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gallery view with signage reading Southern California Gallery with exhibits on either side

Southern California Gallery Reimagined

Discover Vibrant Local Habitats

Seagrass exhibit showing red coral wall graphic

After 25 years, thanks to your support, the Aquarium reimagined and completely renovated the Southern California Gallery.

The immersive gallery transports guests to the underwater habitats found just off our local coast – kelp forests, rocky reefs, seagrass beds, and oil rigs – all teaming with fascinating fish and invertebrates.

Parent and child in front of amber forest exhibit

The gallery also features the endangered white abalone and the decade-long effort of Aquarium staff and partners to save white abalone from extinction.

Learn more about white abalone.

white abalone shell from the top looking down at the shell
Lobster exhibit and other smaller exhibits