To ensure the best possible guest experience, hourly capacities are limited. We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets or making your reservations in advance to ensure you get to visit on your preferred date and entry time. Popular days and times do sell out. If you wait to purchase tickets at walk-up, you may need to wait hours for the next available entry time or find there is no remaining ticket availability.
With Plan-Ahead Pricing, the further in advance you purchase your tickets, the more you save. Get tickets HERE.
Annual Passholders or Members and undated ticket holders can make reservations HERE.
A reopening date for I-471 south at the Ohio River has not been identified. I-471 North is open with lane closures. These closures and bridge repairs over the next few weeks may impact your travel to Newport Aquarium.
We recommend that you plan extra time for your journey and use GPS navigation for the best alternative route to Newport Aquarium.
If you have any questions, please call 1-800-406-3474 and we’d be happy to help!
Seahorses: Unbridled Fun invites you to explore the fascinating underwater world of seahorses, sea dragons and pipefish. Get eye-to-eye with each little one, see their zany behaviors and experience these unique creatures like never before.
Seahorses live in shallow coastal habitats like seagrass beds, mangrove forests, coral reefs and estuaries. Discover some of the other animals that live in these habitats like the synchronized swimming razor fish and the alien-looking cuttlefish.
Sea Your Own Creations: Discover your inner-artist at the Seahorse Creation Station and create a digital seahorse you can share with friends and family.
Touch Giant Seahorses: Shrink down to their size with these larger-than-life Seahorse Sculptures and learn about the unusual features that make seahorses so delightfully unique.
Fun Facts
Seahorses have attributes that mimic other animals!
Head: Shaped like a horse
Eyes: Move independently like a chameleon
Tail: Grips like a monkey tail
Fins: Flap fast like hummingbird wings
Pouch: Males carry babies in a pouch like a kangaroo