Maritime Aquarium To Offer Discounts, Workshops On Scout Day

NORWALK, CT – Per their motto of being prepared, boy scouts and girl scouts should prepare now for admission discounts and special workshops planned for Scout Day on Saturday, March 24 at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk.

Although Scout Day is still several weeks away, there are incentives to sign up now as there are a limited number of badges and limited space in that day’s scout workshops, according to a release.

Any girl scout or boy scout wearing her or his uniform to the Aquarium on March 24 receives a discounted price of $14 for children ages 3-12, $18 for adults and $16 for seniors 65 and older. This discount applies to scouts of all levels, even adult scout leaders.

Advance purchase is also recommended because the first 1,000 scouts who buy tickets will receive a Maritime Aquarium Scout Day badge.

Aquarium admission includes a daytime IMAX movie showing on the six-story screen, the largest in Connecticut. Scout Day fittingly coincides with the March 24 premiere of the new IMAX movie “Backyard Wilderness,” a perfect subject for nature-oriented Scouts.

This beautifully filmed movie was shot in nearby Westchester County, N.Y., so its images and message are especially relevant. “Backyard Wilderness” shows how our focus on electronic devices causes us to often overlook a fascinating menagerie of wildlife right outside our homes, including deer, coyotes, wood ducks, frogs, salamanders, raccoons, hummingbirds and more.

There will be a showing of “Backyard Wilderness” on March 24 at the top of each hour from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A selection of special workshops will also available to scouts, ranging from the one-hour “Life Between the Tides” for Scouts in Grades 2-3 to a nearly three-hour “Animal Habitats Junior Girl Scout Badge” workshop for Grades 4-5. Costs vary from $5 to $18 for the classroom workshops.

There will also be a two-hour “Science on the Sound Cruise” for all ages aboard the Aquarium’s unique hybrid-electric research vessel for $15.

Space in the workshops is limited, so advance registration is strongly recommended. Several merit-badge programs and a March 24 scout sleepover are already full.

For more information about Scout Day, to purchase discounted tickets and to register for workshops, go to www.maritimeaquarium.org.

Photo credits: Maritime Aquarium