Audubon Aquarium of the Americas - New Orleans Zoos and Aquarium

Full Amenity List

• Strollers Available
• Wheelchair Accessible

Descriptions from Across the Web

• Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the following description may no longer be accurate. Please consider this when making your travel plans. This is a world-class aquarium with state-of-the-art exhibits, allowing visitors young and old to experience underwater nature first hand. Visito... more on Yahoo! Travel
• Our Mission Audubon Nature Institute's purpose of Celebrating the Wonders of Nature guides it's mission to: Provide a guest experience of outstanding quality Exhibit the diversity of wildlife Preserve native Louisiana habitats Educate our diverse audience about the natural world Enhance... more on Auduboninstitute.org
• Located on the Mississippi River bank in scenic Woldenberg Riverfront Park, the Aquarium of the Americas hosts daily 'expeditions' into the major aquatic habitats of North and South America: the Caribbean Sea, the Amazon Rainforest, the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. The acclaimed anim... more on Epinions.com
• Audubon Aquarium of the Americas offers enhanced exhibits and a wonderful aquatic animal collection. Visit new animals and old favorites, too—including our ... more on Auduboninstitute.org
• The world-class Audubon Institute's Aquarium of the Americas was one of the saddest of so many terrible Katrina stories. The facility had superb hurricane contingency plans, not to mention engineering that one only wishes was shared by the levee system, and consequently both building and fishy re... more on Frommers

Directions

Directions from the West or East: Via Interstate 10, exit at Carrollton Avenue (Exit 232) heading south. Cross CLAIBORNE and ST. CHARLES avenues and take a LEFT on LEAKE AVE (also called RIVER ROAD). Past the stop sign at BROADWAY and LEAKE AVE will tur

At the River

Hours

Tuesday through Sunday (closed Mondays) 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Miscellaneous

• Admission: Audubon Zoo members get in free to the Zoo! Zoo Aquarium IMAX�� Aquarium/IMAX�� Adult $12.00 $17.00 $8.00 $22.00 Child (2-12) $7.00 $10.00 $5.00 $12.00 Sr. Citizen (65+) $9.00 $13.00 $7.00 $17.00

Other Web Resources

• Read more about Audubon Aquarium of the Americas on Yahoo! Travel
• www.auduboninstitute.org
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