New England Aquarium

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New England Aquarium
New England Aquarium plaza (2017)
42°21′33″N 71°2′58″W / 42.35917°N 71.04944°W / 42.35917; -71.04944
Slogan	Protecting the blue planet
Date opened	June 20, 1969
Location	Central Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts
Land area	75,000 square feet (7,000 m2)
Volume of largest tank	200,000 US gallons (760,000 L)
Annual visitors	1.3 million
Public transit access	Aquarium
Website	neaq.org

The New England Aquarium is a nonprofit organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals, California sea lions, African and southern rockhopper penguins, giant Pacific octopuses, weedy seadragons, and thousands of saltwater and freshwater fishes. In addition to the main aquarium building, attractions at Central Wharf include the Simons Theatre and the New England Aquarium Whale Watch. More than 1.3 million guests visited the aquarium each year prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

The Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life at the New England Aquarium conducts long-running research on the North Atlantic right whale, and its Quincy Animal Care Center rescues and rehabilitates hundreds of sea turtles annually.^[2][3]