New England Aquarium Review

Great place our kids had a blast. Wish they had more displays and more things to do.

Wonderful live displays and great interactive learning. The oceans are alive at NE Aquarium.

My favorite place to visit in Boston. But go on off peak times because it gets extremely crowded!

The perfect spot to learn about aquatic life and to see cute seals and neat fish! The sea turtles are HUGE!
Touch tanks are a lot of fun! The Ray's really loved being pet!

Really is an awesome aquarium. The penguins are amazing, it's great to touch the rays (they feel kinda slimy). If you plan to go more then once get a membership, you'll skip the line and it'll cost less.
If your on a budget you'll want to bring snacks. Food in this area is a little expensive, though there's a Dunkin's around the corner.

Kids love this. This has everything you want to see under water. You got dolphins and fish and what not. Summer visit for kids. Enjoy!

Fish are beautiful , there is only one large tank in the middle of the whole aquarium. This aquarium is over expensive and does not compare to Mystic aquarium that s large and beautiful and spacious more animals to see and large pools. This overall was boring nothing to get a wow! Parking is super expensive! Never again, terrible experience and over crowded with people. St

Was very cute and the kids enjoyed themselves! Little pricey, but worth a trip.

So many fish! I love it. Ofcourse its crouded but if you take your time you'll enjoy it

Too much people ! This is the first thing that comes to my mind as there were so many people this Saturday to the point that it was impossible to see an aquarium nearby. In addition no route is planned and everyone is going in all directions. Otherwise the aquariums are well maintained but sometimes small.
On the other hand, I find SCANDALEUX the attraction where you can touch rays with your hands. Imagine 20 people nonstop touching these beasts who ask nothing of anyone. Anyway, no!

This aquarium was filled with a variety of species. It was a very cool design for an aquarium with the center having a huge pillar of water in the middle with fish and turtles. Also the penguins were so cute.

Used a city pass and bypassed most of the line. Kids enjoyed the aquarium. The sea turtles were awesome.

Had a very nice experience with penguin show, looking at fish feeding and other exhibits. Paying full price might not be worth it but using a library discount made it worth the penny. So we went to the 3D theater for one of their shows on Pandas and it was amazing. I felt it better than Jordan's in terms of visuals, seats and food. Would definitely go again on library card discount

A fun, educational place for the whole family, both young and old!

Lovely aquarium near the North End. Buy your tickets online to skip the giant line to get in. Great exhibits throughout, with excellent large tank that is the center and runs through all 4 floors.

The aquarium was a wonderful, educational way to spend a couple of hours. We arrived at open to avoid the majority of the crowds, which worked out well because it became busier and busier as time went on.
You can see almost everything in about 2 hours, unless you are trying to see specific shows, all of which run on their own schedule.

So long as you go when it's not that busy time you will absolutely love seeing the different fish and Exhibits. Once it gets busy however, it starts to get hard to stop and enjoy everything as there is not a lot of space for everybody. Well worth the trip!

Very dissapointed , nothing stood out as an attraction just fish, seals, definitely not worth the money .

The experience is well worth the price, even before you walk in! There is a seal tank outside with six named seals. There is also a tank where you can pet sharks and rays. There are. Tons of penguins in a large indoor pool. At the center of it all is a massive tank with tons of large fish like tuna and mackerel. There is also a 90 year old sea turtle. There is also a freshwater section with Asian Arowanas, salmon, and many other tank. Most of the tanks have plaques above them telling you what type of fish there are. There is a few jellyfish tanks with all sorts of jellies. There are more saltwater tanks with smaller fish. They also show amazing imax movies next door. It is in an amazing location, and it is easy to find food.

Can't get enough of this beautiful aquarium!

You spirally walk your way to the top and from top of the building till the bottom runs a glass circular pipe of sorts with a wide variety of dea animals in it

This aquarium is home to some cute emperor penguins
To the most wide variety of fishes and sea creatures that you never knew or heard about !

Great aquarium with many exhibits and shows. The main/central tank is 4 stories tall with a spiral ramp walkway around it. Definitely worth the visit if you're nearby.

We have looking at fish!

Seriously go see the baby cuttlefish while you still can. Bucket list material.

Pricy entrance fee. Buy your tickets online, otherwise you'll be on a long line to get in. Exhibits were very interesting and was really impressed with the building size aquatic tank that is in the middle. Friendly and knowledgeable staff. Standard over priced group pictures offered at the end.

Great aquarium, but I thought it would be a bit bigger, especially the outdoor section with the seals.

Beautiful Penguins. You can touch starfish, also a nice gift shop.
It is bit smaller, nonetheless awesome experience

There are petcos with more tanks. Total cash grab. Pathetic.

Not the best aquarium I have been to. Smaller and less number of attractions. Clogged and heavy traffic, only one elevator. Small cafeteria with overpriced food. Not worth for the price. Maybe they should cap the number of tickets issued to avoid being clogged.

Worth the visit. There are touch tanks where you can touch starfish and stingrays. It's fun to see the penguins being hand fed little fish. They line up single file in an orderly fashion and take their turn as if they're people.

Great selection of sealife and lots of penguins. The main tank was quite impressive.

One of the most lovely aquariums I've ever had the pleasure of visiting. The active octopus was so fun to watch, as were the different types of penguins. The selection of fishes was diverse and beautiful, and there was even a rare blue lobster! I'd love to go back next time I'm in Boston.

I like the aquarium because I like their presentations. The turtles were cool. I touched the sting rays and it felt slimy. But I had a lot of fun!

Cute aquarium. Can be quite busy with school groups. Good displays, healthy animals but not as much information as lost aquariums I've been to. The main feature was the impressive 4 story tank.

Great displays of aquatic life. The exhibits are a little light on actual information, though. I would have littles to have been able to learn more about each fish in an exhibit, even though just watching them was still rather engaging.

A very unique mutli-floor fish tank with spiral ramp around it. And the penguin exhibit is a lot fun. Our kids loved it. Don't miss the seal show out back!

Very impressive. It takes at least half a day to see all the exhibits and all the events. The staff seemed very knowledgeable. A little expensive, yes, but I'd say it's worth it.

I liked the penguins even though they smell pretty gross. The little tanks are the best 'cause of the variety.

A great aquarium! If you are local, get a free pass from the library -- it will save your family over $100!

This would be a great place to take young kids, all of the kids there looked like they were having a great time.

Excellent aquarium with three penguin habitats, two massive sea turtles in a 4 story ocean tank and other wonderful exhibits. Super crowded, but otherwise a great place to visit.

A little on the smaller side but has good quality exhibits. Not-for-profit, and entry fee goes to research and conservation. The animals they have are rescues and are not able to survive on their own in the wild.

Enjoyed my time at the aquarium. I wish their was more things to do besides look at the big tank full of fish n shark.

After a number of trips to the aquarium, it is still a fun trip. The fish are great and the penguins are neat. The seals leave a little bit to be desired though. They have a 'seal show' thats really just them feeding the seals and telling you a few very basic facts about seals. Stayed for it one time and was very disappointed.

So much fun for kids, very interactive and still interesting for teens and adults

Interesting place to understand and learn the importance of care and love our planet.

One of the better aquariums I ve been to. Lighting was great.

Very well done. Clean, fun informative. Definitely go during a feeding in the main tank. Cool layout.

Great exhibits. Very hard to find the cafe, and once there, you are out of the aquarium and have to get back in line to go through a re-entry. Only 1 set of restrooms in the building which were out of order , so we were sent to an adjacent building.

Amazing place .. great collection of marine species .. must watch with children .. the tickets though are slightly on the expensive side

We have been going for 5 years and have an annual pass. We love it everytime we go, it's especially great for young children.

Such a great time! I could not get myself away from the penguins. I got to watch the staff feed the penguins and it's very obvious that they care a great deal for them. Do yourself a favor and make sure you catch a sea lion show - they dance and do all kinds of cute maneuvers that will have you laughing hysterically. What a wonderful resource for the city.

I have been here previously, but it was my friend's first time. He was amazed.

Great aquarium, but it can get very crowded, especially in the weekends!!

Good for a small aquarium, fun to visit with kids they have a great touch tank and a huge tank in the middle you walk up around.

I did not like the visit to the new England aquarium the parking next to the aquarium is ridiculous over priced F-ing $40 dollar for only hour that nuts. And if I know that you would not have spend my money there. And the food there is a Little price

It is a little small, but a very nice aquarium. The animals and tanks are well kept. They have a lot of demonstrations and educational sessions. I particularly liked watching feeding of the penguins. The training session with the seals was good also. There's a shark exhibit on the map, but it was not fully open when I went. All in all I spent about 2 hours in the aquarium.

Best aquarium I ever been too!!! The workers knew so much info and answered a bunch of random questions. Would definitely come again!!!

Went to a wedding there. It was amazing. Have your wedding at the aquarium too!