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 edit
Egypt edit
Morocco edit
Namibia edit
Réunion edit
South Africa edit
Asia edit
China edit
- Beijing Underwater World - Beijing (1998) [2][3]
- 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)[3][4]
- Nanjing Underwater World - Nanjing (1996)
- Polar Ocean World - Qingdao (2006)
- Polar World - Dalian (2002)
- Qingdao Underwater World and Qingdao 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)
India edit
Indonesia edit
- Sea World Ancol - Jakarta
- Jakarta Aquarium - Jakarta
- Pangandaran Integrated Aquarium and Marine Research Institute - Pangandaran
- BX OceaLife - Tangerang
Iran edit
- Anzali Aquarium - Gilan Province
- Isfahan Aquarium - Isfahan Province
- Kish Aquarium - Kish island
- Tehran Aquarium - Jajrood, Tehran Province
Israel edit
Japan edit
Kuwait edit
- Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City
Malaysia edit
- Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
- Sea Life Malaysia - Legoland Malaysia Resort
- The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
- Underwater World Langkawi - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
Pakistan edit
Philippines edit
- 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[5]
Saudi Arabia edit
- Fakieh Aquarium - Jeddah (2013)[6]
Singapore edit
South Korea edit
- Aqua planet aquarium
- Busan Aquarium - Busan
- Alamalu Aquarium - Sacheon-si
- COEX Aquarium - Seoul
- Lotte World Aquarium - Seoul
- Daejeon Aquaworld - Daejeon
Sri Lanka edit
Taiwan edit
- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - Taiwan
- Penghu Aquarium - Penghu
- Yehliu Ocean World - New Taipei City
- Farglory Ocean Park - Hualien County
- Taoyuan Aquarium Xpark - Taoyuan, Taiwan
Thailand edit
- Aquaria Phuket - Central Phuket, Phuket
- Bangkok Aquarium - Department of Fisheries, Chatuchak, Bangkok
- Bueng Boraphet Aquarium - Bueng Boraphet, Mueang Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan
- Bueng Chawak Aquarium - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
- Chaloem Phra Kiat Aquarium (Phichit) - Bueng Si Fai, Mueang Phichit, Phichit
- Chaloem Phra Kiat Aquarium (Chanthaburi) - Tha Mai, Chanthaburi
- Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium - Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Mai
- Institute of Marine Science of Burapha University - Burapha University, Bang Saen, Chonburi
- Nong Khai Aquarium - Mueang Nong Khai, Nong Khai
- Pa Sak Jolasid Dam Aquarium - Pa Sak Jolasid Dam, Phatthana Nikhom, Lop Buri
- Phuket Aquarium - Phuket Zoo, Phuket
- Rajamangala Trang Aquarium - Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya, Trang Campus, Pak Meng, Trang
- Rayong Aquarium - Mueang Rayong, Rayong
- Samut Sakhon Aquarium - Mueang Samut Sakhon, Samut Sakhon
- Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
- Sisaket Aquarium - Mueang Si Sa Ket, Si Sa Ket
- Underwater World Pattaya - Pattaya, Chonburi
- Wang Pla Freshwater Aquarium of Bangsai Arts and Crafts Centre - Bang Sai Arts and Crafts Centre, Bang Sai, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
United Arab Emirates edit
Vietnam edit
Europe edit
Austria edit
Belgium edit
- Aquatopia - Antwerp
- Aquarium at the Antwerp Zoo - Antwerp
- Dubuisson Aquarium - Liège
- Sea Life Centre - Blankenberge
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
- Slatkovodni akvarij Aquatika Karlovac (Freshwater Aquarium Aquatika Karlovac) - Karlovac
- Aquarium Pula (Aquarium Pula) - Pula[10]
Cyprus edit
Czech Republic edit
Denmark edit
- AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark - Silkeborg[11]
- Fisheries and Maritime Museum - Esbjerg
- Fjord & Bælt - Kerteminde
- Kattegatcentret - Grenå
- National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet (formerly Denmark's Aquarium) - Kastrup
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- Øresundsakvariet - Helsingør
Finland edit
- Maretarium - Kotka
- Sea Life Helsinki, near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
- Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere
France edit
- See also #French Antilles, #New Caledonia and #Réunion
- 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)
- Grand Aquarium de Touraine - between Amboise and Tours, on the southern bank of the river Loire[12]
- Aquarium de Lyon - Lyon
- Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970)
- Aquarium Mare Nostrum Montpellier - Montpellier (2007)
- L'Aquashow - 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)
- La Cité de la mer - Cherbourg (2002)
- Great Aquarium Saint-Malo (1996)
- 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 edit
- Aquarium Berlin at the Berlin Zoological Garden - Berlin
- Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum - Düsseldorf
- Ozeaneum - Stralsund
- Sea Life Centre Berlin - 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 edit
- Aquaworld Aquarium - Hersonissos, Crete [14]
- Cretaquarium - Crete[15]
- Aquarium of Rhodes (hydrological station rhodes)
Hungary edit
Ireland edit
Italy edit
- Alghero Aquarium - Alghero
- Acquario di Cala Gonone - Cala Gonone
- Aquarium of Cattolica, Cattolica[16]
- Aquarium of Genoa - Genoa
- Aquarium of Leghorn - Leghorn[17]
- Civic Aquarium of Milan - Milan
- Sea Life Gardaland, Gardaland, Lake Garda
- Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples[18]
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
- Atlanterhavsparken - Ålesund[20]
- Bergen Aquarium - Bergen
- Polaria - Tromsø
- Risør Aquarium - Risør[21]
Poland edit
- Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków - Kraków
- Aquarium in Kraków Zoo - Kraków
- Aquarium in Łódź - Łódź
- Aquarium in Warsaw Zoo - Warsaw
- Aquarium in Wroclaw Zoo - Wrocław
- Gdynia Aquarium - Gdynia
- Seal Sanctuary in Hel - Hel
Portugal edit
- Aquário Vasco da Gama - Algés
- Mora Freshwater Aquarium/Fluviário de Mora - Mora, Portugal, Alentejo (100 km east of Lisbon), opened 2007
- Lisbon Oceanarium - Lisbon
- Sea Life Porto - Porto
Romania edit
- Constanța Aquarium - Constanţa (1958)
- Acvariu Zoo Timișoara - Timișoara
- Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
Russia edit
- Akuliy Rif - Eisk (2007)
- Gelendzhik Oceanarium - Gelendzhik (2007)
- Moscow Oceanarium - Moscow (2015)
- Murmansk Oceanarium (ru) - Murmansk (1991)
- Oceanarium in Saint Petersburg (ru) - Saint Petersburg (2006)
- Primorsky Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (2016)
- Sochi Discovery World (ru) - Sochi (2009)
- Vladivostok Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (1991)
- Voronezh Oceanarium (ru) - Voronezh (2011)
Slovenia edit
Spain edit
- Aquarium Barcelona - Barcelona
- Aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián - San Sebastián
- Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
- Aquarium Gijón - Gijón
- Aquarium Poema del Mar - Las Palmas
- Aquarium Seville - Seville
- 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 Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
- Zoo Aquarium de Madrid - Madrid
Sweden edit
- Skansen Aquarium - Stockholm
- Universeum - Gothenburg
- Havets Hus - Lysekil
- Tropicarium Kolmården - Kolmården Wildlife Park[22]
- Malmö Museum Aquarium - Malmö[23]
Turkey edit
- Antalya Aquarium - Antalya[24]
- Sea World (Deniz Dünyası) - Ankara
- Aqua Vega - Ankara[25]
- Eti Underwater World (Eti Sualtı Dünyası) - Eskişehir
- İstanbul Aquarium - Istanbul
- Sea Life İstanbul (formerly TurkuaZoo) - Istanbul
- ViaSea Aquarium - Istanbul
- Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo - Istanbul
- Aqua Diyarbakır - Diyarbakır
- Funtastic Aquarium İzmir - İzmir
Ukraine edit
United Kingdom edit
North America edit
The Bahamas edit
- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
Bermuda edit
Canada edit
Cuba edit
French Antilles edit
- Aquarium de la Guadeloupe - Gosier, Guadeloupe
Mexico edit
- Acuario Inbursa - Mexico City
- Acuario Mazatlán - Mazatlán
- Acuario Michín - Puebla City
- Acuario Michin Guadalajara - Guadalajara
- Acuario de Veracruz - Veracruz
- Acuario del Zoológico de Guadalajara - Guadalajara
United States edit
Oceania 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
South America edit
Argentina edit
Brazil edit
- Oceanic Aquarium
- Acqua Mundo
- Aquário de São Paulo
- Aquario de Ubatuba
- Aquário Municipal de Santos
- Aquário de Natal
- Aquário da Paraíba
- Oceanário de Aracajú
- Aquário de Bonito
- Aquário de Justino Malheiros
- Aquário de Aparecida do Norte
- Aquário de Guarapari
- Aquário de Peruíbe
- Aquário do Rio São Francisco
- Aquário do Zoo de Baurú
- Aquário do Zoo do Rio de Janeiro
- Aquário Municipal de Campinas
- Aquário Municipal de Iacanga
- Aquário Municipal de Piracicaba
- Mundo das Águas
- AquaRio
- Aquario Marinho de Paranaguá
- Aquário Municipal de Rômulo Martinelli
Colombia edit
Venezuela edit
- Valencia's Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia)
See also edit
References 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.
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- ^ "Official website". Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
- ^ "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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- ^ "Aqua". visitaqua.dk. Archived from the original on 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
- ^ "Aquarium de Touraine". Aquarium de Touraine. Archived from the original on 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
- ^ "Seaquarium Le Grau du Roi". Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links edit
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