New England Aquarium Review

Small but a decent amount of sea life. Go early , really get crowded fast

Awesome aquarium. So many good looking residents. A true learning experience.

Worth the membership if you're going more than once a year. Awesome exhibits with a hugely knowledgeable staff. Love it every time we go!

Having a vast array of aquatic life and teeming with educational and environmental awareness it is a place for the whole family to lean and have fun. Just try to go on an off peak time if you can to avoid the enoromous crowds for a more individualized experience.

If you have Kids I would suggest to get the yearly subscribing since it's a nice place, expecially in winter time where you don't have to go anywhere.

This place is great! We took our whole family (11 of us!) And it was a great time! We spent 2 hours there watching the feeding, trainings, And giant tank!

Smaller than I thought, but a good experience. A lot of congestion. Be prepared for ling waits for the elevators as well.

Nice place to spend time in, just little bit too crowdy

Visit on a weekday during the morning and you'll be able to fully enjoy the aquarium without crowds.

Wonderful stop if your in the Boston area. Shows run frequently to entertain the little ones. Definitely recommend purchasing your tickets online at their website & skip the line!

Coral Reef type aquarium. It's a cylindrical viewing area to walk up. & there's some seals outside that a cute to see & watch when the team at the aquarium does a presentation.

Amazing place, definitely worth visiting. Two-person membership is a great deal if you plan on coming more than once

Missed the train and didn t get there in time for last entry and they wouldn t issue new tickets for a new day. $64 wasted THANKS

Layout flowed nicely. Not too crowded. Friendly staff.

Beautiful aquarium. Spent over 2 hours there and I was probably rushing a bit. The big center tank is amazing. I think it's a must see in Boston.

Place is great for pokemon go and all surrounding area

Beautiful loved it. Very clean and the employees were informative and nice.

One of the best aquariums in the country. Nicely located on the Boston waterfront.

Fun and informative, but very busy and long wait to get in

very well done, scientifically explained, definitely join whale watching in the season!

Top of the list. One of my families absolutely favorite places in the Boston area. So happy to see all the upgrades to the central tank. A joy when I was a child and now a joy to share with my own. Come early - it gets busy!

Love seeing all the gorgeous sea creatures!! Well kept.

Great place. A visit with the children is in order.

Awesome always! Whole fam went and it was great! they had new enhanced measures due to covid. You go and buy a ticket for a future time... we only had a 20 min wait so grabbed Italian ice and burgers from the kind vendors outside, sat at a picnic table looking at the wharf while waiting. Also we did participate with the contact tracing by giving name and phone #. Once in we were guided by floor postings and helpful employees who very kindly helped with directions and just generally oversaw the process and made sure everyone was abiding by the guidelines. They were at almost every turn which was assuring and they are all so nice.
Everyone wore masks and for the most part respected your space. As entry was limited it was not crowded at all and we did not feel rushed at any exhibits. The main tank is my favorite, but I adore the seals, penguins and baby seahorses too
The biggest turtle escorted us on our way down the spiral main tank, it was really great for the boys and us honestly as it was a break from home life!! Will go again hopefully before summers over

I love this place so many things to do and so many things to see

The aquarium reminds me of my childhood and I always think of it as a Boston staple. That being said, as an adult I am not nearly as impressed as I used to be. Between the parking and the admission it's a pretty steep price to pay for a couple hours worth of education and entertainment. I do like that they take a photo upon admission and my 5 year old LOVED the Sting Ray touch tank

It was very nice but did not have the under water tunnel as pictures lead you to believe. Very busy and crowded on weekends. I recommend buying tickets ahead online. Otherwise, prepare to make a crazy mile long line to buy tickets on the spot. No whales or dolphins... Kinda' the selling point of such a big aquarium.

I have been there 4 times in last couple of years(mainly to show guests around)...and more i go less attractive it appears
It also hasn't changed a bit with no new additions... . I feel its way too small and not have exciting activities which make you feel attached.. You wander for about an hour then start to gwt bored... They need some replanning in terms of activities to attract crowd...

This is the best aquarium I've ever visited! I love the huge glass tank in the center of the room. You have to go up a few flights of stairs to got all the way to the top of the tank! That's just one part. There's so much more to see! You won't be disappointed!

Beautiful aquarium with a gorgeous central tank and a wide variety of sea creatures. Very educational and a great place to spend the afternoon.

Went here for a field trip. Was alot of fun. Lots of different things to see.

I've been here many times and I love it! during my most recent trip I had a 'meet and greet' with the seals, and I got to feed and interact with Reggae and his handler. Loved every moment of it! staff is friendly, knowledgable, and passionate

There isn't too large of a variety of things to see here. There's a shark and ray touch tank, however, the sharks are really shy and tend to hide, so it's rare that you get to see them. The penguins are cute and I enjoyed the sea turtles, but other than that, the experience I had there wasn't too memorable.

Super pricey for the base tickets and parking was expensive. Kids liked it but aside from the penguins and a few expos... I would try and get discounted tickets in the future.

Some of the most beautiful animals that I have ever seen!

A good aquarium to spend the day with family and kids. Not up to my expectations though, I've seen better aquarium in Singapore.

Very good aquarium, pictures and fish types are very good

One of the best aquarium in the world. The central tank is a huge draw, but a lot of the side exhibits are absolutely on point. Penguins and seals and sting Ray's, oh my!

Nice vatriety of speices in the large tank very busy durring the weekends. With ebt or wic card itis very inexpensive...only $5 per person up to 4 people with 1 card. Was very disapointed that the corals were mostly fake with the exception of one small tank near the entrance that they were not exactly flourishing in and seemed sick almost. Understand tho that to have huge corals it would mean stealing over 100 years of growing coral in the wild to fill the large tank from the oceanand thats not right so it is appreciated that they consider the damage it could cause to a wild reef so they have only fake ones...but the tanks were beautiful. You can pet sting rays and baby sharks which is awesome. Very nice experience overall best time to go is durring the week of you actually want to see things up close and not be jostled around by other guests. Long lines at entrance usually but they move quickly with 6 windows and you get stamped so you can leave have lunch out in boston and come back...

Way expensive and exhibits stay same mostly. Its usually hard to navigate let alone get up close to see anything

Not Exactly The Most Exciting Place For Some Age Groups But Its Well Worth The Visit If Your Visiting Boston. Some Interactive Subjects Although Last Time I Went There I Waited In A Line For 45 Minutes To Get Inside. Oh Well Its Expected Since Its Boston. Often A Quiet Place And At The Top Of The Tank Sometimes Depending On The Time You Get A Nice Show And Overall The Place Is A Neat Place. When Your There Enjoy!

Not like I remember from when I was a kid. No more dolphin show. Never go there on a Saturday.

Always a fun time. Still looks the same after all this time. Place is kept very clean. One thing which surprised me was the lunch cafe inside was super reasonable with their prices. Most of the time places will rip you off for what it is. Kudos to the aquarium.

Great place for the entire family. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable.

Oh! I had a beautiful an wonderful time there with the girl I love an care for I just injoy her and her company she's just a beautiful an loving and believe me I am deeply in love with her she is just that great an beautiful I can't see myself without You ever an I really wish you want an or feel the same an I believe that you do ...

The sea lions/seals, Myrtle the sea turle and penguins were very cool and of course the main tank in general, the rest.....was ok. But it was HOT! and CROWDED! I expected it to be somewhat cooler than outside but I think it was worse. Glad we went and that our tickets were included in the Go Boston Card.

This aquarium is amazing! My 15 month old loved the seals and penguins!

Wonderful place and very educational. Family friendly.

Amazing place! So much to see. My kiddo loved it and never wanted to leave! The staff is friendly and helpful.

Nicely setup with huge number of different species. I recommend it.

The aquarium itself is not as good as they make it to seem. Be prepared to look at tanks of fish and read lots of information about them, and that's about it.

Beats most other aquariums. Nicer than mystic, ny, or nj

This place is really cool especially the large enclosure with the giant sea turtles, biggest turtles I seen in all my life. There also animals like stingray, pufferfish, seahorses and even penguins. This is the kind of place that would be great to take a trip with your family to.

Beautiful aquarium! Enjoyed the experience! Loved the sea turtle! She is stunning for her age!

Their shark exhibit was in a tiny room and had no live sharks but it had a video wall of sharks... Mehh

I love love love their coral reef, and the employee who gave the talks there the day we visited has apparently never met a question he couldn't answer. I was very impressed!

Wish they had bigger sharks again other than that still fun to go.

Penguins!

A pretty decent aquarium, really enjoyed the interaction with staff - they actually care about answering questions from kids.

The place is half decent and price a bit high the parking ridiculous $40 for 3 hours definitely never coming back to Boston for this rates .