Meet at the National Aquarium (501 East Pratt Street). The tour will assemble behind the National Aquarium Ticket Center on Pier 3 adjacent to Will Call. You must come to this location to sign in and receive PPE. You will be guided to the Harbor Wetland entry from this location.
Sign up for a hardhat tour to see the National Aquarium wetlands!
Be the first to explore the National Aquarium Harbor Wetland on a hard hat tour of our floating wetland experience set to open in June 2024. The National Aquarium Harbor Wetland is a labor of love more than 10 years in the making. The historic Inner Harbor, made famous in the 1980’s with the opening of the Aquarium, will soon be home to a 10,000SF state-of-the-art constructed floating wetland and public access dock system. Donor funded by the National Aquarium, it will be free and open to the public with a goal of reinvigorating the Inner Harbor experience and engaging a more diverse audience, all while creating a haven for local wildlife and improving water quality. Are you curious about how to inspire (and survive!) conservation innovation and transformational placemaking? Then join a site tour to understand the triumphs and challenges of creating an authentic Chesapeake Bay experience in the heart of the city that welcomes diverse audiences and diverse species to experience a restorative habitat. This tour will engage those invigorated by the challenge of placemaking through out-of-the-box projects and interested in expanding their toolkit to set clear goals for complex projects to keep them on track. It will explore the intersection of landscape architecture and exhibit planning and how those can be layered to invite and engage a more diverse audience. It will share the process of commissioning a large-scale public mural, the collaborative design process, and the dialogue created between the mural and the environmental experience. It will share the critical role that environmental stewardship can play in urban placemaking.