When it was super-hot earlier in the summer, we were struggling to find things to do outside of the house but not inside a mall. We were aware of the National Aquarium but had never been there. Like most folks in the area, we were under the impression that the Baltimore Aquarium is the only aquarium worth seeing in the greater metro area. We were glad to be wrong!
The National Aquarium is not very big and it won't, well, blow you out of the water. For younger kids, though, it was just right. There weren't many empty tanks (it's sad when kids are searching eagerly and you have to tell them that there's nothing in there!) and there were a lot of interesting, colorful creatures. We were there for a book signing, which made it extra fun. Our son ran in circles around the exhibit area and had a great time. Perhaps just as good as the visit was the metro ride there and back. (An escalator and a train? Twice in a day? He was thrilled.)
In general, one of the things that my husband and I have learned to do was change our expectations. We don't need six hours of dolphin shows and 47 species never seen before. We just need a child to utter "wow" and chatter about fishies for two days afterwards to have had a successful outing. The National Aquarium was perfect for that.
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