The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk | |
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41°06′04″N 73°24′59″W / 41.101°N 73.4164°W | |
Date opened | July 16, 1988[1] |
Location | Norwalk, Connecticut |
Land area | 140,000 sq. ft. |
No. of animals | 2,700 |
No. of species | 300 |
Annual visitors | 500,000 |
Public transit access | South Norwalk |
Website | www |
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk (formerly Maritime Center) is an aquarium located in the South Norwalk (or "SoNo") section of Norwalk, Connecticut.
The aquarium features harbor seals, river otters, sharks, jellyfish, loggerhead turtles, and hundreds of other animals living in re-creations of their natural Long Island Sound habitats. Three touch-tanks feature stingrays, nurse sharks, crabs, sea stars, moon jellyfish and other coastal creatures.
In addition to its exhibits, The Maritime Aquarium offers educational programs, year-round cruises on its 64-foot research vessel R/V Spirit of the Sound, special events and camps.