Connecticut
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Town of Stonington

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Mystic Aquarium is a marine aquarium in . It is one of only two U.S. facilities holding Steller sea lions, and it has the only beluga whales in New England.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Public aquarium
  • Description: aquarium in Connecticut
  • Also known as: “Mystic Aquarium” and “Mystic Marinelife Aquarium”
  • Address: CT
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mystic Seaport Marine Museum and Whitehall Mansion.

Theme park
Photo: Joethon, Public domain.
Mystic Seaport Museum is a maritime museum in , and the largest in the United States. Its 19-acre site holds a collection of ships and boats and a re-creation of a 19th-century seaport village consisting of more than 60 historic buildings, including many rare commercial structures that were moved to the site and meticulously restored. is situated 1 mile southwest of Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

Building
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a historic house at 42 Whitehall Avenue in the side of , . Built about 1771 for a local physician and politician, it is a fine example of late Georgian architecture. is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

Museum
is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in . The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District and Old Mystic.

Neighborhood
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The is located in the village of in , . Its main focus is the former Rossie Velvet Mill, a large brick industrial facility on the east side of Greenmanville Avenue that is now a research center for the nearby Museum.

Village
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is a village and census-designated place located in the towns of and Connecticut. The population was 3,554 at the 2010 census.

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is a village that is partly in and partly in in . It is a major tourist destination.

Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration

Latitude
41.37343° or 41° 22′ 24″ north
Longitude
-71.95194° or 71° 57′ 7″ west
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
87HC92FX+96
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44222821
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­aquarium
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
4838257
Wiki­data ID
Q6948918
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Egyptian Arabic—“Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “勘探研究所”
  • Chinese: “米斯蒂克水族館暨勘探研究所”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اكواريوم و معهد الاستكشاف ميستيك”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.