This is really a great gem and was worth the drive from Providence, particularly for young kids. My kids are 4yrs and 16mo. Both were able to engage with the exhibits and in particular loved spending time in the tunnel under the large center tank.

It was the first time my daughter (16mo) had seen a fish. She walked up to the tank and was amazed, and then when I said “are you looking at the fish?” she looked back at them and (I presume) connected the real fish to the fish in her books, and proceeded to freak out in excitement… stomping and shaking and pointing and hollering!

Now it’s not a huge aquarium, so I do think for older kids it might be underwhelming if that’s what they were expecting. But I found it very interesting to see all of the local species of fish, which was different from a typical aquarium experience.

That said, for younger kids it was perfect because it’s small and they can run around exploring to their hearts desire. They’re not going to get into any trouble and it’s mostly one big room so you can see all of them. All of the tanks are built to be viewed by little kids, so there was no need to constantly lift them up to see.

It was a very special experience and we will be back.