Pros
- Amazing sense of community among staff, interns, and volunteers (a lot of workers also have group activities, like a baseball team, a touch rugby team, karaoke...) - Flexible time schedules - Great little cafe in the aquarium for breakfast/lunch, and plenty of places nearby - Get to wander the aquarium on your time off - It's fun to talk to visitors and see their wonder at the exhibits - Working with the animals and exhibits is incredibly interesting, and you get to learn many new skills - Interns get to do much of what the actual aquarists do, and also help out on collection trips to local beaches, marshes, and dive sites
Cons
- No alumni network - From what I gathered, a lot of the positions are pretty low-paying - Paid positions like aquarists and management have very low turnover rates, which makes it tough to get a job at the aquarium