Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
Aquarium · Virginia Beach, Virginia
Two pavilions on the Owls Creek marsh at the south end of Virginia Beach, joined by a boardwalk through salt marsh and maritime forest, holding a three-hundred-thousand-gallon Red Sea tank, sea turtles, Komodo dragons and a Chesapeake Bay touch pool. It also runs Virginia's stranding response programme, which is the team that turns out for every stranded whale, dolphin and sea turtle on the state's coast.
717 General Booth Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23451, United States
Generally 9 AM - 5 PM daily with extended summer hours; closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. Boat trips are seasonal and booked separately — dolphins in summer, whales roughly December to March.
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