On the Mississippi riverfront at the foot of Canal Street, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas gives families a front-row seat to the underwater South: a walk-through Caribbean tunnel, Gulf of Mexico sharks and sea turtles, and a penguin colony that never fails to steal the show.
Kids can touch stingrays, meet rescued sea turtles in the rehabilitation spotlight and explore a Maya reef teeming with tropical fish, while the Entergy Giant Screen Theater adds giant-format ocean adventures to the day.
Steps from the French Quarter and the streetcar lines, the aquarium is the classic cool-down-and-wow stop of a New Orleans family trip — air-conditioned wonder included.
