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Discover 60 species of fish, amphibians, and reptiles, major traveling
exhibitions, and the multimedia Awesome Forces Theater. Dive into 100
interactive experiences. Check out daily ECHO Encounters, including
Live Animal Feedings & Demos and many more family-friendly activities.
Highlights of the ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center:
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Awesome Forces Theater
- 800 million years compressed into 6 minutes of crashing,
flashing, caving glaciers and continental collision |
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Water-Play Space - for
kids to build dams and float boats |
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Atlantic Tide Pool -
touch tank with periwinkle snails, horseshoe crabs, sea stars,
anemones and urchins |
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Discovery Place - Where
the young visitors may enjoy the working miniature lighthouse or
pop in on a painted turtle, while other kids may control a
high-tech underwater adventure as they get a glimpse of the
replica historic General Butler shipwreck |
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Beautiful views of the
lake and eclectic gift shop
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Experience ECHO at the Leahy Center for
Lake Champlain - Vermont's premier lake aquarium and science center on the
Burlington Waterfront. ECHO shares the stories of the Ecology, Culture,
History and Opportunities of the Lake Champlain Basin to foster
stewardship of the Basin and its precious resources.
The award-winning "green" building is set on upon the shores of
beautiful Lake Champlain. Featuring over 60 species of Animal Ambassadors
- live fish, reptiles and amphibians, scores of educational and
interactive exhibits, major traveling exhibitions, and the multimedia
Awesome Forces Theater. A series of special touring exhibits are showcased
in the changing exhibit gallery three times a year.
For hands-on fun, dive into over 100 interactive experiences, including:
The Beluga Whale Dig!
Become a paleontologist with goggles, brush and scraper and unearth
recreated whale bones
Be a Watershed Weather Reporter
You can star in, edit, and even take home a DVD of your own weather
report, from the cool TV studio
Next, check out daily ECHO Encounters, including Live Animal Feedings
& Demos, and many more family-friendly activities. And how about a big hug
from the red-spotted newt mascot, NEWTon?
Then relax on the upper deck for panoramic
views of the Lake and Adirondack Mountains - you might even see Champ,
the Lake monster!
Oh, and don't miss browsing through
ECHO's Eclectic Gift Shop before strolling to the Lake Champlain Navy
Memorial, with its heroic "Lone Sailor" statue.
Get your eTicket today and go from Abenaki story-telling to the
dynamics of Lake Champlain's underwater wave. The ECHO adventure
immerses guests in the sights, sounds, smells and feel of past and present
life in the Basin. |
