New England Aquarium Review

This place is truly incredible. I could spend open to close here. Its beautifully maintained considering how many people tramp through to see it. Its cool because they studyand save animals here. Everyone ive ever encountered here had a cheery disposition while at work. They let you see the seals out front and back for free.

Good experience but pricey. Asian cities has better aquariums.

Fun place. You cold probably see everything in 2 hours. Very expensive o gather up all the discounts that you can.

Except poor lighting, Aquarium collection is too good!

Over rated, over priced, nothing to see here that you can't see anywhere that has a little aquarium

The exhibits are beautiful! We loved how interactive some of the exhibits are, there are several "touch tank" and a room where you can pet stingrays!

A bit smaller than other big aquariums, yet very interesting.

Very interesting. There is a lot of people explaining different things. There are 2 areas to touch sea animals. Very nice for kids.

Such a great Boston activity! With out going in you can still see some harbor seals from the front. The location is beautiful right on the water. They have a pet the charms and stingrays exhibit which gives you a chance to get close and personal with the animals. The penguins are so cute and the big tank makes you feel like you're diving into a giant reef!

Great place for people of all ages. Prices are a little high but you do get what you pay for here.

What's not to love? Pinguins and a giant sea tortoise

Beautiful aquarium, but be prepared to take out an equity loan to pay for the parking deck....

Admission is expensive but you'll be supporting a great cause. Parking is really expensive and you're supporting nothing. But the displays at the aquarium will not disappoint and finding your way around is easy. If I lived in the area, I would get a membership.

Crowded. Nice fish though. Follow the schools up, up through the place. Good flow.

Pricey too pricey compared to other aquarium we've been to.

Great place, but too many children here. Extremely overcrowded on weekends.

Love the animals but the price was a little high an the aquarium is kinda small I was kinda mad they don't have sharks...

No parking and we are handicapped parking. They told us to park sevreal blocks down at the next nearest parking garage.

Updated from last year, octopuses where amazing, but the seals stole the show.

The kids absolutely loved it. It is clearly not the newest one but really well maintained. It is built around one huge tank and that is super visual and entertaining. The favorites for us though were penguins.

An incredible place! From the Penguins to the Sea Lions, to the famed giant turtle, Myrtle, this is one of the best aquariums in the world. There are hands-on exhibits for kids, as well as plenty of information for adults. It is an experience which is both fun and educational.

What we saw of it looked good. It looked clean and the animals looked well taken care of. Unfortunately we only stayed 30 minutes because it was so over crowded that my family could not see or enjoy the exhibits. We were disappointed especially when we paid 24 dollars a person and 33 dollars for parking to be crowded out after only a half hour. It seems very dangerous to have a space so crowded.

Great aquarium and variety of marine animals, I liked it

Not as good as Monterey aquarium but still up there with the best. Lots of different penguin displays and cool seahorses sea dragons. A huge central tank with divers feeding the fish. Also hammerhead sharks and stingrays. A great touch tank which children and adults enjoyed touching the rays as they swam past. Also a sea lion show and outdoor area. We ate a good meal in the restaurant too.

Manta Rays to play with! Beautiful jellyfish and penguins :)

One of the oldest and bestest aquariums around! So much to see and easy to get to on the blue line. Always have a great time!

Great aquarium with lots to see including a ray petting area. I must say rays are pretty cute in that they actually swim up to you to pet. They also have a really neat thing with an electric eel. They also show cute documentaries on sea life that are each an hour long.
My only issue is that the cafeteria is pretty disgusting so recommend eating somewhere near by instead.

This was a fun experience. Lots of must sees. I wish we could have. Seen some bigger sharks. But it was awesome to have hands on for many creatures.

Very beautiful. I thought it was more interesting the part dedicated to marine mammals.

We went on a pretty quiet Tuesday which helped, but we were impressed with how they turned the entire facility into a one-way "go with the current" approach but it didn't seem to take away from the experience. Two caveats I'd like to throw out to help with planning your trip: 1) plan to pay for parking. Without onsite parking, you're forced to feed the meter or pay for a garage, the later will run you $40ish dollars which, as long as you take advantage of the area doesn't feel too bad, but is pretty steep if you just plan on only visiting the aquarium (we made a day of it with Quincy Market, the Freedom Trail, several small parks, and dinner). 2) they have a no readmittance policy which normally might not be an issue but during COVID the cafeteria is closed so eating with hungry kids (or adults for that matter) is tricky. We didn't block our time appropriately and would have come later and well fed had we known that. At any rate, we all had a lovely time and the experience was unique compared to other large aquariums which made it very worth it.

For the French: Very far from that of La Rochelle, the originality of this aquarium is especially its central basin which must be the height of 3 floors, and that we see while climbing a circular ramp that goes around. Do not forget that you can take a ti cket aquarium and whale combo, and after an hour and a half of boats you arrive at the whale site, you stay there for an hour and this is especially not to be missed.

Classic aquarium. I remember going there as a child now I'm bringing my grandchildren

Great Aquarium! Well worth the money! Plan to spend a few hours taking your time to see all the exhibits.

This is a fun place with the dolphin shows. The layout is cool in that you can circle all the way up at the central aquarium, & you can walk to all the exhibits on each floor on the way down or vice versa. I ve been to this aquarium several times when hosting family, & we all enjoy it!

Great fun, unfortunately went when every baby and small child in Boston was also there but, it was still a wonderful time.

Near the top of the list of places you have to visit in Boston if you're only here for a day.

My goddaughther had a great time there. We had fun and memorable memories will definitely go back!!!

the sharks and rays touch tank is pretty cool, and i also liked the huge central tank, but my favorite is the jelly fish exhibit in the basement.

Mismanaged entry. 70 people standing in the rain to get an admission ticket, and only one cashier open.

Top notch aquarium. I recommend working your way up around the outside, the head down along the reef tank. Four stars because I'd like to see more informative signs for the invertebrates in the tanks.

Super interesting and entertaining. We take our grandkids here several times a year

This aquarium is well organized and informative. I can t say it s a must visit for all adults but for the ones with children, this place will keep your kids entertained. The fur seals presentation is awesome! The penguin tanks were cool too. I ve heard the IMAX show on turtles is worth seeing too so maybe I ll catch that next time.

Loved it, watching the animals is fun and listening to them was history.

We are members, and we visit frequently. My three year old is already learning the names and behaviors of specific fish and creatures, and about marine ecology! It is so enriching and fun!

Nice aquarium to visit. Lots of diff marine life to observe.

Many different animals, very well organized. There is no feeling that animals suffer or live as in a prison. The place is also suitable for visiting children - they will surely be delighted, especially from the pool with water turtles at a nose distance from you :)

Really, really informative and friendly staff. We like the cuttlefish and watching Myrtle, Caroline, and Retread in the big tank. If the touch tank isn't crowded, there is a cute zebra shark who will occasionally pop up to say hi. The IMAX movies are fantastic. FYI the Galpagos film involves close-ups of spiders!

Extremely crowded and expensive at $27/ticket. Only go during non-peak times!

Great time. Touch tanks and beautiful fish. They opened a room for me to nurse my twins.

We have been members for many years. My kids love the Sea Squirts classes and Halloween parties in addition to regular trips to see the giant ocean tank and other tanks including the touch tanks

Loved the placed...a bit crowded, yet my children had a fantastic time, a great place to spend 3 hours....the hammer head and stingrays were two of my children's favorites!

Very well done. Good variety of exibits. Lots of penguins!

Great learning experience and beautifully maintained. Just a little smaller than I expected. Expect crowds on weekends though! It's a popular attraction!

One of the must visit place in Boston, great collection of fish. They have multiple events during the day including seal training, penguin feeding. The big is the highlight of course the big tank in the middle that is three floors tall. I took my parents when they visited they had really good time.
They have parking, and cafeteria so take a break and continue. Gift shop is a bit on the expensive side.

Best. Just the best. Its like another planet. Creatures are so beautiful and different. Touching sting rays was SO EXCITING.

Had so much fun! My three year old loved the touch tanks.

Nice site, the unknown marvelous marine world is discovered

Hello friends, I recommend this very nice place for adults and children to see different kinds of weights and more animals. Everything specified the penguins and more

We had our 14 month old son on a visit 2 days ago. He was captivated by nearly everything he saw, from seals to eels !

Fun place to go with the kids. We were able to pet stingrays and small sharks. The large aquarium in the middle is beautiful and fun to walk around and see all the differants levels.