Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas Smithsonian

The Calzada de Amador can be an educational place to visit, in case you need another excuse to spend a day in the neighborhood. Scientists and researchers at the Centro de Exhibiciones Marinas Smithsonian have created a museum of ecosystems, and informative signage in English and Spanish makes it easy to take a self-guided tour through examples of four different environments. Beside the concise experience of beach, mangrove forest, rocky coast, and tropical forest ecosystems, spyglasses to watch ships on the Canal are available at the lookout on the end of the point, and aquarium tanks hold marine wildlife. Children will be delighted with the opportunity to see tropical fish, sea turtles, starfish, and sea cucumbers up close, and even touch some of these critters.