March 14, 2008
The Oceans presented by Old National Bank exhibit opened in 2007 and features the country's largest dogshark touch pool in the Firestone Gallery as its highlight. Also included in this exhibit (formerly the World of Waters) are three species of penguins - king, gentoo and rockhopper - with a new transparent pane in the floor that allows visitors to see the penguins swim from one side of their exhibit to the other. There are also bonnethead sharks, green and purple mouth moray eels, moon jellies, seahorses, and many other kinds of fish and invertebrates. This exhibit is filled with educational and inspirational interpretative signage that draws the connection we all have to the ocean environment, even in land-locked Indiana. As Oceans explores the impact of humans on the animals that live in and around the water, visitors are asked to examine their own roles in contributing to habitat destruction and global warming.