark tank allows visitors to feed the sharks. The Sea Turtle Conservation exhibit features four sea turtles of four different species, namely Green Sea Turtle, Hawksbill, Kemp Ridley, and Loggerhead and offers tours that with the aim of educating the public how to protect turtles from harm.

Key West Aquarium, 1 Whitehead Street, Key West, FL 33040, Phone: 305-296-2051

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