Discover the Mysteries of the Deep at Birch Aquarium

Reviewing after my second time here. It's a small aquarium, but there are a lot of exhibits and displays. I recommend going at opening to avoid the larger crowds. I would plan to spend about 2 hours to explore the aquarium. There's daily penguin feeding at 10:00 and then fish feeding and diver interaction in the large tank at 10:30. There's staff all around the aquarium to answer questions. The touching exhibits are always fun. I have a membership, which I think is worth it since I plan to come several more times, especially when I can get first look at special events.

we had previously purchased our tickets online which was a good idea because there was a line to buy tickets we noticed when we arrived. we visited on a somewhat sprinkling and rainy day so there wasn't too much action going on in the outside tanks and displays and most people were walking through the displays and exhibits inside. fyi, this aquarium is extremely small but drink worth the visit as you can easily kill an hour or two looking around. we were able to touch and see some small animals when outside but because of the weather they had to pack up shortly after. i enjoyed the shark tank and we were lucky to have made it on time for when they feed them so that was interesting to watch.

Great density, great hands on exhibits for kids, great summary of local shark behavioral research and many fish. However, no info on birds or shore botany, little on invertebrates, none on seaweed, and an inexplicably huge volume on seahorses and sea dragons. Would have loved to see film of different places nearby underwater, maybe some more microscopy and geology.

Such an interesting place to learn a lot about aquatic life! They have species from deep sea, a variety of corals, and a great way of showing off the animals, jellyfish exhibit was my favorite but there’s so much to see, i hope this aquarium gets bigger in the future. Definitely coming back

I love the little blue penguins, the smallest penguin. The parking lot is free. They only have one floor. Not very big but has some really cool stuffs. GFP is isolated from comb jellyfish. The moon jellyfish is so pretty. The kelp forest tank has so many large fishes.