Event Information
May 11 – September 2, 2019
Member Preview: Saturday, May 11 – 9-11am
Open to public: Saturday, May 11 at 11am
Enter an indoor gallery through a massive shark jaw tunnel to experience a unique and never before seen Shark Zone Exhibit, created by the Virginia Living Museum. Enjoy the wonders of our vast oceans and learn more about our friends in the deep blue sea.
- TOUR an amazing gallery of photos by National Geographic photographer, Brian Skerry and life-sized models of shark species!
- TOUCH live cat sharks and skates in an 8 foot chilled, saltwater tank!
- TRACK a shark as it travels the ocean in real-time and enter Fossil Beach to dig for shark teeth!
Enter a shark cage and come face-to-face with a full-size great white shark replica. Witness a spectacular grouping of over 35 photographs of sharks in the world’s oceans: photographed by award winning National Geographic photographer, Brian Skerry.(through August 4)
Step outside to a Fossil Beach and dig in a pit for real fossil shark teeth and learn to identify the type of shark they came from.
Learn from a computer kiosk and track over 20 tagged Great White Shark locations in the world’s oceans and explore educational websites with shark themed games and quizzes. View a large monitor of dramatic underwater video footage by award winning photographer Brian Skerry.