Visit to DC

[lazidog]

My family and I will be traveling to DC later this month, I am a big reef junkie and wanted to see if there is anywhere in DC that I could get a fix. It has been many years since I have been there as a tourist and would like to see if there are any public aquariums or LFS's that are a must see.

 

randyelmore@sc.rr.com

[smallreef]

There is the national aquarium in DC it's a small aquarium as its larger sister is in Baltimore harbor....

The national zoo (not in downtown DC) has a few exhibits too I believe....

[Brian Ward]

There is a large tank at the Museum of Natural History. A very small aquarium in the basement of the Commerce building (officially the National Aquarium) but the big one is in Baltimore, as smallreef mentioned. There are quite a few good LFSs but none of them are near downtown DC. All are about an hour to 1.5 hours outside the city.

[zygote2k]

40 minutes outside of DC is Marine Scene. Chock full of nice display tanks.

[Steve175]

The reef at the Museum of Natural History is worth a visit (and well tolerated by the non-reef junkies in the family as well)