On June 11, the National Aquarium had the honor of hosting a group of wounded veterans for a unique guest dive in the Wings in the Water and Atlantic Coral Reef exhibits. Nine wounded soldiers from Walter Reed Army Medical Center were transported by the U.S. Coast Guard to the National Aquarium for the event.

At an event hosted by the Green Building Institute in Jessup last week, the National Aquarium was one of five organizations to receive the second-annual Maryland Green Registry Leadership Award. The award was presented by Maryland Department of Environment Secretary Robert Summers, along with Maryland Department of Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Joe Gill and Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development Clean Technology and Sustainability Manager Elaine McCubbin.

(Baltimore – May 19, 2011) – The National Aquarium has spring fever, and is inviting friends and followers to catch the fun on Facebook and Twitter! In celebration of the remaining weeks of spring and as a thank you to their social media community, the National Aquarium has launched “Spring Social,” a series of special online deals or fun surprises exclusively for their Facebook fans and Twitter followers to redeem at the Aquarium.

Baltimore – March 25, 2010– With just two weeks remaining in the Get-Going Costa Rica Family Adventure Sweepstakes offer, the National Aquarium announces the last chance to enter this exciting sweepstakes that will send on lucky family on an eco-adventure in Costa Rica! Through a partnership with the Costa Rica Tourism Board, the National Aquarium along with the Los Angeles Zoo launched a sweepstakes that will send two lucky families of four on an all-inclusive family eco-adventure to Costa Rica for a seven-day, six night stay this summer.

Washington, DC – February 14 – The National Aquarium is excited to introduce the Fresh Thoughts: Sustainable Seafood Dining Series at its Washington D.C. venue this March. This new series will celebrate sensible and scrumptious seafood choices with the help of renowned Washington DC chefs. The first of the dining experiences will introduce a fish whose taste is distinctive as its story; the invasive Red Lionfish. As part of a growing stategy coined Eat ‘Em to Beat ‘Em, the National Aquarium will embark on a week-long trip to the Bahamas on February 20, 2011 with Chef Xavier Deshayes, Executive Chef for the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, to collect, prepare and ship the fish that will be served just days later at the Aquarium’s first Fresh Thoughts dinner.