Key West Aquarium, Key West

We had an amazing time! This is a small, older facility but the staff (and their animals) really make it amazing, educational, and interactive! They have talks about different conservation topics throughout the day. We spent about an hour there and listened to 3 different talks; one about sharks, one about turtles, and one about invasive species. I am an animal keeper at a zoological facility too so I really loved seeing the aquarist’s relationships with their animals. They have a Kemp’s sea turtle (super rare to see as they are critically endangered) named Lola who was getting shell scratches by her doting staff. The touch tank educator was so nice and helpful, a joy to talk to. During the shark talk we were even able to feed their Nurse sharks and get to know them, Lucille was my favorite! It was just an all around awesome time for any true animal lover! They are doing amazing work with conservation and education. Definitely worth seeing and supporting! ❤️🦈🐡🐢🦀🐠🐍🦐🐟🐙❤️

Really nice staff but honestly this place is super small. We were expecting to spend a lot of time there but we kind of went through everything in like 20 minutes. If you’ve ever been to any other aquarium than I would say don’t waste your time going to this one. The best part for my niece was the touch pool but otherwise it was “meh”.