The Pacific Undersea Gardens is located at the Inner Harbour in the heart of downtown Victoria. The Gardens is owned and operated by the Oak Bay Marine Group. read full article…
Aquariums/Marine Centers Category
Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan is one of the largest aquariums in the world. It is located in the ward of Minato in Osaka, Japan, near the Osaka Bay. read full article…
The Oregon Coast Aquarium is an aquarium in Newport, Oregon. It is perhaps best known for having housed Keiko, the orca from the movie Free Willy from January 1996 until 9 September 1998, when he was shipped to Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. Even without its former star attraction, USA Today and Coastal Living Online have ranked the Oregon Coast Aquarium among the top ten aquariums in the United States. read full article…
The Oklahoma Aquarium is located on a 66 acre (26.71 hectare) campus along the banks of the Arkansas River in Jenks Oklahoma, a southern suburb of Tulsa. The 72,000 ft² (6689 m²) facility was built in 2002 with the expectation to bring nearly 500,000 visitors to the Tulsa metropolitan area annually. read full article…
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the world’s second largest aquarium and part of the Ocean Expo Park located in Motobu, Okinawa. The main tank holds 7,500-cubic meters of water and features the world’s largest acrylic panel measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish and plant species in the main tank. read full article…
The term oceanarium is not well defined. It can either mean a marine mammal park such as Marineland of Florida or a large-scale aquarium presenting an ocean habitat with marine animals, especially large fish (e.g. sharks). read full article…
Newport Aquarium which is located on 1 Aquarium Way in Newport, Kentucky, showcases thousands of animals from around the world in a million gallons of water, including the enormously popular “Sweet Pea,” one of the only shark rays in the world. Named the No. 1 aquarium in the Midwest in the Zagat Survey’s U.S. Family Travel Guide in 2004, this state-of-the-art facility is open to the public 365 days a year. Like its sister aquarium, Adventure Aquarium, on the Camden Waterfront, Camden, NJ, Newport Aquarium is an accredited member of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association a leader in global wildlife conservation. Located only two minutes from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio at Newport on the Levee. read full article…
The New York Aquarium first opened on December 10, 1896, at Castle Garden in Battery Park, making it the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States. Its first director was the respected fish expert, Dr. Tarleton Hoffman Bean (1895-1898). On October 31, 1902, the Aquarium was adopted into the care of what was then the New York Zoological Society. At the time, the Aquarium housed only 150 specimens of wildlife. Over time, its most famous director, the distinguished zoologist Charles Haskins Townsend, enlarged the collections considerably, and the Aquarium attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. read full article…
The New England Aquarium is a major aquarium located in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Located directly on the Boston waterfront, the aquarium features several major exhibits along with a number of minor exhibits. read full article…
The National Zoo and Aquarium is a privately owned zoo and aquarium in the Australian capital city Canberra. It is located at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin near Scrivener Dam. read full article…