Shedd Aquarium

FREE admission to Shedd with the Go Chicago Card or as a choice with the Chicago Explorer Pass

Description

On the shores of Lake Michigan lies a gateway to an underwater world unlike anything you've ever seen, heard, or touched. Sharks patrol, jellies pulse, and fishes from around the world school together. Shedd Aquarium is the destination where guests become explorers.

Have you ever head-bobbed with a blue iguana on a desert island? Gotten eye-to-eye with a piranha in the Amazon? Or followed a sea turtle as she cruised through the Caribbean? With more than 32,500 animals representing 1,500 species, it's all possible at Shedd.

You can even have an up-close and personal encounter with dozens of sharks in Wild Reef. Floor-to-ceiling exhibit windows give you a diver's-eye view of a Philippines coral reef, teeming with live corals and more than 500 species of reef fishes of all shapes, colors and sizes.

Meet some of the aquarium’s most fascinating creatures. Granddad, for example, is Shedd’s resident Australian lungfish, known to be the oldest fish in any of the world’s aquariums. The Shedd Aquarium recently welcomed a new member: a female beluga whale calf named Naya, born to another beluga at the aquarium named Puiji. Each of the animals at the aquarium has a unique story which they would love to share with their visitors.

Enjoy the new Fantasea aquatic show at the Shedd aquarium for an extra $2 with your Go Chicago Card (tickets can be purchased at the Shedd box office). Fantasea offers an exposé of acrobatic and comedic feats performed by some of the aquarium’s most beloved residents. Watch beluga whales gracefully dance, a red-tailed hawk fly overhead, and the flips and tricks of the Pacific White-sided dolphins.

Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Shedd, the World's Aquarium.

Price:

Cost with the card: free

Cost without the card:
Adult (13+): $26.95
Child (3-12): $19.95

Hours:

Winter weekdays, Labor Day-Memorial Day: Daily 9:00 am-5:00 pm;
Winter weekends and holidays: 9:00 am-6:00 pm;
Summer: Memorial Day-Labor Day, Daily 9:00 am-6:00 pm.

Closed:

Christmas Day. All holiday hours are subject to change without notice.

Driving:

From Lake Shore Drive, exit at 18th Street. Follow Museum Campus Drive around Soldier Field. Signs will indicate visitor parking. Shedd Aquarium is just north of the parking garage and the Field Museum.

Public Transportation:

Take CTA: Red, Orange, or Green Line to the Roosevelt Road/Museum Campus stop. Take CTA bus #146 from points north or south.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:

Please present your Go Chicago Card to any ticket taker. They will validate it, return your card, and let you in.

On rare occasions this attraction closes early due to private functions, outside of the control of Go Chicago Card.

The Go City Card is accepted until 5:30pm unless otherwise noted; during all other times standard admission will apply.