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Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center

Address: 717 General Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA | Map It
Phone: 757/485-3474
www.virginiaacquarium.com

Category: Museums/Galleries
Location: Virginia Beach

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Fodor's Review:

The sea is the subject at the popular Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, a massive facility with more than 200 exhibits. This is no place for passive museumgoers; many exhibits require participation. You can use computers to predict the weather and solve the pollution crisis, watch the birds in the salt marsh through telescopes on a deck, handle horseshoe crabs, take a simulated journey to the bottom of the sea in a submarine, and study fish up close in tanks that re-create underwater environments. The museum is almost 2 mi inland from Rudee Inlet at the southern end of Virginia Beach. The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center has a nature trail—well worth it, but be sure to wear comfortable shoes.

Cost: Aquarium $11.95; combination ticket for aquarium and IMAX $16.95
Open: Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily 9-7; Labor Day-Memorial Day, daily 9-5

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