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nmea logo2008 National Marine Educators' Association Conference

The UGA Marine Extension Service and the Georgia Association of Marine Educators are proud to host the NMEA conference in Beautiful Savannah Georgia on July 21-24, 2008.
 
MAREX Units:
UGA Marine Extension Service
UGA Marine Education Center & Aquarium
UGA Shellfish Research Laboratory
UGA Marine Advisory Services
UGA Seafood Education & Marketing

Aquarium hours of operation:

  • Aquarium: 9 AM - 4 PM weekdays
  • Aquarium: noon until 5 PM Saturday
  • Call (912) 598-FISH

Admission:

  • Ages 13 to adult is $4
  • Seniors and ages 3 to 12 is $2
  • Children under 3 are free

Mailing Address:

The Marine Education Center & Aquarium
30 Ocean Science Circle / Savannah, Georgia 31411

Directions:

From I-16: Exit onto Lynes Parkway East (516) to Savannah (this becomes DeRenne Ave.). Continue on DeRenne and turn right onto Truman Parkway heading South. Follow Truman to Whitfield Avenue exit and turn left at ramp traffic light. Whitfield will become Diamond Causeway. Cross the drawbridge over the Skidaway River, go past Skidaway Island State Park (on your left), and go through the traffic light. At the four-way stop, turn left onto McWhorter Dr. Continueuntil you reach the Skidaway Marine Science Center. The UGA Aquarium will be to your left. Parking is free. Handicapped spaces are available in front of the building.

Click "here" to view a map of the area.

 

The UGA Aquarium on Skidaway Island

aquaOur exhibits display organisms typical of the various habitats that are found along the coast: the tidal creeks of the salt marshes, the ocean beaches, and the open waters of the continental shelf including "live bottom" areas such as Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Fourteen exhibit tanks hold 200 live animals that represent approximately 50 species of fish, turtles, and invertebrates found along the Georgia coast.

The aquarium and museum exhibit areas were completely renovated in the fall of 2007 with support from the (NOAA) Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Program and the UGA Marine Extension Service. Some of the new exhibits are illustrated below.

museumMuseum display cases on the upper level exhibit fossils of sharks, giant armadillos, whales, mastodons, wooly mammoths dredged from the Skidaway River. Native American artifacts dating back to the "Guale" era of Georgia's prehistory are also on exhibit, as are sea island grass baskets crafted by the Gullah residents of Sapelo Island. This area is occasionally used as an exhibit area to display photographs and paintings by local artists.

diorama(NOAA) Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary diorama
Museum exhibits museum
marsh tankSalt marsh exhibit
Bigeye tank tank
 
 

 
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This page was last updated on March 3, 2008
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