WMTW-TV8 • May 13, 2024
The Maine State Aquarium in West Boothbay Harbor will reopen this summer with several new tanks and exhibits - including a touch tank. The aquarium, which is run by the Maine Department of Marine Resources, will open on June 26 during the Windjammer Festival and will remain open through Labor Day. The aquarium will be open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The aquarium closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then underwent significant renovations and updates. There is even a new 300-gallon touch tank themed as an intertidal pool with an accompanying wave tank.