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Best time
Visit on weekday mornings or avoid peak times like holiday afternoons. Multiple reviews mention severe overcrowding that makes the experience unpleasant and difficult to see exhibits, especially in the narrow hallways.
Visitor tip
Arrive early if visiting with young children under 5 for the touch tank. The water depth makes it difficult for very small children to reach and pet the stingrays and sturgeon without adult assistance.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Aquarium
- Location
- Discovery World, Milwaukee
- Interactive Features
- Touch Tank with stingrays and sturgeon, Animal Encounters, Mermaid Echo visits
- Admission
- Included in Discovery World ticket
What visitors say
I went to Discovery World’s Reiman Aquarium with my husband and our two teenagers expecting an aquarium experience. Instead, we got absolute chaos. There were more unsupervised children running around than actual fish. We were…
It was OK. Parking was a joke, seriously. Went "good friday" Parking lot attendant had a full parking garage yet still had people pulling in to drive around aimlessly looking for a place to park. $20 to park in garage. Otherwise the…
Truman Aquarium is a great spot to take the family and is connected to Discovery World. It’s a smaller aquarium than those in larger cities and it’s still a fun place for the kids to explore and learn about the freshwater eco system.…
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Did You Know?
- The aquarium features a life-size ship exhibit suspended from the ceiling that visitors can explore, serving as a unique interactive element beyond traditional aquarium displays
- The Touch Tank allows visitors to physically pet both stingrays and lake sturgeon, with the sturgeon petting experience being a notable interactive feature mentioned across multiple reviews
- The aquarium hosts special Mermaid Echo visits as part of its Animal Encounters program, indicating unique educational and entertainment programming beyond standard aquarium exhibits
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