NEWPORT, R.I. (WPRI) — The City by the Sea will soon be home to a brand new aquarium that showcases the aquatic creatures that live in Narragansett Bay.

Save the Bay’s Hamilton Family Aquarium, which is located inside the Newport Transportation and Visitors Center on America’s Cup Avenue, is set to officially open next week.

The aquarium will feature 13 exhibits showcasing species native to Narragansett Bay. Those exhibits include three touch tanks where visitors can interact with sea stars, hold horseshoe crabs and pet dogfish sharks.

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