Welcome To Galway City, we hope you enjoy your visit to the beautiful West of Ireland. We know that you would be planning for the Mid Term Break, and here are some ideas from the Sea. While these two things might seem very small, they will take you on a wonderful adventure and will enable
A few weeks ago, we hosted a Clean Coasts Beach Clean and Shark & Ray Egg Case Hunt! We had so much fun finding over 200 egg cases from Thornback Rays and some Lesser Spotted Dogfish. What Is The Goal Of Egg Case Hunts? During the experience, someone asked us what is the goal of
Just as we were thinking about the message for the New Year, we had quite good timing on discovering a large Molt while Exploring the Shore, the ocean always inspires, and we thought this would be a great subject to make ourselves and the world a better place. Discovering the Crab Molt made us think
Preface “In June 2023, Galway City Council, in conjunction with the University of Galway and the Atlantic Seaboard North Climate Action Regional Office (CARO), will carry out a pilot project to install sand fencing at Grattan Beach. The pilot project will help us develop nature-based solutions to manage Grattan Beach and sand dunes, as a
TY Experiences For Teens TY EXPERIENCES Hello, my name is Rachel. I am a TY student who did work experience in Galway Atlantaquaria, and this what I did. I had to start my week online because of storm Debi on Sunday night. On Monday I got to look at the virtual tours of the aquarium,
Through The Lens of The Sea -A Guided Journey Through The Aquarium and Aquatic Marine Life- About Galway Atlantaquaria is delighted to release its Virtual Aquarium Series to the public. This series, featuring six episodes will take you on an amazing journey of ocean-themed stories and topics. This virtual series was carefully designed by our
The Rockpool Chronicles:Revealing the Most Popular Discoveries of 2023 “Everyone Should Visit A Rockpool“ In January 2023 Galway Atlantaquaria made a Mission Ocean “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030 Pledge” to open up the wonderful experience of Rockpooling to everyone. We invited Mr. Dave Wall of the National Biodiversity Data Centre to officially launch
-Education Matters- –Love To Learn Programs for 2023/24– Located on the Galway Promenade, the Aquarium in Galway has been delivering Educational Tours and Workshops for over 20 years and is an accredited member of the BIAZA (British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) and EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquariums). We are also
Music for Galway’s Cellissimo Festival and Galway Atlantaquaria have teamed up for an ambitious project to spark community exploration of the local impacts of climate change on our seas and marine biodiversity — and inspire action to address the climate emergency. Galway Bay Is Calling Galway Bay Is Calling will bring together marine conservationists, behavioural
Galway Atlantaquaria Wins Project Hub Certification for Explore Your Shore ROCKPOOLING & EXPLORE YOUR SHORE CHAMPIONSGalway Atlantaquaria – The Official Explore Your Shore Project Hub for Galway City. Galway Atlantaquaria is honoured to be selected as the Explore Your Shore Project Hub for Galway City, as nominated by The National Biodiversity Data Centre & the