Atlantic City Attractions
Atlantic City, the best known - and by some the most decried - seaside resort on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey, founded in the 1850s, offers visitors its long sandy beaches and an immense range of entertainments and amusements which has earned it the name of the "Las Vegas of the East". It now has innumerable revue theatres which put on shows round the clock.
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Harrah's Atlantic City
Harrah's is a hotel offering: For children, a teen center filled with video games. For adults, there are stage shows featuring a variety of entertainers year-round.
Ocean One Pier
Ocean One has attracted visitors since 1906 when Captain John Young opened his famous Million Dollar Pier at this location. He even lived at the end of the pier in an elaborate marble villa with state of the art Edison-designed pastel lighting and garden sculptures.
Absecon Lighthouse
Built in 1857, the 228-step Absecon Lighthouse boasts its original First-Order Fresnel lens and offers a view of the Atlantic. Recently renovated to commemorate New Jersey's 300th anniversary, the lighthouse is made of granite blocks, brick and iron and painted in its original black and yellow.
Absecon Lighthouse
31 South Rhode Island Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08402
United States
31 South Rhode Island Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08402
United States
Phone 1 (609) 449-1360
Fax 1 (609) 449-1919
Hours
July 1 to August 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
September 1 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 11:00 | Closed | Closed | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Atlantic City Aquarium
The Atlantic City Aquarium features live feeding shows, and fish from various bodies of water around the world including the Amazon, Atlantic and Indo-Pacific. There are some unusual animals from oceans around the world, seahorses and a shark touch tank.
Atlantic City Art Center
The Atlantic City Art Center was restored in 1994 and features noted national and regional artists. The center overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The Art Center also offers concerts, gallery talks, artist demonstrations and literary readings.
Atlantic City Art Center
New Jersey Avenue and Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
New Jersey Avenue and Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
Phone 1 (609) 347-5837
Fax 1 (609) 347-5844
Hours
May 1 to October 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
November 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
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Atlantic City Free Public Library
The Atlantic City Free Public Library was established in 1901 and formally opened its doors in 1903. The current library building opened in July, 1985 with a capacity of 135,000 volumes and three times the reading space.
Atlantic City Free Public Library
One North Tennessee Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
One North Tennessee Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
Phone 1 (609) 345-2269
Fax 1 (609) 345-5570
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 12:00 |
| Close | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Atlantic City Hilton Resort
The Hilton sits on the Boardwalk, adjacent to the beach.
The 2,000-seat theater attracts headliners such as Liza Minelli, Kenny Rogers and Paul Anka.
The 2,000-seat theater attracts headliners such as Liza Minelli, Kenny Rogers and Paul Anka.
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Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Atlantic City Historical Museum
The Atlantic City Historical Museum chronicles the history of the conversion from resort to paradise. The exhibits include artifacts, costumes, photographs, song sheets, postcards, and an array of Miss America memorabilia. A video shown throughout the day includes footage of the Miss America Pageant, archival Thomas Edison beach shots, and the famous high-diving horse.
The Al Gold Photography Gallery features rotating photography exhibits.
The Al Gold Photography Gallery features rotating photography exhibits.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Parking
Free
Disabled
Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Bally's Park Place Resort
Bally's has the Main Ballroom featuring headliners including Barbara Mandrell, The Four Tops, and Anne Murray. The Park Cabaret Theater houses a revue, "Legends in Concert," featuring impersonators.
Boardwalk
The Boardwalk is the most famous, most popular and most important attraction in Atlantic City. All the main attractions line this eight-foot wide, four-mile long stretch of wood that was built in 1970 along the shores of the ocean.
The boardwalk can be explored on foot, by bike or in the legendary rolling chair, a large whicker chair that is pushed by an attendant like a rickshaw (at 1605 The Boardwalk).
The boardwalk can be explored on foot, by bike or in the legendary rolling chair, a large whicker chair that is pushed by an attendant like a rickshaw (at 1605 The Boardwalk).
Caesars Atlantic City Hotel
Caesars features headliners such as Whitney Houston, George Carlin and Patti Labelle.
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Restaurant or food service
Restaurant or food service
Coast Guard Station
The first Coast Guard station was built in 1849. The unit provides Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement and Environmental Protection for about 250 square miles of ocean, backbays and inlets.
Entrance to the Stars
The Entrance to the Stars is Atlantic City's version of Hollywood's Walk of Fame. Situated at the Boardwalk entrance to Resorts Atlantic City, celebrity handprints and signatures adorn the concrete sidewalk, including Johnny Carson, Milton Berle, Cher, Liberace, Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra who dedicated the walk in 1978. The celebrities have all been headliners.
Garden Pier
The Garden Pier opened in 1913, with Spanish Renaissance architecture and beautifully landscaped gardens it attracted an upscale crowd. Atlantic City has restored it to its former beauty.
Gardner's Basin
Gardner's Basin is a maritime village and waterfront park. It features a variety of attractions including historic vessels, such as the Tempo II that belonged to late band-leader Guy Lombardo, the original Steel Pier Diving Bell, a sundial, and the Fisherman's Museum. Cruises and fishing are also offered.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Resorts Atlantic City
Resorts Atlantic City is a hotel with the Superstar Theatre features headliners such as Tom Jones, Wayne Newton, Regis & Kathie Lee, and Tony Bennett.
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Restaurant or food service
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum
Based on the widely syndicated comic strip, Ripley's Museum in Atlantic City is housed in a building that appears as though it will be destroyed by a wrecking ball. Human oddities and freaks of nature are the highlight of the museum. The museum boasts real shrunken human heads, a two-headed calf, a Fiji mermaid, a genuine section of the Berlin Wall, and a vortex tunnel, and instruments of torture used during medieval times.
Sands Hotel
The Sands is a hotel featuring The Sands, famous for its showroom, the Copa Room. Past and current headliners include Frank Sinatra, Cher, Liza Minelli, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, George Carlin, Jackie Mason and Rosemary Clooney.
Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina
The Farley State Marina features state-of-the-art, floating docks, 24-hour security, and a glass-enclosed walkway to the Trump Marina Hotel.
Hours
May 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 | 7:00 |
| Close | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 | 21:00 |
October 1 to April 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 | 9:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Showboat Hotel
The complex also offers nightly entertainment from a variety of singers and dancers.
Showboat Hotel
801 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
801 Boardwalk
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
United States
Phone 1 (609) 343-4000
Fax 1 (609) 343-4057
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Tropicana Resort
The Tropicana offers the new 2000-seat Tropicana Showroom features headline entertainment, such as Johnny Mathis, Tim Conway, and Brian Wilson, musicals such as Grease, and special events, including an exhibit of Titanic artifacts.
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Restaurant or food service
Trump Marina Resort
The complex offers a view of the bay and the Senator Frank S. Farley State Marina.
At night, entertainment is offered at several venues including a dance club. The Shell Showroom features headliners including The Jeff Healey Band, Psychedelic Furs and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts while The Grand Cayman features George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Foreigner and other musical acts.
At night, entertainment is offered at several venues including a dance club. The Shell Showroom features headliners including The Jeff Healey Band, Psychedelic Furs and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts while The Grand Cayman features George Thorogood and the Destroyers, Foreigner and other musical acts.
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Trump Plaza Hotel
The Trump Plaza offers live entertainment at the Trump Plaza Showroom. Recent headliners include Michael Bolton, Damon Wayans and David Brenner.
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Restaurant or food service
Atlantic City Surroundings
Brigantine - Marine Mammal Stranding Center, New Jersey
The Marine Mammal Standing Center is devoted to rescuing and healing stranded or distressed marine creatures that wash ashore the New Jersey coast. The Sea life Educational Center displays whales, dolphins, seals and other mammals in tanks.
Marine Mammal Stranding Center
3625 Brigantine Boulevard
Brigantine, NJ 08203-1015
United States
3625 Brigantine Boulevard
Brigantine, NJ 08203-1015
United States
Phone 1 (609) 266-0538
Fax 1 (609) 266-3600
Facilities
Gift shop
Linwood - Leedsville School Museum, New Jersey
Leedsville School was built in 1873 and has been in continuous use ever since. It has served as a school, city hall, library and now serves as the Leedsville School Museum.
Margate City - Lucy the Margate Elephant, New Jersey
Lucy is a 65-foot wood and tin elephant, built in 1881 to attract prospective buyers to summer homes in the area. Since then, Lucy has been a tavern, a summer home, and an observation deck of sorts. Lucy was rescued from near demise in the sixties and today stands proud in Margate.
Lucy the Margate Elephant
Box 3336
Margate City, NJ 08402-4755
United States
Box 3336
Margate City, NJ 08402-4755
United States
Phone 1 (609) 823-6473
Fax 1 (609) 823-1895
Hours
April 1 to June 15
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
June 16 to September 6
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 20:00 | 17:00 |
September 7 to December 31
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
