Newport Aquarium | Newport, Kentucky, Greater Cincinnati, Activities

Newport Aquarium
One Aquarium Way
Newport, KY 41071

Located at Newport on the Levee

Dive Into Our Exhibits!

Explore our 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length, featuring an amazing variety of aquatic life from around the world. Just look at what awaits you on your journey through the world's most exotic and exciting waterways.

Daily Schedule of Activities

There are a lot of fun things to do today! You can play with penguins, touch sharks, see animals and fish being fed and even go behind the scenes. Click here to download a printable brochure.

Catch the Penguin Parade with an African Blackfoot Penguin. It’s free and open to the public everyday on the plaza in front of the Aquarium or inside the Aquarium lobby during inclement weather. Every day: 10:15 a.m.

Learn how your aquarium is pioneering the world’s first Shark Ray Breeding Program in this exciting documentary playing in the Theater. Every day: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Touch critters and sharks at the Touch Pool in Shore Gallery and in Shark Central. Every day: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Meet a Biologist everyday at 11:00 a.m. and 4:00p.m.

Watch Piranha being fed in the Dangerous and Deadly Gallery. Mon., Wed., Fri. 11:00 a.m.

Watch Sharks and Fishes being fed in the Surrounded by Sharks exhibit. Mon., Wed. 1:30 p.m.

See Sandtiger and Sandbar Sharks being fed in the Surrounded by Sharks exhibits. Tuesday 1:30 p.m.

Watch Otters being fed in the Rainforest exhibit. Every day: 2:15 p.m.

See our rare Shark Rays – Sweet Pea and Scooter – being hand-fed and trained by divers in the Surrounded by Sharks exhibit. Monday – Friday 2:30 p.m.

Watch Penguins being fed by Aquarium biologists in the Kingdom of Penguins exhibit. Every day: 3 p.m

Take a Behind-the-Scenes Tour for an inside look and learn what it takes to maintain a one million-gallon environment. You’ll see miles of pipes, explore how the animals are fed and visit the vet lab on this guided tour.
Every day: 11 a.m., 2 p.m.,
Fri., Sat., Sun. 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. $15, all ages

Get up-close and personal with a Penguin Encounter. Take part in this new, 20 minute experience where you’ll hang out with a biologist and three Blackfooted penguins in the Penguin House.
Every day: 11a.m., 11:45 a.m., 2:00 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 4 p.m. $25, all ages

Hand-feed the Lorikeets from a cup of nectar you can purchase in the Rainforest exhibit.
Every day: 10:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. $1 per cup

* All daily events and times are subject to change.

Contact Information

Newport Aquarium
One Aquarium Way
Newport, KY 41071

Located at Newport on the Levee

Phone (859) 261-7444
Fax: (859) 261-5888

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