Great place to visit with kids. My 6 year old loved all the exhibits. We enjoyed walking around and because was during the week was not too crowded and we had lots of opportunities to take nice pics and see the exhibits without having to fight crowds to get up front.

We gave over an afternoon to take our youngest middle-schooler through the aquarium, and it proved to be a reasonably good experience. The main tank is still under construction, so the penguin exhibit is almost completely missing. Still, there was enough to see here. Notable Contents Touch Tanks - we found three of them and were allowed unlimited time to... More

We stopped off at the Aquarium on our way to our Crusie ship. Although it was only a quick visit the staff was very accomodating. We had purchased Boston Go Cards, and go in with those. There was a place for us to store our luggage while we had our tour. the Big aquarium was under construction but the other... More

Further to my abortive attempts to see whales via the new england aquarium's trips, ever since i booked tickets online for trips which never went , i have received a flood of he most egregious spam from america, so if you want to watch wales out of boston and don't want to have to change your email address then turn... More

Perhaps by Northeast standards, this is an great aquarium, after all many people raved about it and said it was a must see site. Other than the sea lion exhibit (those guys are always entertaining make for great photos), I was not impressed. Yes, they are finishing up some renovations, but even when complete it still misses the mark IMHO.... More

We went during construction so we didn't have huge expectations. My two year old loved all the exhibits. We went on a Sunday so it was very crowded. Which also made the aquarium super hot. During the week and not during construction would be the ideal time to visit. Also due to the crowds we were unable to see the... More

The aquarium is very small. It only has 3 or 4 floors ( i am not sure if it is 3 or 4 floors but at most 4) that provides very few animals to watch. Except these, there is a tank and sharp presentation is very cool. People can touch the tank and feel their skins. It is an interesting... More

Our group had a dinner function one night at the aquarium. It was fun to walk around and see all the interesting sea creatures and take in the sites of the harbor outside. The staff was very friendly.

We visited the Aquarium on a Wednesday and it was not too crowded and we had lots of opportunities to take some great pics and see the exhibits without having to fight crowds to get up front. It is not an aquarium where they have the animals all doing tricks so if that is your expectation, erase it! They do... More