The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Reviews

I've visited several times with my eight year old. He likes it almost as much as bowling. We come for the stingray and jelly touch tanks, the seals, the Komodo dragon, and the imax tickets that are included with the price of admission. It's a fun way to spend a couple hours. Afterwards, consider checking out the SoNo Switching Tower museum if your kid likes trains (it's just a couple blocks away, and admission is free).

It is a very nice place more for children, the truth is that I was only charmed by the comfortable dragon that did have a very small place to be but the rest were excellent.

Loved seeing awesome creations and spending time with my family!

Great place Nice for kids
But they have few staff and guide the people around we couldn t find the shark area ... no one of people that work there was around to help ...

Always a good place to kill time and let the kids run out their batteries

Great place to bring your kids. The sting ray/shark petting tank is a lot of fun, as well as the hands on jelly exhibit. Lion fish tank is breathtakingly beautiful. Sea lions are right up close too. 4/5 because it's a bit expensive.

You can not go wrong with this place. Courteous and educated staff, very clean, tons of marine life, and good food. Bring the kids and enjoy.

My 3yo loved running around and having many things at his eye level. (he's a tall 3)

Really interesting place and great for a fun afternoon. The butterfly walk is a must!

For a first time visit it's a bit interesting but not the place to keep going back. Definitely pricey for what they offer. Nice part about it, is it's not too big for kids and usually not crowded.

Every informative and clean. Had a great time with the family.

Love this place! Great fun and very interactive for kids and adults.

IMAX! Biggest one in all of CT. Well so they said. Love the aquarium. A bit on the small side, but still a good visit for the kids!

Great animals and very lively exhibits! Hands-on opportunities abound for little ones. The daily seal shows were a blast, too. Easy to get around and thoughtfully laid out.

Great for Kids. Less than a couple hours to tour the entire Aquarium.

I had a really nice time here. The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is because it is rated #1 aquarium in New England, yet I really thought Mystic was overall more put together, cleaner, and with better exhibits. We did see a turtle stuck on it's back though and told some personnel who were quick to respond and have someone come flip it back over which was great to see.

Its a one time a year place for me as an adult. If you have kids then its a perfect place to come every now and then and the imax theater is a plus also. Very informative and activities for kids. The open petting area or whatever its called is cool also. And they also have other non aquatic species also. Come check it out if u haven't

Great experience. Not what I expected though. Seemed like it's typically for children.

Very good place good displays great for kids very spread out which is nice not cheap though

Great lady who worked there and knew everything about sharks

The kids enjoyed the trip. I would give it 4 stars but every time we go it's the same exhibits

great place for kids, nice place for adults. have a membership, and it's a lifesaver on rainy or cold days.

PLEASE NEW YORK NEW YORK THE PLACE LOOKS SO CHEAP SO CHEAP DONT PLAN ANYTHING TO GO THERE I GOT RIPPED OFF SPENDING $206 .00 FOR 3 ADULT AND 4 CHILDREN 1 YEAR MEMBER SHIP FOR MY FAMILY WHICH I AM NOT GOING AGAIN BUT NO CHOICE BUYING IT separate WILL COST $30 LESS NOTING TO SEE ENOUGH ANIMALS AND THE PLACE LOOK LIKE YOU GOING TO PETLAND TO BUY ANIMALS AND THE MAXI MOVIE THEATER LOOK LIKE NETFLIX MOVIES THE DIFFERENT IS BIG SCREEN $9.50 ADULT EACH AND $7.50 CHILD EACH JUST TO SEE IMOVIE THAT YOU CAN SEE IT FROM NETFLIX IN HOME TRUST ME I HAVE MONEY BUT I GOT RIPPED OFF MY FAMILY WAS UPSET TRUST ME I WASTE TIME AND MONEY FOR SOMETHING THAT I COULD INJOY DIFFERENT PLACE LIKE BYN OR NJ PLACES ITS WORTH IT PLEASE PLEASE DONT GO THERE ITS WASTING MY MONEY AND GAS AND MY DAY OFF TURNED GOING TO CHUCK CHEESE TO PLEASE MY FAMILY

I volunteer at this place. It's quite nice- certainly not the biggest facility, but I appreciate that. I could spend all day just strolling through.

Always a great time. We loved seeing the gorgeous owl.

A lot of things to look at. When with 2 year old. Many touch tanks and thing for look kids to see and do. This is a great place for any age. Parking is easy in a paid garage.

Kids loved it and got to touch jelly fish, sting Ray's and other things.

Great place to spend the day with family or on a date :-).

Great aquarium. On the smaller side but fantastic exhibits & the IMAX experience was stellar!

I love fascinates me. Because I like to relate to animals because they are part of nature.

Wasn't lots of people there which made it a great experience. Food was good only thing I didnt like was no refills on the soda.

I love it because there is diversity of sea animals, and it is a relaxing place for everyone.

It was a great experience especially since the prices were lowered as a promotion for the weekend that I went . We also saw an Imax movie which was included in the admission price. The aquarium is interactive you can touch stingrays and some jellyfishes .

Nice place, good parking, well stacked gift shop, very nice touch a ray and other such opportunities. The whole family had a great time.

This is one trip I will not make again. I was disappointed with practically the whole trip. Looking at the map online the aquarium looked small, I thought I was missing something seeing as how it would cost my family $55 to make this trip.I was wrong, it was as small as it seemed. Anyway, to start our trip, we decided to stop in for an early lunch. Biggest mistake ever! It was quite an expensive little lunch. One Dannon yogurt that you could get for $.50 at a grocery store cost $2.50 so you get the picture. Besides this, there was about 10 different groups on trip here which made for a very packed building with tons of children running around with very little supervision bumping and pushing. We missed well over half of the exhibits due to these groups. I feel that there should be some form of warning to people who will not be coming in groups to know that they will not get their moneys worth when they come on certain days or at least do discounts. Another note is that the bathroom was so small while not crowded a person trying to squeeze past other people outside the restroom and get in pushed the door right into my two year old's face. The only thing my children remember is the jelly fish touch tank that they had to return to 4 times before finally getting in to touch the jelly fish. Each time they passed we waited about 10-15 minutes before leaving the tank to try again later. I would not recommend this aquarium to anyone especially during the summer.

I hadn't been to the Maritime Aquarium in years, but went over the weekend with my little one. The new Lorikeets exhibit is a must see. We had a great time!

Lots of great exhibits and fun for the whole family

my kids had a great time that's all that matter. it was a little small facility than what I expected it to be, all together it was a fun family day

The attractions they have are well done. Touch tanks are nice, and the whole environment is very kid friendly. Nothing truly big or mind blowing. But, a well kept, nice aquarium.

Had a fantastic time with the family and the facility was extremely clean with a friendly helpful staff. 5 Stars all the way, and we will be going back for sure in a few months as Layla is still raving about it ;) Great hands on stuff for 3 years and up I would say. It's located in a restored older building which just adds to the great atmosphere the place already has. Really well done guys and thank you for having such a place for us to learn and play with the family :)

Jason Hermann

Love this place!! No matter how many times we go we all enjoy it as if it were the 2st the!

Not that bad a place. The kids loved it. It was a little on the small side but still took us two hours to get through it.

I used to go there as a child and had great memories wanted my daughter to enjoy those memories as well. Great place!!!

It's a bit pricy for what they show. There's a surprising amount of non-aquatic animals. The best part is the part where you design your own shark and touching the animals

Aquarium and Imax. Great way to spend a half day or so.

Decent aquarium with some good exhibits, but overpriced for what it offers.

The Maritime Aquarium is way more than just a big fish tank. It's an excellent learning center with various exhibits, including meerkats! The jellyfish tanks are beautiful and hypnotic. The meerkats are ridiculously cute. There are sharks and sea turtles, fish large and small. There's an Imax theater playing a movie every hour, arts and crafts, a 5 and under play area for the little kids. You can learn a bit about life on an estuary (Long Island Sound is an estuary, and the Aquarium is right on Long Island Sound). There is a harbor seal exhibit, really cool if you're there at feeding time. There's a gift shop and a cafe. Lots to do packed into a nice little space.

Love love love we have a yearly membership. The kids love this place so many things for them to do. The jiggle a jelly is one of there favorites. They learn so much as they can ask questions the staff is very knowledgeable.

Kids will love it always a great place to go especially on rainy days

Our kids love this place. Definitely worth the yearly membership as you only have to go twice to "break even". Very accommodating for chol hamoed outings with a sukkah on site in the fall and a nice outdoor area to eat during Pesach. Note that you'll probably always have to pay for parking in the town there.

We are members and go often. My kids are now almost 2 and 4 and it is perfect for them - small enough but also full of interesting creatures presented in a great way. I have been back twice since reopening after covid and am very pleased with their safety measures. It's a great place that we will continue to support for years.

A whole time they had to tell the Jewish family who was around no one. PICK UP YOUR MASK...... VERY NOT NICE.

My wife and two kids took the metro north from nyc. We visited SoNo (south norwalk) and we really enjoyed it. The aquarium was large, beautiful and very interactive for the kids... and adults. This was an overall very enjoyable trip and experience at the aquarium

Great aquarium with multiple touch tanks, feeding times and I max theater.

Great Place , love the remodel of the whole place! Really still a great place to visit. Keep up the good work.

Love the museum, but their handling of COVID is very poor. Busy museum, no staff inside the museum whatsoever, no social distancing, people not wearing masks, no hand sanitizer anywhere. Extremely disappointing.

Great prices, IMAX movie could have been more updated, loved the sharks and seals exhibits. My kids wanted to do it all over again.