Visitors to the New England Aquarium can reach out and gently stroke cownose rays, Atlantic rays, and epaulette sharks as they swim gracefully through the crystal clear water of the the Trust Family Foundation Shark and Ray Touch Tank. Adults and children can get their hands wet at the Edge of the Sea’s tidepool touch tank and pet a sea star, meet a lobster, or cradle a hermit crab. Wind your way along the four-story Giant Ocean Tank and be mesmerized by the 200,000-gallon Caribbean coral reef exhibit teeming with more than 1,000 marine animals.

Official Website: http://www.neaq.org/