Upcoming Events: |
2008 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.
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| 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. |
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The UGA Aquarium on Skidaway Island
Our
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.
Museum
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.
(NOAA)
Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary diorama |
Museum exhibits  |
Salt
marsh exhibit |
Bigeye tank  |
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