The Aquatarium at Tall Ships Landing

This site is also definitely unique and very well designed for such a small space. It is very historical and laid out in a historical layout of 1,000 islands, Brockville, Kingston, Ottawa development along the St. Lawrence River. There is a historical section that tells you about some early designs of wooden boats as well. But overall, I was really impressed with how the layout of the aquarium was designed. It also has a few interactive sections in it, a touch starfish little section, and the history behind why they have a salt water exhibit. Even in its small space, they included interactive sections for kids as well.

There is a sea otter enclosure and a small beaver enclosure where you can get close to the beaver. These are the best features of this place for adults. This place is very catered towards young children, and acts more of a playground with some educational features. If you don’t have children, I don’t recommend coming. Most interactive activities we tried were broken. Even at a discount, it felt pricey for what you get.

Great place for the kids. 3, 5 8 and 10 all had fun. Spent a ton of time in the gift shop sorting balls then up to the 3rd floor where they loved touching the crabs and starfish. Very nice to see the animals and water/sand play can't be beat. Perfect family outing for a rainy day.

We visited during the “pirate” event and had such an awesome time. We sang sea shanties in the theatre, dressed up like pirates for a photo, and two of us had our faces painted. Every staff member we encountered was friendly, engaging, and helpful. We can’t wait to go back!

We took an 8 and 10 year old on our first visit there. They enjoyed the whole experience - we planned for 1 hour and stayed 3! Nice range of activities and all subjects are about Ontario.

This was a fun place to visit with the family and the adults enjoyed it as well. Admission price was reasonable and we had two adults and a 14 year old girl and an 11 year old boy. I would say a lot of the interactive things are for kids 4-10 but there was still enough for our kids to have fun with. The adults favourite exhibits were the otter habit and the beaver ( the beaver needs a larger enclosure). We all enjoyed learning about the local history of the lakes and the aquaculture and the fish tanks were fantastic. They also had some reptiles and amphibians. They went to a lot of effort in various areas to resemble ships and it was very interesting to see the themes. They also had a good little gift shop with various toys at reasonable prices.
We're very happy we visited.

Went on a rainy Friday and somehow had the place to ourselves. Took our 6 and 9 year
Old children. We’ve been to many aquariums from coast to coast and this one is really well done. Lots of interactive/hands on exhibits. Feeding times and information sessions. Sand table, water table, kinetic sand table, slide, touch tank,
rowing machine and many other activities that will keep the kids interested. We spent 3 hours here and they didn’t want to leave. Love that most of the creatures are rescue creatures as well. Staff were friendly and informative. We had a very fun and educational experience here. Highly recommend!