Fish and Fireworks!

Fish by day, fireworks by night! Make plans to spend the Fourth of July with the Oklahoma Aquarium and enjoy indoor and outdoor fun for the whole family. Your paid parking provides access to the best viewing of the Jenks/96th Street Bridge fireworks, summer fun with Bass Pro including fishing and other games. All-American refreshments will be available for purchase. Plus, escape the heat before the skies light up with discounted admission to the Aquarium exhibits.

Event Details

• Aquarium open extended hours 10:00 a.m. to approximately 8:00 p.m.

• Parking will be $5 beginning at 4:00 p.m.  Parking for Aquarium members is $3, show your card at the lot entrance. 

• Redeem your parking receipt at the front gate for a $2 discount on Aquarium admission for everyone in your car. You’ll receive an all access wristband and be able to enjoy the indoor exhibits, the outdoor activities, concessions for purchase and prime viewing of the fireworks at approximately 9:30 p.m.

• You may also redeem your parking receipt for an outdoor only wristband, at no additional charge, to enjoy the outdoor activities, concessions for purchase and prime viewing of the fireworks at approximately 9:30 p.m.

• Bass Pro Shops is hosting outdoor activities including fishing at the Zebco Casting Pond and other fishing themed games and activities.

• Concessions for purchase will include hot dogs, lemonade, beer.

• No outside food or drinks allowed, but lawn chairs and blankets are encouraged.  There is also space on the Aquarium deck.

• For more event details check out RiverfrontSouthOK.com

Siegried Families Shark Adventure

A New and Improved Shark Adventure

Updating or repairing an exhibit at the Aquarium is usually a matter of shutting it down, then reopening the tank when the work is complete. But for something as large as enhancing the Siegfried Families Shark Adventure, closing wasn’t an option. So, if you’re a regular Oklahoma Aquarium visitor, you’ve probably seen the work in progress to transform the dark ramps leading into the shark tunnel and dome into vibrant, interactive paths of information. The addition of colorful artwork, graphics, shark jaws and even a dive cage replica were the first phase of dressing up our biggest tank.

Phase I is now complete and we’re moving on to Phase II. With support from Cox Communications, interactive computer kiosks will be stationed to play video about our sharks and show how we take care of them behind-the-scenes. The shark collection at the Aquarium is growing along with the exhibit features. When the Aquarium opened in 2003, there were 6 sharks in the tank, with a combined weight of about 1,800 pounds. Now, there are 20 sharks, weighing in at more than 3,800 pounds total!

About the Oklahoma Aquarium

See the largest bull sharks in captivity through a one-of-a-kind walk-through tunnel, plus hundreds of other fascinating creatures including seahorses, jellyfish, and eels. Feed and even touch stingrays and small sharks! You’ll be charmed by playful river otters, beavers and raccoons in the new Hayes Family Ozark Stream. Don’t miss the Karl and Beverly White National Fishing Tackle Museum featuring a $4 million collection of antique rods, reels, lures and other memorabilia. The Oklahoma Aquarium is a great escape any time of year. Come “sea” us soon!

* Open every day except for Christmas Day