AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC
The world's largest ocean Aquarium of the Pacific Long Beach Meet more than 12,000 species.
Our animals welcome you back! In the Southern California/Baja Gallery, you can meet giant sea bass, leopard sharks, eels, seals, sea lions, white abalone, and other species found locally or in Baja. Explore the cold-water habitats of the Northern Pacific Gallery to meet playful sea otters, diving birds, sea jellies, giant spider crabs, and other animals. Travel through the Tropical Pacific Gallery to see colorful fish and other species that inhabit those warm tropical waters.
Visit the Aquarium’s latest expansion—Pacific Visions. The 29,000-square-foot sustainable expansion includes an art gallery, orientation gallery, the Honda Pacific Visions Theater multimedia experience, and the Schubel Family Culmination Gallery, which features interactives, displays, educational game tables, and live animal exhibits.
AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, California 90802
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- (562) 590-3100
- Fax: (562) 590-3109
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