After careful planning with the City of Long Beach, the Aquarium
of the Pacific has announced it will reopen its outdoor areas to the public on
Saturday, January 30, with special safety measures in place. The Aquarium
will also continue to offer a variety of programs for people at home through
its Online Academy, including virtual cultural festivals.
The Aquarium
is offering discounted admission to visit its expansive outdoor areas with
safety protocols in place. Whether people are planning a staycation or looking
to unwind watching fish or playful penguins and sea lions, the Aquarium invites
people to explore its outdoor areas for $19 per person with advance
reservations. Guests can feed colorful lorikeet birds and safely touch sharks,
rays, and even moon jellies in the Aquarium’s outdoor exhibits.
On
the Aquarium’s Harbor Terrace with ocean views, visitors can see an exhibit
with archerfish that can shoot water out of their mouths and another with
mudskippers, fish that can live out of water. The Moon Jelly Touch tank is also
located on the Harbor Terrace. Guests can journey into the Lorikeet Forest aviary
to feed colorful Australian bird species. As you exit the aviary, you can learn
about the importance of fresh water and what you can do to conserve it in
the Our Water Future exhibit.
Then, you can visit the Southern
California Steelhead Story exhibit, where you can see and
learn about a local fish that can change its body to live in both freshwater
rivers and the ocean.
Visitors
can see large sharks and rays in the Shark Lagoon’s main habitat and touch
tropical species of sharks and rays in its two touch pools. Adjacent to Shark
Lagoon, you will find the Molina Animal Care Center, where you can learn how
the Aquarium cares for its animals. On the second floor outdoors, you will find
the Seals and Sea Lions Habitat. The upper floor is home to the June Keyes
Penguin Habitat, the Ray Touchpool with bat rays and shovelnose guitarfish, and
the Shorebird Sanctuary featuring local wetlands species, including fish and
rescued birds. The Aquarium’s retail is open and some food service is
available. Indoor areas are temporarily closed.
Safety
is the nonprofit Aquarium of the Pacific’s top priority. The Aquarium is
limiting the number of visitors, requiring advanced timed reservations,
managing traffic flow to ensure social distancing, requiring masks for everyone
age 2 and older and temperature checks for everyone, providing numerous
hand-sanitizing stations, sanitizing surfaces constantly, and much more. For
complete details, you can visit the Aquarium’s safety page.
Anyone
who wishes to visit during this time must make an online reservation. Members
and those holding tickets must still make a free reservation time. The Aquarium
will be open 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and will extend its
hours on Saturdays and Sundays to remain open until 8:00 p.m.
WHEN: Public
reopening date: Saturday, January 30, 2021, starting at 9:00 a.m. (open
Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. / Saturday and Sunday from
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.)
WHERE: Aquarium of the
Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way, Long Beach, CA 90802
COST: General admission:
$19 per person (adult, senior, and child) and free to children under age
three and Aquarium members / Advanced reservations required for everyone
PUBLIC
INFO/RSVP: (562) 590-3100 or aquariumofpacific.org
/ Spanish website: aquariumofpacific.org/español
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