Tours and Encounters
Let us make your next birthday celebration special!
Perfect for scouts and other recreational groups.
Bring the Aquarium to you!
Pack your sleeping bag and celebrate your next birthday at the Aquarium!
Do you want to be a marine biologist? Then this is the program for you! Suggested ages: 8-13 years.
Roll up your sleeves and help prepare some food as you learn about taking care of some of our most popular furry critters!
Experience what our mammalogists do on a day-to-day basis to help take care of our fun seals and sea lions.
Venture behind the scenes in this NEW shark-focused tour that now includes Shark Lagoon, our Bird Barn, and Animal Care Center construction.
This two-hour experience will lead the guests through the Aquarium on a guided tour of many of our most exciting behind the scenes areas.
These tours give the guest a chance to see the highlights of three of our exhibit galleries through the eyes of one of our experienced tour guides.
These classes are developed for youth groups such as scouts and brownie troops. Suggested ages: 8-11 years.
These classes are developed for youth groups such as scouts and brownie troops. Suggested ages: 6-8 years.
Learn all about animals in a fun, interactive classroom program where you get the chance to meet one of our furry or feathered animals up close and personal.
Tour the Long Beach/Los Angeles Harbors with Harbor Breeze Cruises for a 45-minute narrated cruise around one of the most active ports in the world.
Take a voyage with Harbor Breeze Cruises in search of gray whales as they migrate along our coastline.
This class is designed to get you hands-on experience here at the Aquarium with our Aviculturists.
Join us for a morning of gentle paddling in the Upper Newport Bay Ecological Preserve for an up-close view of nature.
As we explore our surroundings we will discover the beautiful shapes in the sea with your two or three-year-old.
Explore these incredible animals with your four to six-year-old child.
Looking to avoid crowds, get up close to the exhibits, and have fun with your toddler or pre-toddler? Our mommy, me, and fish class is just right for you!
Let’s focus on our sense of touch as we explore slippery slugs, prickly sea urchins, and more with your two or three-year-old.
Learn what it takes to be a world-class veterinarian in charge of over 12,500 animals in this hands-on class.
Explore your five senses while discovering how ocean animals use their sense of sight, smell, hearing, touch, and taste to survive with your two or three-year-old.
Kids ages 10-12 will discover the adaptations the animals that live right off our coast need.
Discover fun facts and turtle trivia as you explore these reptiles with your four to six-year-old child.
Do you love the calming sound of the waves on the shore? Did you know that there is a commotion of noise just under those waves?
Aquarist is not a zodiac sign, it is a very important position that our scaly and spineless friends rely on! Find out what it takes to be one in this three-hour class!
What’s your favorite color? Discover which animal in the ocean shares your passion for purple or your glee at the sight of green with your two or three-year-old.
Discover how sharks’ amazing adaptations make them excellent predators with your four- to six-year-old child.
Husbandry has nothing to do with finding a mate, and everything to do with animal healthcare. Learn how our mammalogists care for our marine mammals.
Explore what makes marine mammals like whales to sea otters so special with your four to six-year-old child.
Explore the Aquarium after hours, and don’t forget to pack your sleeping bag!
Have a “spooktacular” evening at the Aquarium with creepy crawly critters, pumpkin painting, and a freaky flashlight tour.
Join us as we explore the Pacific Ocean and its inhabitants during our three-day Winter Day Camp adventure.
Ring in the new year with your family and aquatic friends at the Aquarium!
Participants ages 7-10 will learn why they would find birds and reptiles at an Aquarium and how marine biologists care for them.
Explore how animals move in their watery world with your two or three-year-old.
Participants ages 10-12 will learn why they would find birds and reptiles at an Aquarium and how marine biologists care for them.
Join us as we “zoom in” on Puffins and other seabirds to find out what makes them so special.
Kids ages 7-10 will discover the adaptations the animals that live right off our coast need.
Preschoolers will ‘dive’ through the kelp forest in search of seals and sea lions in this class!
Participants ages 7-10 will learn how an amazing variety of animals have adapted to live in the icy north!
Preschool-age students can explore these fascinating and colorful creatures.
Participants ages 10-12 will learn how an amazing variety of animals have adapted to live in the icy north!
NEXT CLASS: Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Participants ages 7-10 will learn all about this colorful habitat and the animals that live in it.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Apr 3, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Preschool students can come along as we explore these amazing spineless creatures and learn the fascinating ways they survive in the ocean.
NEXT CLASS: Thu Apr 8, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Participants ages 10-12 will learn all about this colorful habitat and the animals that live in it.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Join us as we explore a set of controversial strategies that will either facilitate or impede our quest for sustainability
NEXT CLASS: Wed Apr 21, 2010 7:00 pm–7:00 pm
Participants ages 7-10 will explore these amazing predators in this exciting class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat May 8, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Participants ages 10-12 will explore these amazing predators in this exciting class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat May 15, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Find out how a sea otter spends its day, both above and below the water’s surface in this preschool class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat May 22, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Participants ages 7-10 will learn what makes marine mammals so special.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Jun 12, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Preschool students will dive into the world of turtles as we explore the many types and adaptations of each.
NEXT CLASS: Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Participants ages 10-12 will explore the unique adaptations that marine mammals have employed to stay alive in the ocean.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Give your 5th-7th grade child the opportunity to delve deeper into the field of marine biology.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
This three-day camp offers an exciting introduction to marine biology for five-and-six-year-olds.
NEXT CLASS: Tue Jun 22, 2010 8:30 am–8:30 am
Give your 5th-7th grade child the opportunity to delve deeper into the field of marine biology.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Jun 28, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
Bring your 3-or-4-year-old little fry to the Aquarium for a special parent-child day camp!
NEXT CLASS: Tue Jun 29, 2010 8:30 am–8:30 am
Join us as we explore the Pacific ocean and its inhabitants during our weeklong summer day camp adventures for kids in grades 2-4.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Jul 5, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
Join us as we explore the Pacific ocean and its inhabitants during our weeklong summer day camp adventures for kids in grades 2-4.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
Whether it is a hermit crab or a sea snail, we will explore their changing homes and the ways they survive in and out of the tide pool.
NEXT CLASS: Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Participants ages 7-10 will learn what marine biologists have discovered about these spineless wonders in this hands-on class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Join us as we explore the Pacific ocean and its inhabitants during our weeklong summer day camp adventures for kids in grades 2-4.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
Participants ages 10-12 will learn what marine biologists have discovered about these spineless wonders in this hands-on class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Jul 24, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
This three-day camp offers an exciting introduction to marine biology for five-and-six-year-olds.
NEXT CLASS: Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:30 am–8:30 am
This camp gives 7th to 9th graders interested in marine science an opportunity to learn hands on what it is like to be a marine biologist.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Aug 9, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
Participants ages 7-10 will learn about the many adaptations of these scaly friends.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Aug 14, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
Join us as we explore the Pacific ocean and its inhabitants during our weeklong summer day camp adventures for kids in grades 2-4.
NEXT CLASS: Mon Aug 16, 2010 8:00 am–8:00 am
We will explore why plants, animals, and people need water as we investigate this wet and wonderful world.
NEXT CLASS: Thu Aug 19, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Participants ages 10-12 will learn about the many adaptations of these scaly friends.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
This preschool program focuses on the super sticky sea star!
NEXT CLASS: Tue Sep 14, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Discover super sharks and radical rays, and learn what these relatives have in common in this preschool class!
NEXT CLASS: Thu Oct 14, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Preschool-age students can explore these fascinating and colorful creatures.
NEXT CLASS: Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:30 pm–2:30 pm
Take home a special keepsake book made by you in this class.
NEXT CLASS: Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:30 am–9:30 am
