Very disappointed that 2/3 touch exhibits were closed. It was barely an hour after opening and they didn’t have the jelly fish or star fish tanks open. The only open tank was the sturgeon and the only fish that came near the surface staff said not to touch because it was injured. Very disappointing for our toddler and the adults. The other big disappointment was the otters weren’t out. The rest was fine the large tank is impressive but it’s all local fish. They do have more salt water fish and animals now and that’s really what kids want to see.

My wife and I love to visit aquariums around the world and in the US, so on our honeymoon to Duluth, we had to include a stop at this aquarium. We did not have high expectations, but we were pleasantly surprised at how nice this aquarium was! Coming from Chattanooga, where we have the sister aquariums that feel larger than life, we are used to smaller aquariums not living up to that hype. We really enjoyed our visit here, the aquarium had a great layout, had many unique animals and exhibits that we had not seen before, and took us a couple of hours to get through. We were very glad we chose to go!

We last visited this aquarium about 10 years ago. It was not very good back then. There just wasn’t much to it. We went back today, and thought it much improved. More exhibits, including some exotic ocean life. Also several touch tanks. I felt it was definitely worth the cost this time around.