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Planning Tips

Throughout the Aquarium, there are many opportunities for your students to touch animals, interact with educators, experience something new and be amazed. Use these planning tips to help create a meaningful field trip and to learn more about how to lead your students, including:

Details on trip enhancements: Add on a 3D movie, Educational Program, Behind the Scenes Tour and more!
Info on all the free activities and things to do during a visit to Adventure Aquarium.
Important locations to remember during your visit.
Download our our helpful chaperone guide.

Resources

The Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium has created supplemental educational materials that will actively engage your students, while fostering curiosity and promoting the understanding, appreciation and protection of aquatic life and exhibits.

Locations

Before you arrive with your group, let us introduce you to important locations, show times and locations, major exhibit locations, activity locations and other highlights throughout the Aquarium. We hope the information below helps you and your students have a great field trip experience.

Field Trip Check-In

When you arrive at Adventure Aquarium, the head Chaperone should proceed to the Will Call Ticketing Window to check-in and provide final attendance. Distributed wristbands should then be applied to every member of your group.

Restrooms

Restrooms are conveniently located in the Main Lobby on the lower level, in the Rotunda in Zone B, upstairs in KidZone (Zone C) and adjacent to the Skyline Lunch Room.

Lunch Area

The Skyline Lunch Room is available seasonally September through March and is free of charge for group visits Monday through Friday. A reservation is required to use this space.

Group Tour Programs

Please meet near Creature Feature (Zone C) to begin all group tour programs.

Educational Programs

Please meet in the Rotunda in Zone B to begin classroom Learning Adventures.

Information Desk

Lost and Found and First Aid services are available at the Information Desk. For questions or issues with your reservation, please visit the Info Desk for assistance.

3D Theater presented by Valley Forge

Located in Zone C, groups with a scheduled show time should arrive 10 minutes prior to start time.

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