Maritime Aquarium Offers Free Admission for 'Salute Norwak Days'

From The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk:

NORWALK, CT – Norwalk residents can get close to seals, sharks and sea turtles for free on Saturday, November 5 and Saturday, December 3 in a special admission offer from their grateful hometown jewel, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.

On The Maritime Aquarium’s “Salute Norwalk Days,” the popular family attraction thanks the residents of Norwalk for their support by offering free admission to city residents. (Proof of residency is required.)

Admission – which includes one of four breathtaking 40-minute IMAX® movies – regularly is $22.95 for adults, $20.95 for youths (13-17) & seniors (65+), and $15.95 for children (3-12).

In addition, Norwalk residents receive 10 percent discounts in the Aquarium Gift Shop on “Salute Norwalk Days.”

Saturday, November 5 also is part of The Maritime Aquarium’s “Coat Drive Weekend,” which supports Person-to-Person of Norwalk. It’s part of The Maritime Aquarium’s “Closer to Our Community” initiative, which engages the popular family attraction (and its visitors) in ways that benefit the local community. On November 5 and 6, guests donating a new or gently used winter coat, hat or gloves receive $5 off a children’s admission.

“Norwalk residents won’t need a coat–drive discount on November 5 because they receive free admission through ‘Salute Norwalk Day,’” said Dave Sigworth, the Aquarium’s spokesman. “But we still encourage Norwalk residents to help their neighbors in need by donating some form of winter apparel.”

Visits to The Maritime Aquarium bring families closer as they get close to more than 2,700 marine animals, including sand tiger sharks, harbor seals, river otters, sea turtles and pulsing jellyfish – all native to Long Island Sound, its watershed and the oceans beyond.

Image via The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk.