Regular Hours – Labor Day to Memorial Day
Sept. 5, 2007 – May 26, 2008
Weekdays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Weekends 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Closed Christmas Day.
Animal Encounters
You’ll find lots of animals to encounter up close and personal every day at Shedd Aquarium, including tarantulas, turtles, snakes and lizards. You never know who you might meet as we add animals to this popular program.
Times: Hourly from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Amazon Rising, Local Waters, and Islands and Lakes. Check signs in the foyer for who’s where when. 
Wild Reef Dive
Check out our new narrated dives in the schooling fishes habitat.
Time: Every day at 10:30 a.m.
Location: Wild Reef
Caribbean Reef Dive
Our new dive is the next best thing to getting in the water with the animals. You’ll find out more about sea turtle Nickel, the 7-foot moray eel, the pretty parrotfish and all the other reef residents. Talk to one of our divers while he or she is underwater feeding more than 300 animals that call the Caribbean Reef home.
Times: 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m.
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Camp Shedd
Take an imaginary canoe trip through the Great Lakes, visit a campsite and get close to native turtles, snakes, frogs, fishes and birds of prey like the barred owl, great horned owl, or red-tailed hawk.
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Local Waters Galley
Tots on Tuesdays
Shedd offers activities created especially for the preschool set. "Tots on Tuesdays" includes story times, crafts, animal touch programs, videos, costumed characters and more.
Times: Tuesdays throughout day
Location: Look for information posted about activity locations in the Kovler Family Hall (main foyer).
Early Closings, Extended Hours and Special Schedules
