What's New

Cooking for Solutions

May 18-20, 2012

Tickets Now on Sale for Members
Enjoy three days of remarkable culinary experiences with some of the finest chefs in North America. From our fabulous Friday Gala to small-group Food and Wine Adventures and the exciting Sustainable Seafood Challenge you'll have a weekend of fun opportunities to enjoy great chefs, fine food and wine, and to discover ways to save the oceans—one meal at a time.

New—Aquarium Gift Cards!

Now it's easy to give your friends and family an Aquarium experience they'll never forget. Our new gift card can be used for admission tickets, Aquarium Adventures tours and activities, membership, and in the Aquarium's cafe and restaurant and gift and bookstore. The card has no expiration date and is available for purchase at the Aquarium, or by calling (866) 963-9645.

Shark Days

February 11-12

This fun-filled weekend features shark and bat ray feedings, stories from our staff about sharks behind the scenes, and special programs and activities. "Sherman's Lagoon" creator Jim Toomey will join us for a demonstration and book signing.

We're Culturing Cuttlefish!

Love cuttlefish? Our husbandry staff has cultured several generations of pharaoh cuttlefish behind the scenes, and you can often see them in our Splash Zone exhibit. Sign up for our text alerts when here and watch a lively feeding session!

Leopard Sharks

Did you know that leopard sharks sink unless they’re swimming? Fortunately, being close to the bottom is a good thing, since these sharks like to graze the seafloor for crabs, clam siphons, fish eggs, and the burrowing, hot-dog-shaped fat innkeeper worm.

Kit is Back on Exhibit

Remember Kit—our rescued sea otter pup? She's back on exhibit and she's not so little anymore. Turning two in January, Kit is now fully grown and one of our largest adult females! As we'd hoped, she's been behind the scenes serving as a companion to other young rescued sea otters awaiting release as part of our Sea Otter Research and Conservation program.

Sustainable Seafood Recipes

Enjoy our collection of delicious seafood recipes created by the country's best chefs. Our recipes for February feature striped bass.

The "Not-so-Common" Market Squid

Look carefully and you'll see that some of the creatures in our sardine roundabout are not like the others! We've recently added market squid (Doryteutthis opalescens).

Aquarium Wins Certificate of Excellence from Trip Advisor

We're the proud recipients of a 2011 "Certificate of Excellence" from the travel-rating site Trip Advisor. A giant "thank you" to all the guests who have taken time to rate the Aquarium so highly!

Whales to Windmills Program Wins Award

We're proud to announce that the Aquarium's auditorium program, "Whales to Windmills: Inventions Inspired by the Sea," won the award for Best Cultural Media Installation at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival! Stop by the auditorium on your next visit, and learn how whales, sharks, boxfish and other ocean critters are providing inspiration for new inventions that are greening and cleaning up our planet. Show times daily at 12 p.m., 1 p.m., and 2 p.m.