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AQUARIUM NOW OPEN AT ROCKPORT HARBOR |
The Aquarium at Rockport Harbor, Inc. is located at 702 Navigation Circle, Rockport, Texas 78382. The Aquarium is a large metal building on the eastern side of Rockport Harbor. Current visiting hours are Thursday through Monday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Special tours are available upon request for schools, churches, scouts, social and civic groups and other special needs. Admission is free to all. (Dog friendly as well.) Additional information can be obtained by contacting TPWD office at 361 729-2328.
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Rockport Marine Lab, located on the Rockport Harbor, has housed an aquarium since it was built in 1947. The aquarium hosted over 2000 visitors a month before it was required to close in 1987, due to building structure issues. “For the past 20 years we have had visitors on a weekly basis looking for the aquarium which they visited as a child. This sustained interest and the opportunity to provide an educational outlet to many local tourists has inspired us to reopen the aquarium, “ explained Ed Hegen, Regional Director, Coastal Fisheries Division.
The Aquarium project benefited significantly from an initial cash contribution from the Aransas County Commissioners’ Court and a generous gift of surplus exhibition tanks from the Texas State Aquarium. “It is projects like this, where everyone works together, that make our community the wonderful place that it is,” states County Judge Burt Mills. “We appreciate TPWD Coastal Fisheries for their work in this project.”
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![]() Tour "Behind the Scene" to View How We Maintain Our Aquariums |
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The Rockport Aquarium is Now Available to be Rented for Private Parties
When it is Not Open
to the Public.
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For additional information, please contact virginia.pape@tpwd.state.tx.us.