Virginia Aquarium & Marine Ctr

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The sea is the subject at the popular Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, a massive facility with more than 200 exhibits. This is no place for passive museumgoers; many exhibits require participation. You can use computers to predict the weather and solve the pollution crisis, watch the birds in the salt marsh through telescopes on a deck, handle horseshoe crabs, take a simulated...

This entertaining, educational facility focusing on Virginia's marine environment is a wonderful place to take the kids. Its 45 acres are beside Owl Creek salt marsh, a wildlife habitat. You can easily spend half a day here, a full day to see -- and learn -- it all. Plan to spend at least half of your time in the main building, where touch tanks will fascinate you and the kids, who also will...

One of the most popular aquariums in the country showcases Virginia's native wildlife in live animal habitats and hands-on exhibits.

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