![]() ![]() We can all relate to this need to have shelter. These elusive creatures create mesmerizing watersheds by the river banks, collecting branches as they build their homes. Get an otter’s eye view of the wild and wonderful world of the otter. It’s a mesmerizing experience, and the interactive panels, games, and activities really help bring that allure to life. You can learn about what makes them tick, what they love, and how. It is more than just seeing the creatures from afar. There are a lot of fun things to do at an aquarium gallery, such as creating panoramas or explore the insides of a whale. Mote Marine Aquarium designers wanted every visitor, whether 5 or 85, to feel the attractive pull of the marine life. This is a pure interactive museum, giving your kids a chance to engage your mind and learn a thing or two about the animals they love. The place to really let loose is in the exploration gallery. “We want to make sure that it is integrated as part of our public education system.Everything and anything can be manipulated, experimented with, and toyed with to your heart is content. “Our staff have been working for over 12 months now with our local county school systems to ensure that based on the state of Florida education standards and focused on Mote research that Mote SEA will include three state of the art STEM education teaching labs that will be provided absolutely free of charge to all of our students all K-12 stem classes in Sarasota and Manatee districts and we are going to make sure that it is part of the educational framework,” said Crosby. It is where we translate and transfer the science, the innovative science that Mote scientists are doing all around the world into the exhibits and the stories that we tell,” the CEO said. Our aquarium is really an informal science education center. Mote decided it was very important for all of the people in the community and around the world to understand how important science is, but also how important the link is that we all have with our ocean. It has existed for 65 years, but we didn’t even have an aquarium until 1980 when Mr. ![]() “While the other aquariums are great attractions, Mote was founded on science. ![]() We have been very thoughtful, very strategic, we have done our research, our board of trustees has been very engaged, the community has been engaged in deciding that this location here at Nathan Benderson Park is without a doubt the absolute best location for the accessibility of all the science education opportunities that this new science education aquarium is going to be able to provide,” Crosby said. “We have been looking forward to this day for many years now. Michael Crosby says this new site will be far more accessible than the current City Island location. Once up and running, it’s expected to have an economic impact of $28 million each year. The aquarium will feature more than one million gallons of exhibits with marine life and scientific displays from around the globe.įrom construction alone, the facility is expected to have a $280 million economic impact. Mote SEA will be a 110,000 square foot marine science education aquarium on the northern end of Nathan Benderson Park, just south of the UTC Mall. ![]() SARASOTA COUNTY (WFLA) – Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium just broke ground on its latest state of the art facility. ![]()
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