List of aquaria
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Wonders of Wildlife Museum & Aquarium salt water aquarium with diver
This is a list of aquaria (Public aquariums). For dolphinariums, see List of dolphinariums. For zoos, see List of zoos. For a list of defunct zoos and aquariums, see List of former zoos and aquariums.
Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. Such facilities include public aquariums, oceanariums, marine mammal parks, and dolphinariums.
According to Vancouver Aquarium there are over 200 aquaria worldwide.[1]
Contents
- 1 Africa
- 2 Americas
- 3 Asia
- 4 Europe
- 4.1 Austria
- 4.2 Belgium
- 4.3 Bulgaria
- 4.4 Croatia
- 4.5 Cyprus
- 4.6 Denmark
- 4.7 Finland
- 4.8 France
- 4.9 Germany
- 4.10 Greece
- 4.11 Hungary
- 4.12 Ireland
- 4.13 Italy
- 4.14 Lithuania
- 4.15 Luxembourg
- 4.16 Malta
- 4.17 Monaco
- 4.18 The Netherlands
- 4.19 Norway
- 4.20 Poland
- 4.21 Portugal
- 4.22 Russia
- 4.23 Romania
- 4.24 Slovenia
- 4.25 Spain
- 4.26 Sweden
- 4.27 Turkey
- 4.28 Ukraine
- 4.29 United Kingdom
- 5 Oceania/Australia
- 6 See also
- 7 Notes
- 8 References
Africa[edit]
Egypt[edit]
- Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria
- El Gouna Aquarium - El-Gouna 27°23′46″N 33°40′38″E / 27.3961°N 33.6772°E
- Hurghada Grand Aquarium, Hurghada [2]
Morocco[edit]
Namibia[edit]
South Africa[edit]
Americas[edit]
Argentina[edit]
- Mundo Marino- Largest Oceanarium in Latin America
- Mar del Plata Aquarium
- Buenos Aires Aquarium (Acuario de Buenos Aires) - It is inside the Buenos Aires Zoo
The Bahamas[edit]
- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
- Dolphin Encounters at Blue Lagoon Island - Nassau
Bermuda[edit]
Brazil[edit]
Canada[edit]
Colombia[edit]
Cuba[edit]
French Antilles[edit]
Mexico[edit]
Sinaloa[edit]
Veracruz[edit]
United States[edit]
Venezuela[edit]
- Valencia's Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia)
Asia[edit]
China[edit]
- Changfeng Ocean World (Sea Life Shanghai) - Chang Feng Park, Shanghai (1999)
- Beijing Underwater World - Beijing (1998) [3][4]
- Chime-Long Ocean Kingdom - Hengqin, Zhuhai (2014)
- Cube Aquarium - Chengdu (2015)
- Hefei Oceanarium - Hefei (future)[4][5]
- Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park - Hangzhou (2008)
- Nanjing Underwater World - Nanjing (1996)
- Polar Ocean World - Qingdao (2006)
- Polar World - Dalian (2002)
- Qingdao Underwater World & Quingdao Aquarium (1932) - Shandong
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium - Shanghai (2002)
- Sun Asia Ocean World - Dalian (1994)
Hong Kong[edit]
- Ocean Park - Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong (1977)
Indonesia[edit]
India[edit]
Iran[edit]
Israel[edit]
Japan[edit]
Kuwait[edit]
- Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City
Malaysia[edit]
- Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
- Underwater World Langkawi - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
- The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Pakistan[edit]
Philippines[edit]
- Mactan Island Aquarium - Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
- Malabon Zoo and Aquarium - Governor Pascual Street, Potrero, Malabon City
- Manila Ocean Park - Ermita, Manila
- Ocean Adventure - Subic, Zambales
Singapore[edit]
- Marine Life Park - Sentosa
- River Safari
- Underwater World - Sentosa
- Van Kleef Aquarium - closed 1991
South Korea[edit]
- 63 Seaworld - Seoul
- COEX Aquarium - Seoul
- Busan Aquarium - Busan
- Daejeon Aquaworld - Daejeon
- Aquaplanet Yeosu - Yeosu
- Aquaplanet Jeju - Jejudo
Taiwan[edit]
Thailand[edit]
- Bangkok Aquarium - Bang Khen, Bangkok
- Bueng Chawak Aquarium - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
- Phuket Aquarium - Phuket
- Rayong Aquarium - Rayong
- Siam Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
- Underwater World Pattaya - Pattaya, Chonburi
- Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium - Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Mai
United Arab Emirates[edit]
Vietnam[edit]
- Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Nha Trang
- Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
- Vinpearl Underwater World, Nha Trang[7]
- Times City Vinpearl Aquarium
Europe[edit]
Austria[edit]
Belgium[edit]
Bulgaria[edit]
Croatia[edit]
- Akvarij Crikvenica (Aquarium Crikvenica) - Crikvenica
- Akvarij Dubrovnik, Instituta za more i priobalje (Dubrovnik Aquarium, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research) - Dubrovnik
- Aquarium Pula (Aquarium Pula) - Pula
Cyprus[edit]
Denmark[edit]
- AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark - Silkeborg[8]
- Denmark's Aquarium (Danmarks Akvarium) - Kastrup
- Kattegatcentret- Grenå
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- Øresundsakvariet - Elsinore
Finland[edit]
- Akvaariolinna, the Aquarium Castle - Petikko, Vantaa
- Kiela Naturium - Muonio, Lapland
- Maretarium - Kotka
- Sea Life Helsinki, near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
- Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere
France[edit]
- Aquarium de Paris - Cinéaqua - Paris (open in 1867 as "Aquarium du Trocadéro", closed in 1985, re-opened as "Cinéaqua" in 2006)
- Aquarium tropical de la Porte Dorée - Paris (1931, situated in the Palais de la Porte Dorée)
- Aquarium de La Rochelle - La Rochelle (2001)
- Aquarium du Grand Lyon - Lyon
- Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970)
- Aquarium du Val de Loire - Between Amboise and Tours, France on the southern shore of the River Loire[9]
- Centre de la Mer et des Eaux (closed 2010) - Paris
- Citadel of Besançon - Besançon
- Great Aquarium Saint-Malo (1996)
- Kélonia - Saint-Leu, Réunion
- La Cité de la mer - Cherbourg (2002)
- Le Musée de la mer - Biarritz (1933)
- L'Aquashow - Audierne (2000)
- Aquarium Mare Nostrum Montpellier - Montpellier (2007)
- Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer - French National Sea Experience Centre, Boulogne-sur-Mer (1991)
- Océarium - Le Croisic (1992)
- Océanopolis - Brest (1990)
- Sea Life Centre Paris - Marne la Vallée (2001)
- Seaquarium Le Grau du Roi - Petite Camargue (1989)[10]
Germany[edit]
- Aquarium Berlin at the Berlin Zoological Garden - Berlin
- Aquazoo - Düsseldorf (closed for renovations until Spring 2015)
- Ozeaneum - Stralsund
- Sea Life Centre Timmendorfer Strand - Timmendorfer Strand
- Sea Life Centre Berlin and AquaDom - Berlin
- Sea Life Centre Dresden - Dresden
- Sea Life Centre Munich - Munich
- Sea Life Centre Konstanz - Konstanz
- Sea Life Centre Speyer - Speyer
- Sea Life Centre Oberhausen - Oberhausen
- Sea Life Centre Nürnberg - Nürnberg
- Sea Life Centre Königswinter - Königswinter
- Sea Life Centre Hanover - Hanover
- Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck at the Tierpark Hagenbeck - Hamburg
Greece[edit]
Hungary[edit]
Ireland[edit]
- Galway Atlantaquaria (National Aquarium of Ireland) - Galway[12]
- Dingle Oceanworld - Dingle[13]
- Sea Life Bray - Bray[14]
Italy[edit]
- Alghero Aquarium - Alghero
- Aquarium of Cattolica, Cattolica[15]
- Aquarium of Genoa - Genoa
- Aquarium of Leghorn - Leghorn[16] 43°32′08″N 10°17′57″E / 43.5355°N 10.2993°E
- Civic Aquarium of Milan - Milan
- Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples, opened 1874[17]
- Sea Life Gardaland, Gardaland, Lake Garda, Italy
Lithuania[edit]
Luxembourg[edit]
Malta[edit]
Monaco[edit]
The Netherlands[edit]
- Aqua Zoo Friesland - Leeuwarden
- Burgers Zoo - Arnhem
- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Oceanium) - Rotterdam
- Dolfinarium Harderwijk - Harderwijk
- Sea Life Centre - Scheveningen
Norway[edit]
Poland[edit]
- Gdynia Aquarium Sea Fisheries Institute Aquarium - Gdynia
- Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków - Kraków
- Aquarium in Łódź - Łódź
- Seal Sanctuary in Hel - Hel
- Aquarium in Cracow City Zoo - Kraków
- Aquarium in Warsaw City Zoo - Warsaw
- Aquarium in Wroclaw City Zoo - Wrocław
Portugal[edit]
- Lisbon Oceanarium - Lisbon
- Aquário Vasco da Gama - Algés (near Lisbon), opened 1898
- Fluviário de Mora - Mora, Portugal, Alentejo (100 km East of Lisbon), opened 2007
- Sea Life Centre Porto - Porto
Russia[edit]
- Akuliy Rif - Eisk (2007)
- Gelendzhik Oceanarium - Gelendzhik (2007)
- Moscow Oceanarium - Moscow (building)
- Murmansk Oceanarium (ru) - Murmansk (1991)
- Planeta Neptun (ru) - Saint Petersburg (2006)
- Primorsky Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (being built, not yet open)
- Sochi Discovery World (ru) - Sochi (2009)
- Vladivostok Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (1991)
- Voronezh Oceanarium (ru) - Voronezh (2011)
Romania[edit]
- Acvariu Constanţa - Constanţa (1958)
- Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
- Acvariu Zoo Timişoara - Timişoara
Slovenia[edit]
Spain[edit]
- Palma Aquarium - Palma de Mallorca
- Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
- Sea Life Centre Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
- Aquarium Barcelona - Barcelona
- Barcelona Zoo - Barcelona
- Zoo Aquarium de Madrid - Madrid
- L'Oceanogràfic at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Valencia
- Cosmocaixa- Barcelona
- Aquopolis La Pineda
- Aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián - San Sebastián
- River Aquarium - Zaragoza
Sweden[edit]
- Skansen Aquarium - Stockholm
- Stockholm Aquarium, - Stockholm
- Universeum - Gothenburg
- Shipping Museum Aquarium - Gothenburg
- Kolmarden Tropicarium - Kolmarden[21]
- Malmö Museum Aquarium - Malmö[22]
Turkey[edit]
- TurkuaZoo - Istanbul
- Istanbul Aquarium - Istanbul
- Aqua Kingdom (Deniz Dunyasi) - Ankara
- Aqua Vega - Ankara[23]
- Antalya Aquarium - Antalya[24]
- Kaplikaya Aquarium (Kaplikaya Cazibe Merkezi Akvaryum) - Bursa
- Eti Aquarium (Eti Akvaryum) - Eskisehir
Ukraine[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Anglesey Sea Zoo - Isle of Anglesey, Wales
- Biota! - London, England (planned, but cancelled)
- Blackpool Tower Aquarium, Blackpool, England
- Blue Planet Aquarium - Ellesmere Port, England
- Blue Reef Aquarium - Centres at Newquay, Portsmouth, Hastings, Bristol and Tynemouth in England
- Cannon Aquarium - Manchester, England
- Cornish Seal Sanctuary - Gweek, England
- The Deep - Kingston upon Hull, England
- Deep Sea World - North Queensferry, Scotland
- Exploris - Portaferry, Northern Ireland
- Hastings Underwater World - Hastings, England
- Horniman Museum Aquarium - London, England
- Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary - Hunstanton, England (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
- Isle of Purbeck Aquarium - Wareham, Dorset, England
- Lake District Coast Aquarium - Maryport, Cumbria, England
- Lakes Aquarium - Lake District, England
- Sea Life London Aquarium - London, England
- Macduff Aquarium - Macduff, Scotland
- National Marine Aquarium - Plymouth, England
- National Sea Life Centre - Birmingham, England (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
- Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
- Oceanarium Bournemouth, - Bournemouth, England
- Rhyl Sea Life Aquarium - Rhyl, Wales
- St Andrews Aquarium - St Andrews, Scotland
- Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary - Oban, Scotland (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
- Sea Life Centres - Centres at Blackpool, Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Scarborough and Weymouth in England and Loch Lomond in Scotland
- Sealife Adventure - Southend, England
- SeaQuarium - Weston-super-Mare, England
Oceania/Australia[edit]
Australia[edit]
Guam[edit]
New Caledonia[edit]
New Zealand[edit]
- Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium - Auckland
- Marineland - Napier
- National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
- Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House - Christchurch
Palau[edit]
See also[edit]
- List of botanical gardens
- List of zoos
- List of CAZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of dolphinariums
- List of tourist attractions worldwide
Notes[edit]
- ^ "History of the Aquarium". Vancouver Aquarium. 2013-05-20. Archived from the original on 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
When the Vancouver Aquarium opened in 1956, there were five aquariums in North America, of which Vancouver was the fifth. Today, there are approximately 48, only two of which are in Canada. Worldwide, the number of aquariums has grown to over 200.
- ^ Hurghada Grand Aquarium
- ^ Official website
- ^ a b "Nanjing Andover Underwater World". andoverleisure.com. Andover Leisure Pte. ltd. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
- ^ Official website
- ^ Sharjah Museums
- ^ "Vinpearl Underwater World". vinpearlland.com. Turkazoo Istanbul. 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ AQUA
- ^ "Aquarium du Val de Loire". Aquarium du Val de Loire. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Seaquarium Le Grau du Roi".
- ^ "Cretaquarium-Thalassocosmos". Thalassocosmos.gr. 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ Galway Atlantaquaria
- ^ Dingle Oceanworld
- ^ Sea Life Bray
- ^ "Aquario di Cattolica". Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ Aquario di Livorno
- ^ "Aquarium Anton Dohrn of Naples". Icampiflegrei.it. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Jūrų muziejus". Muziejus.lt. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ Risør Akvarium
- ^ Atlanterhavsparken
- ^ Kolmarden Tropicarium
- ^ Malmo Museum
- ^ qua Vega Vega Akvaryum
- ^ Antalya Akvaryum
- ^ http://www.oceanarium.kiev.ua. Missing or empty
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References[edit]
- 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
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