List of aquaria
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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 Romania
- 4.23 Russia
- 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 References
- 8 External links
Africa
Egypt
- Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria
- El Gouna Aquarium - El-Gouna Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Hurghada Grand Aquarium, Hurghada [2]
Morocco
Namibia
South Africa
Americas
Argentina
- Buenos Aires Aquarium (Acuario de Buenos Aires) - inside the Buenos Aires Zoo
- Mar del Plata Aquarium
- Mundo Marino - largest oceanarium in Latin America
The Bahamas
- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
- Dolphin Encounters at Blue Lagoon Island - Nassau
Bermuda
Brazil
Canada
Colombia
Cuba
French Antilles
Mexico
Sinaloa
Veracruz
United States
Venezuela
- Valencia's Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia)
Asia
China
- Beijing Underwater World - Beijing (1998) [3][4]
- Changfeng Ocean World (Sea Life Shanghai) - Shanghai (1999)
- Chimelong Ocean Kingdom - Hengqin, Zhuhai (2014)
- Cube Aquarium - Chengdu (2015)
- Hangzhou Polar Ocean Park - Hangzhou (2008)
- Hefei Oceanarium - Hefei (future)[4][5]
- 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
- Ocean Park - Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong (1977)
India
Indonesia
Iran
Israel
Japan
Kuwait
- Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City
Malaysia
- Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
- The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
- Underwater World Langkawi - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
Pakistan
Philippines
- 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[6]
Singapore
- Marine Life Park - Sentosa
- River Safari
- Underwater World - Sentosa
- Van Kleef Aquarium - closed 1991
South Korea
- 63 Seaworld - Seoul
- Aquaplanet Ilsan - Goyang
- Aquaplanet Jeju - Jejudo
- Aquaplanet Yeosu - Yeosu
- Busan Aquarium - Busan
- COEX Aquarium - Seoul
- Daejeon Aquaworld - Daejeon
Taiwan
Thailand
- Bangkok Aquarium - Bang Khen, Bangkok
- Bueng Chawak Aquarium - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
- Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium - Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Mai
- Phuket Aquarium - Phuket
- Rayong Aquarium - Rayong
- Siam Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
- Underwater World Pattaya - Pattaya, Chonburi
United Arab Emirates
Vietnam
- Times City Vinpearl Aquarium
- Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Nha Trang
- Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
- Vinpearl Underwater World, Nha Trang[8]
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
- 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 [10]
Cyprus
Denmark
- AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark - Silkeborg[11]
- Kattegatcentret - Grenå
- National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet (formerly Denmark's Aquarium) - Kastrup
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- Øresundsakvariet - Elsinore
Finland
- 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
- Aquarium de La Rochelle - La Rochelle (2001)
- Aquarium de Paris - Cinéaqua - Paris (opened in 1867 as "Aquarium du Trocadéro", closed in 1985, re-opened as "Cinéaqua" in 2006)
- Aquarium du Grand Lyon - Lyon
- Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970)
- Aquarium du Val de Loire - between Amboise and Tours, on the southern shore of the River Loire[12]
- Aquarium Mare Nostrum Montpellier - Montpellier (2007)
- Aquarium tropical de la Porte Dorée - Paris (1931, situated in the Palais de la Porte Dorée)
- L'Aquashow - Audierne (2000)
- Centre de la Mer et des Eaux (closed 2010) - Paris
- Citadel of Besançon - Besançon
- La Cité de la mer - 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)
- Océanopolis - Brest (1990)
- Océarium - Le Croisic (1992)
- Sea Life Centre Paris - Marne la Vallée (2001)
- Seaquarium Le Grau du Roi - Petite Camargue (1989)[13]
Germany
- Aquarium Berlin at the Berlin Zoological Garden - Berlin
- Aquazoo - Düsseldorf (closed for renovations until Spring 2015)
- 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
- Tropen-Aquarium Hagenbeck at the Tierpark Hagenbeck - Hamburg
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
- Dingle Oceanworld - Dingle[16]
- Galway Atlantaquaria (National Aquarium of Ireland) - Galway[17]
- Sea Life Bray - Bray[18]
Italy
- Alghero Aquarium - Alghero
- Aquarium of Cattolica, Cattolica[19]
- Aquarium of Genoa - Genoa
- Aquarium of Leghorn - Leghorn[20] Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- Civic Aquarium of Milan - Milan
- Sea Life Gardaland, Gardaland, Lake Garda, Italy
- Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples, opened 1874[21]
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
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
- Aquário Vasco da Gama - Algés (near Lisbon), opened 1898
- Fluviário de Mora - Mora, Portugal, Alentejo (100 km east of Lisbon), opened 2007
- Lisbon Oceanarium - Lisbon
- Sea Life Centre Porto - Porto
Romania
- Acvariu Constanţa - Constanţa (1958)
- Acvariu Zoo Timişoara - Timişoara
- Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
Russia
- 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)
Slovenia
Spain
- Aquarium Barcelona - Barcelona
- Aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián - San Sebastián
- Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
- Aquopolis La Pineda
- Barcelona Zoo - Barcelona
- Cosmocaixa- Barcelona
- L'Oceanogràfic at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Valencia
- Palma Aquarium - Palma de Mallorca
- River Aquarium - Zaragoza
- Sea Life Centre Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
- Zoo Aquarium de Madrid - Madrid
Sweden
- Skansen Aquarium - Stockholm
- Stockholm Aquarium - Stockholm
- Universeum - Gothenburg
- Shipping Museum Aquarium - Gothenburg
- Kolmarden Tropicarium - Kolmarden[25]
- Malmö Museum Aquarium - Malmö[26]
Turkey
- Antalya Aquarium - Antalya[27]
- Aqua Kingdom (Deniz Dunyasi) - Ankara
- Aqua Vega - Ankara[28]
- Eti Aquarium (Eti Akvaryum) - Eskisehir
- Istanbul Aquarium - Istanbul
- Kaplikaya Aquarium (Kaplikaya Cazibe Merkezi Akvaryum) - Bursa
- TurkuaZoo - Istanbul
Ukraine
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
- 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
- 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
- Sea Life London Aquarium - London, England
- Sealife Adventure - Southend, England
- SeaQuarium - Weston-super-Mare, England
Oceania/Australia
Australia
Guam
New Caledonia
New Zealand
- Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium - Auckland
- Marineland - Napier
- National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
- Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House - 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
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- ↑ Hurghada Grand Aquarium
- ↑ Official website
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- ↑ Official website
- ↑ Ocean Adventure
- ↑ Sharjah Museums
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- ↑ Haus des Meeres
- ↑ www.aquarium.hr
- ↑ AQUA
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- ↑ Aquaworld Aquarium - Crete
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- ↑ Dingle Oceanworld
- ↑ Galway Atlantaquaria
- ↑ Sea Life Bray
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- ↑ Aquario di Livorno
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- ↑ Atlanterhavsparken
- ↑ Risør Akvarium
- ↑ Kolmarden Tropicarium
- ↑ Malmo Museum
- ↑ Antalya Akvaryum
- ↑ qua Vega Vega Akvaryum
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External links
- 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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