Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches

Temporary Exhibit, Open January 24 – May 2009

This exhibit is presented in both English and Spanish. Created for everyone, especially families with children, the exhibit takes visitors to seven ports of call along the most biologically diverse river in the world, the Amazon. Here they encounter amazing creatures including notorious piranhas, enormous anacondas, beautiful stingrays, and mysterious pink dolphins. The exhibit features live fish in uniquely designed tanks. Through hands-on activities, original multimedia presentations, computer interactives, original artifacts, and live demonstrations, museum visitors investigate the region’s incredible biodiversity, encounter field researchers making incredible new discoveries, and participate in a celebration of the Amazon River.