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The Aquarium has more than 144 paid staff [5] and more than 300 volunteers. The volunteer program has become a model in the community. The South Carolina Aquarium is a private not-for-profit education and conservation organization, funded by a combination of ticket, concession and souvenir sales, and corporate, government and private donations. [6]
With over 11 million gallons, the largest aquarium in the United States is the Georgia Aquarium. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is a list of existing public aquariums [ 3 ] in the United States , some of which are unaccredited.
The National Park Service maintains a visitor center for Fort Sumter at Liberty Square (near the South Carolina Aquarium), and boat tours including the fort depart nearby. Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston, a free a non-collecting contemporary arts organization. [125]
This category is for public aquariums in South Carolina, United States. Pages in category "Aquaria in South Carolina" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Ripley's Aquarium, an aquarium; WonderWorks, an entertainment center. 2011 (1 of 5 in the U.S.) Brookgreen Gardens, sculpture garden in Murrells Inlet. 1932; The Carolina Opry, a music variety theater. 1993; Coastal Grand Mall, a large shopping mall. 2004
The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is a 170-acre (69 ha) zoo, aquarium, and botanical garden located along the Saluda River in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.A small portion of the zoo extends into the nearby city of West Columbia.
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA), is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.
The South Carolina Aquarium lets visitors feed the rays in their Saltmarsh Aviary exhibit. [14] The largest public aquarium is the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom theme park, opened in 2014 in Hengqin, Zhuhai, with a total of 48.75 million litres (12.87 million US gal) of water.