| New England Aquarium | |
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 New England Aquarium plaza (2017) | |
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| 42°21′33″N 71°2′58″W / 42.35917°N 71.04944°W | |
| Slogan | Protecting the blue planet |
| Date opened | June 20, 1969 |
| Location | Central Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Land area | 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) |
| Volume of largest tank | 200,000 US gallons (760,000 L) |
| Annual visitors | 1.3 million[1] |
| Public transit access |  Aquarium  |
| Website | www |
The New England Aquarium is a nonprofit organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals, California sea lions, African and southern rockhopper penguins, giant Pacific octopuses, weedy seadragons, and thousands of saltwater and freshwater fishes. In addition to the main aquarium building, attractions at Central Wharf include the Simons Theatre and the New England Aquarium Whale Watch. More than 1.3 million guests visited the aquarium each year prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium conducts long-running research on the North Atlantic right whale, and its Quincy Animal Care Center rescues and rehabilitates hundreds of sea turtles annually.[3][4]
- ^ The Nature Conservancy. "A Conversation on Ocean Protection with Vikki Spruill".
- ^ "Annual Reports". New England Aquarium. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
- ^ "History". Anderson Cabot Center For Ocean Life. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
- ^ "Sea Turtle Rescue". New England Aquarium. Retrieved 2022-12-15.