Exclusive LIVE Touch Tank

Look And TOUCH before your next whale watching trip!

Watch your children delight in exploration as they encounter live sea creatures in our exclusive, Live Touch Tank.

Our trained staff will show your children how to handle these live creatures in a safe and compassionate way.

Give your children the gift of first-hand experiences of interaction with live sea creatures native to the waters north of Boston.

Young blond girl smiling as she is holding a crab

Increasing awareness is the first step
toward protecting our environment

Why not pass your love of the sea and concern for our environment down to the next generation?

When your children visit our Shoreside Displays, explore our live touch tank and participate in ongoing research with our scientists aboard ship, their understanding of these magnificient creatures will expand and they will be instilled with a sense of duty to live in peace with them.

Come join us and learn more about all forms of sea life, including whales and birds, and the geology that attracts them to our unique area north of Boston

Schoolboy in Boston Red Sox's
Cap Holding sea shell over acuatic tank

Touch Tank

Before a whale watch, a CORE naturalist will often be explaining all the interesting sea life found in our unique "Touch Tank". Come visit, and see - even if you don't have the time for a whale watch. It's lot's of fun, and great to learn about commonalities of diverse creatures of the sea!

Come and get your hands wet!