**During Wave One of reopening, educators will be on exhibit to answer your questions, but touching animals in Touch Pool exhibits will not be permitted.**

Major Exhibits

Main Building

• Harbor Seals 
  
• Restless Planet:
  • Komodo Dragons
  • Red Sea Tunnel
  • Tomistoma Crocodiles
• Light Tower Aquarium with sea turtles
  
• Norfolk Canyon Aquarium featuring sharks
• Ray Touch Pool
  
• Chesapeake Bay Aquarium 

South Building

The South Building is currently closed for renovations. To learn more about what you can expect when the building reopens, please visit our blog here.

Nature Trail

Enjoy this 1/3 mile walk along scenic Owls Creek. With outlook posts and sweeping views of the protected salt marsh, the Nature Trail is a beautiful walk through the woods.

Oyster Reef

Oysters provide a valuable resource to the marine environment, improving the water quality and serving as a protective habitat for juvenile fish and other animals.

In mid-2015, a demonstration oyster reef was created at the Aquarium and stocked with over 18,000 juvenile oysters raised by Old Donation Center School, Princess Anne Middle School, and New Castle Elementary School. The oyster reef includes an intertidal section with 30 feet of natural oyster shell, 30 feet of oyster castles, and 30 feet of undisturbed mud flat, as well as a large subtidal section of natural shell bounded by a fringing reef of mounded shells.

You can see our oyster reef, which also offers a unique educational experience, from the scenic overlook on the Nature Trail. Special thanks to the Rudee Inlet Foundation for funding the oyster reef project, and to Lynnhaven River Now and the Crystal Club for their help and support with design and installation.