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Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere , after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium .
Large aquariums exhibit a wide variety of species and animals in a large range of tanks. These are typically public aquariums and may also include oceanariums and dolphinariums, designed to showcase a diverse range of marine animals for the public. In operation Only aquariums with a total capacity of more than 10 million litres and/or a tank larger than 5 million litres are included in the ...
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. For zoos, see List of zoos in the United States. Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the ...
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. The second largest is the Marine Life Park in southern Singapore with a total of 45 million litres (12 million US gal) of water for more than 100,000 marine animals of ...
A project to map all the public aquariums in the world; List of all public aquaria in Europe; Norfolk, Howard. My Visit to the Freshwater Public Aquarium in Havana, Cuba, Aquarticles.com, January 2004, retrieved on: June 22, 2007; Public Aquaria, Fins: The Fish Information Service, Actwin.com, 2000, retrieved on: June 22, 2007
Florida, United States: Website: Jenkinson's Aquarium 300 Ocean Avenue Point Pleasant Beach: New Jersey, United States: Website: John Ball Zoological Garden: 1300 W Fulton Street Grand Rapids: Michigan, United States: Website: John G. Shedd Aquarium: 1200 S Lake Shore Drive Chicago: Illinois, United States: Website: Kansas City Zoo in Swope ...
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The position as world's largest oceanarium has since shifted repeatedly in recent years. From 2005 to 2012 it was the Georgia Aquarium in the United States with an initial total water volume of 32,000 m 3 (8,500,000 US gal), later it expanded to 38,000 m 3 (10,000,000 US gal), and home to 100–120,000 animals of 700 species.