The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk Reviews

Kids had a ton of fun and was a great way to spend the morning in a cold winter day.

How absolutely amazing. My niece had a small wedding reception at the Aquarium. The staff was unbelievably generous. The food exquisite. We brought our own music and danced in front of the shark tank. (LOL). If you are thinking of where you could have an event, consider this wonderful venue.

Had a phenomenal time & the staff was super friendly

Great place to take the kids for a few hours. Added value is the sprinkler park in the playground in front of the parking lot

So I accidentally spilled Skittles on the floor and I have a picture of what it looks like after I cleaned it up, but that s the problem. While I was cleaning it up, the maid saw us and did nothing. She just pushed in a chair. You d think they d help us right?

I used to visit this place every week. The sharks area is wonderful with dimmed light and calming music. I would say its better to visit in the morning, not on weekends when it's overcrowded. The gift shop is pretty expensive but not necessary to buy anything there :)

Can get crowded, but really nice to go with children.

Always worth it. We are members and get a movie with every admission. The others are my favorite, plus the jellyfish. The kids like the touch tanks, shark diving demo, frogs, movies, meerkats, and more.

Most the exhibits were closed and way overpriced for what they had to offer

It was awesome, nice and clean. I would love to visit again, but it's expensive. It was my son, wife and me total $ 70.00. Very expensive

Lots of fun for the kids. Grownups too. Nice little Aquarium, in historic South Norwalk.

Great place but they really need to clean the screen

My daughter my mom and i had a great time we will definitely be returning. Hope you guys add more to your exhibits more types of sharks and possibly more sea type animals

Lots of fun hands on exhibits. Great for kids of all ages. Bring your own food if you want to keep cost down. They have a playground too.

The meerkat exhibit was awesome and the IMAX theater is great.

Great place for kids to visit. My 6 year old son had fun touching sharks and stingrays.
Will be back again soon!!!!!

Nice amount of hands on touch tanks but smaller than I thought it would be

We love it here. We have been members for 2 years and love bringing the kids here. It's clean and friendly, with great staff and facilities. Highly recommended!

Great fun for the whole family or just a couple of kids like adults! The jellyfish were our favorite. The Panda IMAX was also great!

So many amazing water creatures in this aquarium - seals, sharks, rays, frogs, dragons. It's incredible

The place is cool, but a bit expensive. +90 for 2 kids and 2 adults.

Pros - Jelly fish preserve, seals show
Cons - Pricy tickets, no underwater acrylic tunnels, untidy cafe restroom with limited food options, no age wise divided play area, aquarium+imax movies not related

Kids love all of the exhibits: the giant octopus, sea nettles, touch tank, etc. Great and helpful staff too.

Spent an entire day here. Visit at leisure and you can also enjoy the view of back waters. Lovely place. Dolphin show is good.

Great for kids and adults. The location is perfect. I enjoyed the riverside view at the backyard of the museum.

It was fun, and i loved it, seeing all those animals

Nice aquarium I would call this an Educational Aquarium I liked seeing the Beluga Whales. And the electric ells. There are always new exhibits and it would be good to check their website to see what it is.

Visually it's slightly dated but my kids enjoyed themselves. With membership, they have excellent bonuses for the entire family.

Starting to show its years, the exhibits here are wonderful but it could use some new/refreshed ones. Also, a lot of the fish here are either blind or scarred.

This aquarium is very nice. Lots of useful information. Touching stingrays and sharks was cool. Plenty of activities to do. Very family oriented place. My son had the chance to meet the Director of the establishment, she greeted him with a major smile and very friendly attitude.

This was our second visit here. This is a small but really nice aquarium. Price of admission includes one IMAX movie. All movies are 40 min long. Additional movies are about $10 per person so it's not worth it to add another.

We went with two children, 6 and 8. They have three touch tanks. The first is a large tank with stingrays and small sharks. The second is a small tank with jellyfish. The third is upstairs and was closed when we went.

The aquarium is two levels and the second level has a lot of land animals. There is a meerkat exhibit where kids can go in tunnel and pop up in the center. They also have a large Macaw, monkeys, porcupines and numerous lizards/monitors.

They aquatic displays are beautiful as expected. They only large sea animal they have are seals and several times a day they have a seal training demonstration.

Overall, it's a nice aquarium, not spectacular. It's clean and they have a really nice gift shop. We spent about four hours there.

Was a great place to go out 4 year loves it....the up stairs play space was a great hidden spot.

Great place, especially for dates and kids) bigger inside, a lot of variety, and several touch stations. f you plan to come several times, membership is worth looking into.

Prices aren't cheap, but for the money, it's worth it. The kids got to touch jellyfish, sharks and stingrays. Lots of really cool fish, too. Also, a free seal show. For purchase, you can see IMAX shows, too.

Easy to navigate, not too overwhelming, kids loved it!

It is expensive and has almost no animals, they could improve a lot because the facilities are beautiful.

Nice Aquarium. Not quite as big as Camden or Mystic but big enough for my 3, 4, and 9 year old grandchildren. For us it was only 1 1/2 hour drive. The kids got to pet sting rays and jelly fish. They were a little disappointed there were no sharks to pet. When we found the shark tank they were wowed by their size. We all enjoyed the IMAX movie. All in all a good day!

The Maritime Aquarium is fun for kids of all ages (1-100). There is so much to see and learn. An excellent day trip. See all the aquarium has to offer, catch an Imax movie, then enjoy the rest of Sono when you are done. If you havent been to The Aquarium in a while, you really should go back and see how nice it is. They have been constantly upgrading the displays and the attractions. The Sono area has also experienced a major resurgence in the last couple of years, so you can make an entire day/evening of the trip.

You can pet jelly fish, Ray's and sharks. And they have meercats!

Hands on opportunity for kids. Not a huge aquarium, but nice. Overpriced.

Not too crowded when we arrived in the middle of the day and a lot of fun for the kids because it's interactive.

We are members at the aquarium and have been for a few years. It's always a great place to come with the kids. They have been consistently renovating and adding new exhibits. This is a great place to come on the weekends!

Great way to learn about our maritime ecosystem. Great for kids, fun for adults. IMAX is a bonus.

When will you add a dolphin or seal jumping show like Boston and Mystic?

Exhibits were nice. Google estimated 3 hours, but it was about 40 minutes. We were walking through with a 22 month old. Also, they were doing some painting, and the paint roller and tray with fresh paint were left out, barely blocked by a couple standing wet paint type signs. Very dangerous for children, especially since it was right around a corner and parents would not have seen in time.

Very good place to being your kid to. Lots of activities makes it fun to visit.

I know with covid things are tight, but it was just us rather quick of a time

Took our almost 2 year old daughter here and she loved it. Perfect place to bring your children. Very clean looking

Absolutely loved it, my mom and I went for a day, you can take your time to see everything you want to and the layout is easy to follow, it's a circle! There is also a little path by the river to walk and the staff is friendly and helpful. Will definitely be going back! Also very clean ^^

Really cool touch tanks where you can touch jellyfish, sting rays, fish, etc.

If you went to a school in Norwalk you've been here 3+ times, becuase this is the only thing this godforsaken town has

Awesome Aquarium, my son loved touching the Rays and sharks!! Loved the movie theater inside the Aquarium!!

Just a wonderful place to go with the family, notice a lot of couples on dates there too. Lots of animals to see and great saff that will take the time and explain to the kiddos about the different exhibits. Can't wait to see what the place will look like once the finish there changes.

Love this aquarium! Kids had an amazing time! Will definitely go back!!

Very nice aquarium. Very affordable for what you get. Lots of interactive exhibits.