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Found at Boston's Central Wharf, the New England Aquarium is one of the city's top attractions, and it's not hard to see why.
The aquarium's central attraction is an enormous tank designed to replicate a Caribbean reef, which is surrounded by a spiral staircase that allows visitors to spot sharks, stingrays, and colorful fish from multiple levels. A penguin exhibit surrounds the bottom of the tank, and other popular animal galleries include the jellyfish room, the interactive New England tide pool, and the Thinking Gallery, which features rare and ancient fish. There is also an IMAX theater that plays ocean-themed films.
1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110, Phone: 617-973-5200, Map
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