The re-energized focus on Long Island Sound's story is obvious in the colorfully redesigned main hall, which has been renamed Newman's Own Hall in celebration of a $1.2 million grant from Newman's Own Foundation."
– The Norwalk Citizen
Exhibits & Animals
| Your Aquarium Journey |
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| The Sound and Beyond |
| Hokin Family Sound Voyage galleries |
| Rivers to the Sound |
| Depths of the Sound |
| The Ocean Beyond the Sound |
| Jellyfish Encounter |
| Sea Turtles |
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Depths of the Sound Gallery and Intertidal Touch Tank
Progressing deeper into the aquarium, visitors enter the Depths of the Sound gallery, where exhibits showcase different habitats on Long Island Sound’s floor – and their inhabitants.
Some of the marine life displayed include: cunner, mussels and tautogs in “Pilings”; lumpfish and juvenile cod and pollock in “Boulders”; pouts, sculpin and lobsters in “The Muddy Bottom”; flounder, skates and porgy in “The Sandy Bottom”; cod, wolffish and sea ravens in “A Ship Wreck”; and “Schools of the Sound” filled with a swirling school of menhaden (commonly called bunker).
A special horseshoe crab exhibit has a slanting top so you can look down on these amazing looking animals, and then touch one at . . .
The Intertidal Touch Tank, where children enjoy supervised hands-on encounters with sea stars, hermit crabs, horseshoe crabs, spider crabs, whelks and other harmless shoreline critters. This is one of the "musts" on your Aquarium journey.
The Maritime Aquarium inspires people of all ages to appreciate Long Island Sound
and protect it for future generations. A vibrant and entertaining learning environment,
it achieves this goal through living exhibits, marine science, and environmental education.
10 North Water Street Norwalk, CT 06854 Phone: 203.852.0700 Fax: 203.838.5416
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation
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