Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins Opens Summer 2022!
Follow the journey to opening along with us!
This 2,900-square-foot exhibit will include rocky and sandy shore habitat and an 18,000-gallon pool where guests will observe the penguins socializing, interacting, and nest building. The exhibit also includes a small amphitheater for guests to observe birds swimming, and a discovery cave to closely observe Little Blue Penguins on land and inside a nesting box!
Construction Updates
June
- Stay tuned!
May
- Rock work begins!
April
- Pool walls construction continues
- Test fill of the pool
March
- Pool walls construction continues
- Windows placed in the walls
February
- Concrete pour for pool bottom finishes
- Pool walls construction and concrete pour begins
January
- The digging for the 18,000- gallon pool took place
- The pouring of concrete into the pool begins
- Life support systems added to the site by crane
December
November
October
- Ground-breaking continues!
September
- Ground-breaking for this exciting project will begin on September 27 with completion expected by Spring 2022.
- Birch Aquarium will be closed September 27-30 to avoid negatively impacting your experience.