http://www.aquarium.org/visitMap.asp?sid=1
We purchased a daily permit for seniors, which ran us $25.00 for both of us. Well worth the money trust me.
Since it was such a beautiful day and it was on a weekend the place was packed.
Not a good time for a visit, I would recommend if you go try to make it on a weekday in the spring or early fall when there are not so many people. The exhibits were well planned and organized. The Aquarium was larger than I thought it would be. Be sure to plan on taking at least a half day to see everything.
Along with a panel of experts, they narrowed it down to the top 10 favorite Aquariums in the United states. This Aquarium is listed as number 8 and well rated. Large portions of the 34-acre aquarium on Yaquina Bay are actually outdoors and surrounded by native woodland, including a quarter-mile nature trail for bird-watching,
We took many pictures while we there and here are a few. We also made a video that we plan on putting together when we get back home.
The passage to the deep tunnel was real neat. They had a large collection of fish ranging from all sorts of rock fish sharks of all types of eels and sturgeon as well as some salmon. There was so many different species of fish I was not able too identify many of them.
Taking pictures in the underground tunnel was not easy since your walking in a large Plexiglas tube and the reflections of the glass show up when you’re taking pictures. You need to be sure and have your flash attachment off when you take pictures. We were able to get some real neat pictures and I am in hopes the video we made while we were there turns out.
Some of the smaller exhibits had some different colored Jelly fish that I have never seen before as well a great aquarium with needle fish and sea horses. 
Aquarium Village
For a treat when you get done visiting the aquarium you can mosey on down too Aquarium Village. This place is only about 1 block from the aquarium so it’s an easy walk. They have many 
shops, restaurants and curio shops located in this unique mall.
We were told we should have made a trip down to the ANCHOR PIER in Newport, however it was getting late and we needed to get back to Coquille before dark.
One thing for sure if you are going to visit Newport I would highly recommend planning on staying in Newport for at least 3 days to see all the sites this town has to offer.
When we come back this summer will make another trip to Newport and stay for a longer period of time. We will either take our Motor home up too Newport or leave it at Charleston and rent a motel room while we’re there. A decision we’ll make later, and stay for at least 3 days. One place everyone mentions is a fish restaurant called Mo’s. This is supposed to be one of the best places to get a great clam chowder. There is one restaurant located in Florence and on our next trip up this way we will on stop to try it out for lunch.
http://www.moschowder.com/home.cfm?dir_cat=71897
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