Tennessee Aquarium

Tennessee Aquarium
A LEGO-style person looks at a large aquarium exhibit with rocks, plants, and a pretend submarine display inside a blue-lit futuristic room.
A LEGO-style person looks at a large aquarium exhibit with rocks, plants, and a pretend submarine display inside a blue-lit futuristic room.
Chattanooga
Zoos & Aquariums

Discover how water connects all life as it flows from the mountains to the sea. If you’re feeling really adventurous, you can even pet stingrays and sharks. Yes, we said sharks.

Photographic proof of fun

We created a smart wearable to track kid’s

LAUGHTER + EXCITEMENT

All Kids
Laughter 2 - Excitement 4

a little
laughter

tons of
excitement

31
136.5
What the kids are saying:

PENGUINS LOOK LIKE RICH PEOPLE.

Hillary
4

THE TURTLE LOOKED LIKE A MONSTER TO THE OTHER FISH.

Miles
7

I WANT TO BE A SCUBA DIVER SO I CAN SWIM WITH THE SHARKS.

Alexandria
12

A BUTTERFLY LANDED ON MY HAND!

Sash
12

MY FAVORITE FISH IS A GREAT WHITE BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE THERE.

Tim
11

ARE JELLYFISH MADE OF GRAPE JELLY OR STWABERRY?

Lainey
5

THE STINGRAY FELT SCRATCHY LIKE PEPPERCORNS.

Olivia
5

THE CRABS WERE WILD! AND THE STINGRAY WERE SLIMY AND VEINY.

Camden
12

WE GOT TO SEE THE FISH BEING FED. IT WAS SO COOL!

Ella
10

I WISH THEY HAD HORSES THERE.

Miles
7
Kid Wisdom

We learned a ton from the data we collected.
Here are some nuggets you don't want to miss.

Fishes respond well to fish faces at Tennessee Aquarium.
It's all fun and laughs until a shark swims by at Tennessee Aquarium.
Butterflies have giggle super-powers at Tennessee Aquarium.
Scientific conclusion: Turtles don't laugh, but they do make kids laugh at Tennessee Aquarium.
Tennessee Aquarium
113991