On a teacher-led visit to the Aquarium, you and your chaperones guide students through the buildings' many exhibits. Students discover coral reefs, open oceans, rain forests, the Chesapeake Bay, and other habitats, including the island continent of Australia. All exhibits are included in Aquarium admission.
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Waterfront Park
Explore the coastal, Piedmont, and Allegheny mountain regions of Maryland on the new Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Waterfront Park outside the Glass Pavilion. View four habitats created using native Maryland plants, a mountain stream, and a wetland. Stand on a granite outline of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to discover where students live in relation to the Bay.
Using the new School Group Entrance into the Glass Pavilion, visitors immediately encounter the Allegheny Cascades, a gift to the Aquarium from the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds. This 35-foot-tall waterfall represents Maryland's western-most region. The base of the waterfall is home to many native species including brook trout, wood turtles, silverjaw minnows, channel catfish, and crayfish.
Daily Presentations
Upon entering the Aquarium, be sure to check the digital messaging boards for the daily presentation schedule. Enhance your experience by viewing an animal encounter, dive presentation, animal feeding, and auditorium program. Look for exhibit guides and Aquarium staff (all wearing blue shirts) throughout your visit to answer questions and provide information.
Glass Pavilion
In the Aquarium's Lyn P. Myerhoff Auditorium, a variety of programs may be viewed throughout the day. Fire and Flood: A Land of Extremes, an 8-minute film produced exclusively for the Aquarium by Animal Planet, introduces visitors to Australia's remote Northern Territory and its unique animals. Your journey to Australia starts here! Be sure to check the digital messaging boards for show titles and times.
Journey to a land of fire, flood, and drought in a remote Australian river gorge while never leaving Baltimore. Gain a unique understanding of how animals have adapted to life in extreme conditions in Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes. Approximately 1,800 Australian animals and over 150 indigenous plants live in this exhibit.
Pier 3 Pavilion
Level 1: In the Wings in the Water exhibit, observe graceful swimmers, including several species of sharks and stingrays, as well as an endangered green sea turtle. Check the digital messaging boards for feeding and dive presentation times.
Level 2: Explore how water connects diverse habitats in Maryland: Mountains to the Sea.
Level 3: Discover the ways that animals have adapted for life in the water in the Surviving Through Adaptations exhibit.
Level 4: Immerse yourself in the watery world of the Amazon River Forest where plants and animals experience seasonal flooding.
Level 5: Trek along a path in the Upland Tropical Rain Forest in search of birds, golden lion tamarins, and other canopy dwellers.
Atlantic Coral Reef and Open Ocean: Your tour route continues on an imaginary dive into the Atlantic Coral Reef. Descend the circular path surrounded by reef animals. Check the digital messaging boards for feeding times. Next go even deeper into the Open Ocean to meet some of the Aquarium's most popular animals – sharks! Then see Wings in the Water from a different point of view – under water.
Pier 4 Pavilion
The Children's Discovery Corner is where children can discover the wonders of nature through living animals, touch experiences, and interactive exhibits.
You and your students will be thrilled by Frogs! A Chorus of Colors, the most interactive frog exhibit of its kind in the country. Find out what makes frogs the most successful amphibians on the planet.
Complete your field trip with Play!, The Dolphin Show in the Lyn P. Meyerhoff Amphitheater. The dolphin show is only included in your admission fee if it is available at time of reservation.
