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School Break Camps includes 1-day sessions where campers explore exhibits, see behind the scenes, and meet some ocean invertebrates up close. Activities include an underwater voyage into the deep sea to discover some of the ocean’s most extreme life forms, including bioluminescent creatures and strange, alien-like species, and to explore how animals survive crushing pressure, total darkness, and wild habitats. Campers also meet some of the ocean’s strangest residents, including bizarre fish, unusual invertebrates, and remarkable marine mammals through hands-on activities and up-close animal encounters, and they view live cams of sea otters and Ocean Wonders: Sharks!
• Ages: 6–10 years old
• Schedule: 1-day camps for 1st–4th graders from 9:00am–3:00pm on select Mondays and Tuesdays during school breaks
• Price: $125 non-member / $100 member per 1-day camp
School Break Camps offers specific 1-day themes, including Deep Sea Discoveries, Sea-riously Weird, and Sea Superstars. Campers have early access into the aquarium, attend the Aquatheater Show, and may join Wild Encounters that get them up-close with animals like penguins and sea lions. Families are asked to send campers with a nut-free lunch and snack.
The program takes place at the New York Aquarium, which occupies 14 acres and is home to over 500 species of marine wildlife. Campers may visit the Ocean Wonders: Sharks! exhibit, which features sharks from around the world with a focus on local wildlife including rays, turtles, and schools of fish, and is home to 18 different kinds of sharks and ray species. Live cams of animals, including sea otters and Ocean Wonders: Sharks!, are part of the experience.
The New York Aquarium was founded in 1896, moved to its current home on Coney Island in 1957, and opened the Donald Zucker and Barbara Hrbek Zucker Ocean Wonders: Sharks! exhibit in 2018. The Aquarium’s mission is to make a connection between visitors and oceans, focusing on field research in the waters of New York. Its Conservation Program includes shark and whale tagging, ecological monitoring, and protection of local habitat, and the Aquarium works to practice conservation locally and connect people to wildlife.
Parent and visitor feedback about the Aquarium includes comments such as “The new shark exhibit is EXCELLENT! I loved all the focus on recycling at the end of the shark exhibit,” and “This aquarium is superb. Great exhibits, entertaining, awesome show, friendly, knowledgeable staff.” Another visitor notes, “The shark tunnel is beautiful and loaded with different species of shark. I also love the sea lion show.”
Last updated July 29, 2026.
• Ages: 6–10 years old
• Schedule: 1-day camps for 1st–4th graders from 9:00am–3:00pm on select Mondays and Tuesdays during school breaks
• Price: $125 non-member / $100 member per 1-day camp
School Break Camps offers specific 1-day themes, including Deep Sea Discoveries, Sea-riously Weird, and Sea Superstars. Campers have early access into the aquarium, attend the Aquatheater Show, and may join Wild Encounters that get them up-close with animals like penguins and sea lions. Families are asked to send campers with a nut-free lunch and snack.
The program takes place at the New York Aquarium, which occupies 14 acres and is home to over 500 species of marine wildlife. Campers may visit the Ocean Wonders: Sharks! exhibit, which features sharks from around the world with a focus on local wildlife including rays, turtles, and schools of fish, and is home to 18 different kinds of sharks and ray species. Live cams of animals, including sea otters and Ocean Wonders: Sharks!, are part of the experience.
The New York Aquarium was founded in 1896, moved to its current home on Coney Island in 1957, and opened the Donald Zucker and Barbara Hrbek Zucker Ocean Wonders: Sharks! exhibit in 2018. The Aquarium’s mission is to make a connection between visitors and oceans, focusing on field research in the waters of New York. Its Conservation Program includes shark and whale tagging, ecological monitoring, and protection of local habitat, and the Aquarium works to practice conservation locally and connect people to wildlife.
Parent and visitor feedback about the Aquarium includes comments such as “The new shark exhibit is EXCELLENT! I loved all the focus on recycling at the end of the shark exhibit,” and “This aquarium is superb. Great exhibits, entertaining, awesome show, friendly, knowledgeable staff.” Another visitor notes, “The shark tunnel is beautiful and loaded with different species of shark. I also love the sea lion show.”
Last updated July 29, 2026.
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