List of aquaria
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Male_whale_shark_at_Georgia_Aquarium.jpg/220px-Male_whale_shark_at_Georgia_Aquarium.jpg)
Whale shark at Georgia Aquarium, United States
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]
Africa[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Twooceansaquarium.jpg/220px-Twooceansaquarium.jpg)
Egypt[]
- Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria
- - El-Gouna
- Hurghada Grand Aquarium, Hurghada[2]
Morocco[]
- - Casablanca
Namibia[]
- National Marine Aquarium of Namibia - Swakopmund
South Africa[]
- Two Oceans Aquarium - Cape Town
- UShaka Marine World - Durban
Americas[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/View_of_Aquarium_and_Pools_from_Royal_Tower_Rooms_Atlantis_2.jpg/220px-View_of_Aquarium_and_Pools_from_Royal_Tower_Rooms_Atlantis_2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Aquarium_Nov_24th%2C_2013_%2811071398235%29.jpg/220px-Aquarium_Nov_24th%2C_2013_%2811071398235%29.jpg)
Several circular tanks at Vancouver Aquarium, Canada
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Argentina[]
- (Acuario de Buenos Aires) - inside the Buenos Aires Zoo
- Mundo Marino - largest oceanarium in Latin America
The Bahamas[]
- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
Bermuda[]
Brazil[]
Canada[]
Colombia[]
Cuba[]
- Baconao Park
- , Havana
French Antilles[]
- - Gosier, Guadeloupe
Mexico[]
Jalisco[]
- - Guadalajara
- - Guadalajara
Mexico City[]
- Acuario Inbursa - Mexico City
Puebla[]
- - Puebla City
Sinaloa[]
- - Mazatlán
Veracruz[]
- Acuario de Veracruz - Veracruz
United States[]
Venezuela[]
- Valencia's Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia)
Asia[]
Sturgeon at Beijing Aquarium, China
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Touch pool at Marine Life Park, Singapore
China[]
- - Beijing (1998) [3][4]
- Changfeng Ocean World (Sea Life Shanghai) - Shanghai (1999)
- Chimelong Ocean Kingdom - Hengqin, Zhuhai (2014)
- - Chengdu (2015)
- - Hangzhou (2008)
- - Hefei (future)[4][5]
- Nanjing Underwater World - Nanjing (1996)
- - Qingdao (2006)
- - Dalian (2002)
- Qingdao Underwater World and Qingdao Aquarium (1932) - Shandong
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium - Shanghai (2002)
- - Dalian (1994)
- Ocean Park - Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong (1977)
India[]
Indonesia[]
- Sea World Indonesia - Jakarta
- Jakarta Aquarium - Jakarta
- - Pangandaran
Iran[]
- - Gilan Province
- - Isfahan Province
- Kish Aquarium - Kish island
- - Jajrood, Tehran Province
Israel[]
- Coral World Underwater Observatory
- Israel aquarium
Japan[]
Kuwait[]
- Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City
Malaysia[]
- Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
- - Legoland Malaysia Resort
- The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
- - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
Pakistan[]
- Clifton Fish Aquarium, Karachi
Philippines[]
- Cebu Ocean Park - South Road Properties, Cebu City
- Mactan Island Aquarium - Maribago, Lapu-Lapu
- Malabon Zoo and Aquarium - Governor Pascual Street, Potrero, Malabon
- Manila Ocean Park - Ermita, Manila
- Ocean Adventure - Subic, Zambales[6]
Saudi Arabia[]
- - Jeddah (2013)[7]
Singapore[]
- Marine Life Park - Sentosa
- River Safari
Sri Lanka[]
South Korea[]
- Aqua planet aquarium
- Aqua Planet 63 - Seoul
- - Goyang
- Aqua Planet Jeju - Jejudo
- - Yeosu
- Busan Aquarium - Busan
- COEX Aquarium - Seoul
- Lotte World Aquarium - Seoul
- - Daejeon
Taiwan[]
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - Taiwan
- Penghu Aquarium - Penghu
- Yehliu Ocean World - New Taipei City
- Farglory Ocean Park - Hualien County
- - Taoyuan, Taiwan
Thailand[]
- - Central Phuket, Phuket
- Bangkok Aquarium - Department of Fisheries, Chatuchak, Bangkok
- - Bueng Boraphet, Mueang Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan
- - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
- - Bueng Si Fai, Mueang Phichit, Phichit
- - Tha Mai, Chanthaburi
- - Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Mai
- - Burapha University, Bang Saen, Chonburi
- - Mueang Nong Khai, Nong Khai
- - Pa Sak Jolasid Dam, Phatthana Nikhom, Lop Buri
- - Phuket Zoo, Phuket
- - Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Trang Campus, Pak Meng, Trang
- Rayong Aquarium - Mueang Rayong, Rayong
- - Mueang Samut Sakhon, Samut Sakhon
- Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
- - Mueang Si Sa Ket, Si Sa Ket
- - Pattaya, Chonburi
- - , Bang Sai, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
United Arab Emirates[]
- Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo - Dubai
- The Lost Chambers - Dubai
- - Sharjah[8]
Vietnam[]
- Times City Vinpearl Aquarium
- , Nha Trang
- Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
- , Nha Trang[9]
Europe[]
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Asian freshwater fish at Aquarium Berlin, Germany
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Austria[]
- Haus des Meeres - Vienna[10]
Belgium[]
Bulgaria[]
Croatia[]
- (Aquarium Crikvenica) - Crikvenica
- , Instituta za more i priobalje (Dubrovnik Aquarium, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research) - Dubrovnik
- Slatkovodni akvarij Aquatika Karlovac (Freshwater Aquarium Aquatika Karlovac) - Karlovac
- (Aquarium Pula) - Pula[11]
Cyprus[]
- - Famagusta
Czech Republic[]
- - Prague
- - Hradec Králové
- - Děčín
Denmark[]
- - Silkeborg[12]
- Fisheries and Maritime Museum - Esbjerg
- - Kerteminde
- Kattegatcentret - Grenå
- National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet (formerly Denmark's Aquarium) - Kastrup
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- - Elsinore
Finland[]
- , the Aquarium Castle - Petikko, Vantaa
- - Muonio, Lapland
- - Kotka
- , near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
- Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere
France[]
- Aquarium de La Rochelle - La Rochelle (2001)
- - Paris (opened in 1867 as "Aquarium du Trocadéro", closed in 1985, re-opened as "Cinéaqua" in 2006)
- - between Amboise and Tours, on the southern shore of the River Loire[13]
- - Lyon
- - Nancy (1970)
- - Montpellier (2007)
- - Audierne (2000)
- Centre de la Mer et des Eaux (closed 2010) - Paris
- Citadel of Besançon - Besançon
- Dorée Tropical Aquarium (Aquarium tropical de la Porte Dorée) - in Palais de la Porte Dorée, Paris (1931)
- - Cherbourg (2002)
- Great Aquarium Saint-Malo (1996)
- Kélonia - Saint-Leu, Réunion
- Le Musée de la mer - Biarritz (1933)
- Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer (French National Sea Experience Centre) - Boulogne-sur-Mer (1991)
- - Brest (1990)
- - Le Croisic (1992)
- Sea Life Centre Paris - Marne la Vallée (2001)
- - Petite Camargue (1989)[14]
Germany[]
- Aquarium Berlin at the Berlin Zoological Garden - Berlin
- - Düsseldorf
- Ozeaneum - Stralsund
- Sea Life Centre Berlin and AquaDom - Berlin
- Sea Life Centre Dresden - Dresden
- Sea Life Centre Hanover - Hanover
- Sea Life Centre Königswinter - Königswinter
- Sea Life Centre Konstanz - Konstanz
- Sea Life Centre Munich - Munich
- Sea Life Centre Nürnberg - Nürnberg
- Sea Life Centre Oberhausen - Oberhausen
- Sea Life Centre Speyer - Speyer
- Sea Life Centre Timmendorfer Strand - Timmendorfer Strand
- at the Tierpark Hagenbeck - Hamburg
Greece[]
- Aquaworld Aquarium - Hersonissos, Crete [15]
- Cretaquarium - Crete[16]
Hungary[]
- - Budapest
Ireland[]
- - Dingle[17][18]
- Galway Atlantaquaria (National Aquarium of Ireland) - Galway[19][20]
- Sea Life Bray - Bray[21][22]
Italy[]
- - Alghero
- - Cala Gonone
- Aquarium of Cattolica, Cattolica[23]
- Aquarium of Genoa - Genoa
- - Leghorn[24]
- Civic Aquarium of Milan - Milan
- , Gardaland, Lake Garda
- Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples[25]
Lithuania[]
Luxembourg[]
- Wasserbillig Aquarium - Wasserbillig
Malta[]
- Malta National Aquarium - Malta
Monaco[]
- Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium - Monaco-Ville
The Netherlands[]
- Aqua Zoo Friesland - Leeuwarden
- Burgers Zoo - Arnhem
- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Oceanium) - Rotterdam
- Dolfinarium Harderwijk - Harderwijk
- Sea Life Centre - Scheveningen
Norway[]
Poland[]
- Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków - Kraków
- Aquarium in Cracow City Zoo - Kraków
- Aquarium in Łódź - Łódź
- Aquarium in Warsaw City Zoo - Warsaw
- Aquarium in Wroclaw City Zoo - Wrocław
- Gdynia Aquarium Sea Fisheries Institute Aquarium - Gdynia
- Seal Sanctuary in Hel - Hel
Portugal[]
- - Algés
- / - Mora, Portugal, Alentejo (100 km east of Lisbon), opened 2007
- Lisbon Oceanarium - Lisbon
- Sea Life Porto - Porto
Romania[]
Russia[]
Oceanarium in Saint Petersburg, 2019
- - Eisk (2007)
- - Gelendzhik (2007)
- Moscow Oceanarium - Moscow (2015)
- (ru) - Murmansk (1991)
- (ru) - Saint Petersburg (2006)
- (ru) - Vladivostok (2016)
- (ru) - Sochi (2009)
- (ru) - Vladivostok (1991)
- (ru) - Voronezh (2011)
Slovenia[]
- - Maribor
- Akvarij Piran - Piran
Spain[]
- Aquarium Barcelona - Barcelona
- - San Sebastián
- Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
- - Gijón
- - Las Palmas
- - Seville
- Barcelona Zoo - Barcelona
- Cosmocaixa- Barcelona
- L'Oceanogràfic at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Valencia
- Palma Aquarium - Palma de Mallorca
- - Zaragoza
- Sea Life Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
- Zoo Aquarium de Madrid - Madrid
Sweden[]
- Skansen Aquarium - Stockholm
- - Stockholm
- Universeum - Gothenburg
- - Gothenburg
- - Lysekil
- Tropicarium Kolmården - Kolmården Wildlife Park[29]
- - Malmö[30]
Turkey[]
- - Antalya[31]
- (Deniz Dünyası) - Ankara
- - Ankara[32]
- (Eti Sualtı Dünyası) - Eskişehir
- - İstanbul
- (formerly TurkuaZoo) - İstanbul
- - İstanbul
- - İstanbul
- - Diyarbakır
- - İzmir
Ukraine[]
- - Kyiv[33]
- - Odessa, Kharkiv, Donetsk
United Kingdom[]
- Anglesey Sea Zoo - Isle of Anglesey, Wales
- Biota! - London, England (planned, but cancelled)
- Blackpool Tower Aquarium, Blackpool, England
- Blue Planet Aquarium - Ellesmere Port, England[34]
- Blue Reef Aquarium - centres at Newquay, Portsmouth, Hastings, Bristol and Tynemouth in England
- - Manchester, England
- Cornish Seal Sanctuary - Gweek, England
- The Deep - Kingston upon Hull, England
- Deep Sea World - North Queensferry, Scotland
- Exploris - Portaferry, Northern Ireland
- - Hastings, England
- - London, England
- Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary - Hunstanton, England (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
- - Wareham, Dorset, England
- - Maryport, Cumbria, England
- Lakes Aquarium - Lake District, England
- - 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
- , - Bournemouth, England
- - 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
- Sea Life London Aquarium - London, England
- - Manchester, England[35]
- - Southend, England
- - Rhyl, Wales
- - Weston-super-Mare, England
Oceania/Australia[]
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Australia[]
Guam[]
- Underwater World - Tumon
New Caledonia[]
- - Nouméa
New Zealand[]
- Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium - Auckland
- Marineland - Napier
- National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
- - Christchurch
Palau[]
See also[]
- List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of botanical gardens
- List of CAZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of dolphinariums
- List of tourist attractions worldwide
- List of zoos
References[]
- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Ocean Adventure – Subic Bay, Philippines". Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2011-06-19.
- ^ "Fakieh Aquarium, Jeddah". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
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- ^ "Vinpearl Underwater World". vinpearlland.com. Turkazoo Istanbul. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
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- ^ "Aquaworld Aquarium - Hersonissos - Crete - Greece". Archived from the original on 2010-08-18. Retrieved 2010-08-10.
- ^ "Cretaquarium-Thalassocosmos". Thalassocosmos.gr. 2010-10-06. Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Dingle Oceanworld Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium - Where the ocean comes to life". Dingle Oceanworld. Archived from the original on 2012-07-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ^ "Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium". Your Days Out. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20.
- ^ "Galway Atlantaquaria National Aquarium of Ireland - Fun Days". Archived from the original on 2012-05-14. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
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- ^ "Aquario di Cattolica". Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ "Aquario di Livorno" (in Italian).
- ^ "Aquarium Anton Dohrn of Naples". Icampiflegrei.it. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Jūrų muziejus". Muziejus.lt. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Atlanterhavsparken" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2007-05-02.
- ^ "Risør Akvarium - Sørlandets eneste saltvannsakvarium". Archived from the original on 2007-04-05. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
- ^ "Alligatorer, apor, hajar, ormar och andra djur, möhippa, svensexa och äventyr - Kolmårdens Tropicarium". Kolmårdens Tropicarium. Archived from the original on 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ Malmo Museum Archived 2012-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Antalya Akvaryum". Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "AQUA VEGA AKVARYUM". Archived from the original on 2012-10-16. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
- ^ "Океанариум в Киеве". Archived from the original on 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "Blue Planet Aquarium". Your Days Out. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20.
- ^ "Sea Life, Manchester". Your Days Out. Archived from the original on 2016-09-20.
External links[]
Media related to Public aquariums at Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- A guide to public aquaria in the world
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