Please Note

Plan ahead and purchase timed-entry Aquarium tickets online in advance. Due to capacity limits, some time slots may sell out - especially on weekends or holidays.

The Aquarium will be closing at 4:30 pm on Saturday, July 19.

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Sunshine, the Tennessee Aquarium's new female North American River Otter (Lontra canadensis) in the River Otter Falls exhibit.

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Fish + Sips: an after-hours adventure!
Events

Fish + Sips: an after-hours adventure!

Superman
Now Playing!

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Penguins’ Rock Cam
Live

Penguins’ Rock Cam

Deeper Dives: In-Depth Tours
Go Behind the Scenes

Deeper Dives: In-Depth Tours

A group of False Percula Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) at the Tennessee Aquarium

A
remarkable
journey
from
the
mountains
to
the
sea

Today

Penguin feeding

10:30am, 3:00pm
Penguins’ Rock (level 2), Ocean Journey Building

River Giants - exhibit feeding dive

2:00pm
River Giants exhibit, River Journey Building

Secrets of the Swamp

12:15pm
Delta Country (level 3), River Journey Building

Diver chats

11:00am
Secret Reef (level 2), Ocean Journey Building

Butterfly keeper chat

11:00am, 1:15pm
Butterfly Garden (level 4), Ocean Journey Building
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Upcoming Events

Fish + Sips

6:30 PM
July 19

Member Night: CHILL OUT!

4:30 pm
August 1
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lake sturgeon in touch tank

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New
"Fins"

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window:
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world
that’s
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in
IMAX
®
with
Laser.

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