The Great Hall is the impressive introduction to the South Carolina Aquarium. Two-story windows offer one of the best views in town of Charleston Harbor. A large wall map of South Carolina allows visitors to see the regions of South Carolina represented in the Aquarium. The floor is an artistic representation of the entire coast of South Carolina from the North Carolina to the Georgia border. (See if you can find the Aquarium on it). The 15,000 gallon Carolina Seas exhibit that is the centerpiece of the Great Hall allows guests to see some of the colorful fish found around the reef habitats off the coast of South Carolina.

Exhibit Fun Facts

Featured Animal: Nurse Shark
Fact: Nurse sharks are bottom-dwelling sharks whose “whiskers” help them to find food in murky water.
Location: Carolina Seas Exhibit

Featured Animal: Lookdown
Fact: These thin fish can open up their mouths wider than their body to feed on a variety of plankton.
Location: Carolina Seas Exhibit

Featured Animal: Spanish Hogfish
Fact: Young Spanish hogfish are cleaner fish that will eat the parasites found on larger fish, even those that normally might eat them.
Location: Carolina Seas Exhibit

Featured Animal: Moray Eel
Fact: The snake-like body of a moray eel allows them to slip in and out of holes found in reefs to feed on the animals hiding within them.
Location: Carolina Seas Exhibit