There are a lot of perks that come with membership at the New England Aquarium, like express admission all year and discounts at the Cafe and Gift Shop. Now you can add our new Member of the Week recognition to that list. How can members participate? Just show up and visit your Aquarium! We'll be randomly selecting members for this special honor throughout the fall.

Congratulations to our Member of the Week, Rosalie, who was visiting with her grandson, Benjamin. We met them right after they picked up a treat for Ben in the Aquarium Gift Shop. Rosalie lives just a short distance from the Aquarium and she and Ben are regular visitors, sometimes coming more than once in a week. Rosalie has had her Aquarium membership for almost a year now and is nearing the expiration date. “I’m definitely going to renew,” she told us. “He really loves this place.”

Benjamin and Rosalie during one of their Aquarium outings

For being our Member of the Week, Rosalie received a free 4”x6” photo from our friends at SharpShooter, a copy of the beautifully illustrated Aquarium souvenir guidebook, a turtle shell glass paperweight handcrafted by artist Robin Lehman, and a plush shark for Ben.

So what do you have to do to be our Member of the Week? Just visit! You could win on any day of the week, any time of day. We'll be announcing winners right here on the News Blog every Friday. So come on down and see seals and sea lions at play, visit Myrtle in her temporary home in the penguin exhibit, spot the camouflaged seadragons, watch the little blue penguins in their temporary exhibit  and experience the Aquarium's transformation first hand. Who knows, you could be our next Member of the Week!