Key West Aquarium

Address	One Whitehead Street
Admission	$10
Hours	10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Daily
Phone	(305) 296-2051
Website	www.keywestaquarium.com

You can find the Florida Keys’s coral reefs without getting your feet wet at the Key West Aquarium. Open since 1934, this was the area’s first tourist attraction. It has a 50,000-gallon tank with a huge variety of fish, including moray eels, sharks, sea turtles, barracuda, tropical fish, tarpon, parrotfish and grouper. The aquarium also has a touch tank for hands-on interaction between sea creatures and visitors. You can also observe feedings of resident sharks, rays and turtles as guides explain habits and habitats. Where else can you have a chance to pet a live shark? The aquarium is committed to helping protect the endangered sea turtles. It is associated with the Turtle Hospital and Florida Sea Turtle Stranding Network made up of state agencies, universities and marine parks, all involved in the rehabilitation of injured sea turtles. The Aquarium is currently home to several turtles on the mend, some of whom are permanent residents.

Guided tours are offered at 11 AM, 1 PM, 3 PM, and 4:30 PM.