New England Aquarium Review

Wonderful giant aquarium. So many great tanks to look at. Touch tanks are good unless it is too crowded. Penguins are also fun to watch. We spent nearly a full day. If you are buying tickets there it is best to go early, otherwise you will spend a long time on line.

Big and right on the harbor, but can get VERY crowded on weekends

Just is beautiful place to see many creatures of sea

with the renovated tank the aquarium is splendid. I keep coming back with my kids. If you are a MA resident, you can get free day tickets from your local library.

What to say, I come to Boston almost once per year and I never miss a visit to the New England acquarium: amazing, good opportunity for young and old people to learn something more about our sea and about the creatures living there. Don t miss it . iMax movies are also part of the great entertainment

Don't forget the stingrays! Close to the entrance. My children love this aquarium (Don't go to Legal Seafood afterwards. Not worth the hassle).

Very cool place! Loved the setting and the life here! Love love love the turtle!

Very acute aquarium. Nice and nature friendly. Educational lectures and raising environmental awareness.

It was great my with my- great-grandson how would you feel world

We love it here when it's not crowded. We usually see the unicorn fish, penguins and the electric eel. We come in near closing and wander for a few visits instead of trying to take it all in one day. The guides are great and we enjoyed touching sea turtles, lobsters, and sting rays on different occasions. The electronic demos are cool too.

Great place for educational purposes or an activity for the whole family!!

You know, I tried hard to like this place because I loved aquariums as a child but it's just not there. The ticket prices are outrageous, they try to force you to get a picture at the entrance causing a long line to get in and there just isn't much material for what you pay for. My wife and I were in and out within an hour.

I wish I could stay at that place and time forever.

I've been to a few Aquariums but this one is probably my new favorite thanks to the Sea Turtles! The place was very informative and a great amount of animals. I can't believe it took me this long to finally experience it.

Really cool aquarium! Probably the only one I've been to so I don't have anything to compare it to. Worth the admission imo...

Generally local town libraries have discount coupons for the Aquarium so plan your visit in advanced. I think it's little pricey for what it offers.

A huge aquarium with so much to see, but as other reviewers have said, it's incredibly crowded. Despite that we had a good experience & enjoyed our time here. There are some interactive exhibits that I'm sure are especially exciting for children & a theatre showing nature/wildlife films, we watched one about blue whales & it was a nice break from walking before finishing up the tour. As you leave you pass through the obligatory gift shop & of course the point where the photos taken on the way in are for sale. We bought our photo package & of course it's extremely overpriced, but it was a memorable moment for a first date weekend so we bought them anyway.

Really small compared to aquariums in other cities. The penguins are fun.

My favorite place in Boston. Have been going here for more than 30 years

The aquarium wasn't fabulous and wasn't terrible. They had a ton of tropical fish and unusual fist, so that was pretty cool. We loved seeing things like penguins, the giant sea turtle, dragon fish, lion fish, and even an anaconda. Cool stuff! However, we were super disappointed that there are basically no sharks at all. I was like, wait, there's a shark wing, but there were no real sharks, only info on sharks. So, that sucked. Other side note, the jelly fish tank was pretty lame compared to some I've seen. The Imax theatre was fine, although we saw Galapagos and it was not good. I wish we would have picked one of the other ones, but we had to pick it when we bought our ticket. It would have been preferable if we could decide on a movie after more consideration...but that's more our own fault. One great thing about the aquarium overall, you can leave and come back in. This was great because the food choices looked suspect, so we were able to walk to a market and get some fabulous chowder bowls, and then come back and finish our visit. So, we had a good time, but there were just a few things that I would have liked to see that they didn't have.

If you're into details, be sure to plan an entire day to visit. And the first thing to do is check the schedule - there are all sorts of presentations. Be sure to see the oldest living sea turtle in captivity. Her favorite snack is brussels sprouts!

Doesn't get any better than this for up close and personal with marine life! There are so many colorful and interesting individual aquariums showing life in different ecologies along with a very generous area filled with penguins, and then the huge central tank that is 3 stories high and circular. All the marine life are so healthy and well-cared for by their keepers. There is even a petting pool with a guide who encourages children to touch the very small rays and sharks as they pass.

A decent diversion but nothing too extraordinary. With that said, it has its perks and is worth at least one visit.

Loved this place as a kid, now my kids have enjoyed visiting as well! Well worth it to splurge on entrance photo at the end of visit.

Make sure you have full bucket of plan, because this aquarium won't keep you too long there...

Not much to see considering the price and very crowded the aquarium in Gatlinburg was much better and worth the price so if you have been there you will be disappointed

Great aquarium. The big tank is amazing. Feels like you are in the tank!

I will Never grow out of visiting the aquarium. Tickets are pricey, but worth it. We took the subway into Boston. Parking is expensive, so taking the T is more economical. Check out the website for best details.

Does the fire Marshall know how many people you all put in that building on a busy day.....

Very nice experience, the whole family were happy, the kids liked it the most. It is a highly recommended attraction for the whole family.

Good place for family especially with kids and for nature lovers. Loved it!

I love coming here. I always learn something new with each trip and it is a great place to come during the summer to escape the heat. The penguins on the first floor are always fun to watch.

It takes about an hour and a half to see everything. It's a decent thing for little ones to do. My suggestion, if you have a stroller is to take the elevator up to the top and work your way back down. The spiral ramp that runs through the middle of the space is much easier to navigate with gravity on your side.

Don't miss the water splash area directly across the street in the Greenway. It's a great way to end the visit on hot days.

Pretty amazing aquarium. The line for tickets can be absurdly long though, so I recommend purchasing them in advance or at another location that sells them. This place will get quite crowded, especially on rainy days.

It is a great place to spend a little time...the whale wstch here was the biggest highlight.

Large, and mostly well maintained, penguins looked a bit sick though.

A great place to bring the family and see all of the marine life in the area and from Beyond. The huge aquarium in the center is a Marvel

they upgraded the main reef so no more big shark, go to the petting tank to see the little reef ones and stingrays, kids didnt even recognize the sharks as sharks, everything else was the same. They would not validate my parking at the garage with all their advertisements on it saying its not part of the aquarium, then get your adverts off it, almost 90$ to get in for a family of 4 then they send you out through the gift shop to hook the kids for more money. In this case you dont get what you paid for.

I love this place , they have a huge tank with sharks and all kinds of fish this place is wild , I love it. I definitely reccomend this place.

It was beautiful enjoyed seeing all the different animals and more so the tank.

I just didn't like the Boston Aquarium diner. Little variety of dishes and high price for what it offers.

The aquarium wa good but wasnt to keen about paying 40 bucks for parking way to much for parking

A prison for sea life. Don't patronize aquariums. What's worse they serve fish here. Cruel. If you want to really help fish, DON'T EAT THEM.

Cool to see but not worth $32 very small only takes 20 minutes

clean, nice, cool layout and great location.
But, we lived in Birmingham before moving to Boston and we fequented the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta which houses dolphins with a full indoor live show and Beluga whales, in addition to having multiple themed exhibit halls that stem off of the main area with enormous tanks and a tunnel aquarium that feels like you're in the ocean as you walk through. The New England aquarium is cool, and definitely worth a visit, but it's overpriced, and, like most things in Massachusetts, it pales in comparison to the grand scale and modern design of attractions in southern cities like Atlanta, Nashville, Orlando, and many others.

I loved this aquarium! Great tanks and a great Imax show.

Great aquarium that's very educational but can be crowded

Way too small for such a iconic state. Time for an upgrade or just shut it down.

Great time for the kids, it does get crowded so the earlier the better. Wide variety of sea creatures and some land animals. Can't miss the century old sea turtle.

Awesome aquarium!! And love all of the covid measures they are taking!

It was pretty small for all the hype but was still cool

Large variety of sea life and exhibits. The interactive sting ray and star fish exhibits are great. The giant octopus on the upper level is fascinating.

For those reading this that have been to the Baltimore Aquarium you'll already know your way around as it must have been the same architect. The only real difference is instead of stingrays in the large central pool, Boston has penguins. Lots and lots of penguins!

Simply amazing, and a unforgettable place to family enjoy!!!

Not the best aquarium I've seen. Great for ages 5 and below.

It's okay. Its got a few good things to see, the gift shop is very expensive, their photos are cute

At the Aquarium for a wedding. Lovely view of the harbor.

A lot of interaction with employees/volunteers at the aquarium.