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Mote Science Education Aquarium (SEA)

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From the Wayfind guide

Sarasota's newest big-ticket attraction and the region's best rainy-afternoon answer — a roughly $146 million purpose-built science aquarium from Mote Marine Laboratory that opened in October 2025. Not a rebranded old one.

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