Keeping you safe

Help protect our community!

Do you have a fever, cough or feel short of breath? Have you been exposed to someone with these symptoms? Are you visiting from a state or have you recently visited a state that is a part of the City of Chicago's Emergency Travel Order?

Join us at a later date! Already have tickets? Call 312-939-2438 or email [email protected] and we’ll gladly reschedule your visit.

During your visit

• We implemented timed entry to keep an even flow of guests throughout the day.
• We've installed additional hand sanitization stations throughout the aquarium. The entire building will also get a deep cleaning every night after closing.

Building ventilation and air flow

• Shedd Aquarium is operating under ASHRAE COVID-19 Building Readiness/Reopening Guidance dated May 7, 2020.
• All of our air handlers are running 24-hours, 7-days a week.
• Each day 2 hours before we open and 2 hours after we close, we perform a flushing of the building. This includes operating the exhaust fans as well as opening the outside air dampers to 100%.
• We have increased our pre-filter change out schedule and changed our final filters to MERV 14.
• The interiors of our air handlers and air conditioning coils are disinfected as a part of scheduled preventive maintenance of the aquarium.