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Visitor tip
Don't miss the interactive touch pools where you can feed and pet stingrays, jellyfish, starfish, and sea anemones—these are the most popular attractions mentioned by visitors and offer hands-on learning experiences.
Visitor tip
Engage with the knowledgeable and friendly staff members stationed throughout the facility—they enhance the experience by sharing facts and creating teachable moments about ocean creatures and freshwater species.
Visitor tip
Check if special events like animal feeding experiences or mermaid performances are scheduled during your visit; these interactive elements add unique entertainment value and create memorable photo opportunities for all ages.
About Shreveport Aquarium
Jellyfish can be touched & sting rays hand fed at this small aquarium with a waterfront restaurant.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Aquarium
- Highlights
- Touch tanks with stingrays and sea creatures, sharks, alligators, interactive animal encounters
- Hours
- Mon-Fri noon-4pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm (Summer from 10am)
What visitors say
Neat little aquarium! I'm so impressed by how well maintained it is and quite a lot of activities to enjoy. There are touch pools (the rays love to be fed & petted), several sharks (and the babies), and even a mining area. Sadly the…
My son is 9 & absolutely loves visiting so much so that we bought annual passes! It's not huge but definitely worth the visit! The staff are super friendly & so very knowledgeable! We are never disappointed when we visit!
In celebration of my neighbor's birthday we went to the aquarium and at the time they had the "mermaids"! This aquarium was a wonderful experience! Both my neighbor and myself are nature lovers, and this facility, though it's not…
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Did You Know?
- Visitors can hand-feed and touch stingrays in interactive touch tanks, with stingray feeding mentioned in 102 reviews as a primary attraction
- Moon jellies can be touched by visitors in designated touch tanks, making this one of few aquariums offering safe jellyfish contact experiences
- The aquarium features a shark tunnel with special mermaid performances that swim alongside sharks, creating an immersive theatrical experience
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