Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies is located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. It’s home to over 10,000 animals and aquatic life, comprising over 350 species. Come face to face with 12 ft sharks, touch the rays in Ray Bay, watch the penguins at Penguin Playhouse, and see aquatic life from the rainforest to the ocean. Plan on [...]
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Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies
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Long Island Aquarium
The Long Island Aquarium is located in Riverhead, New York. It was formerly known as Atlantis Marine World but has since been renamed as Long Island Aquarium. The biggest attraction is a 20,000 gallon coral reef tank, which is the largest living-coral display in the Western Hemisphere. Other attractions at the Long Island Aquarium include a shark dive, Snorkel with [...]
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Maritime Aquarium
The Maritime Aquarium is located in Norwalk, Connecticut. Inside this 20,000 square foot building you’ll find seals, river otters, steely sharks, jellyfish, loggerhead turtles, and hundreds of other animals. The concept of the aquarium is to re-create the natural habitat of the Long Island Sound. There are also two touch tanks where visitors can interact with [...]
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New York Aquarium
The New York Aquarium is located on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. It’s the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, having operated since 1896. Inside you’ll find over 350 species of aquatic life including sea otters, black footed penguins, giant pacific octopus, sand tiger sharks, loggerhead sea turtles, and more. There’s plenty of other [...]
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Clearwater Marine Aquarium
The Clearwater Marine Aquarium was established in 1978 with a mission to restore and preserve our marine environment. Today the Clearwater Aquarium is most known for being the home of Winter, the bottlenose dolphin with a prosthetic tail. The movie Dolphin Tale tells the story. You’ll find plenty of other residents at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium as [...]
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The Living Planet Aquarium
The Living Planet Aquarium is located in Sandy, Utah, which is just south of Salt Lake City. The aquarium officially opened in its current location in 2006. Today the Living Planet Aquarium is home to over 1250 animals, including 267 species. It is divided into three main exhibit areas: Discover Utah, Ocean Explorer, and Journey to [...]
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Seattle Aquarium
The Seattle Aquarium is located at Pier 59 on the waterfront in Seattle, Washington. It first opened in 1977 and quickly grew to become one of the top attractions in the Seattle area and the seventh most popular aquarium in the United States (based on attendance). The aquarium features a collection of six major exhibits including [...]
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Mote Aquarium
The Mote Marine Laboratory is located in Sarasota, Florida and first opened in 1955. The Mote Aquarium works as the outreach program of the Mote Marine Laboratory, which aims to advance the science of the sea through its marine and estuarine research labs. It was founded by Dr. Eugenie Clark and currently houses more that 100 marine species including sharks, manatees, [...]
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Sea Life Carlsbad Aquarium
The Sea Life Aquarium at Carlsbad, California is especially designed with kids in mind. Some of the attractions at the aquarium include the Discovery Zone Touch Pool, a 35-foot-long ocean tunnel featuring a 200,000 gallon ocean display of sharks, rays and colorful tropical fish, feedings, demonstrations, and more. In all there are more than 200 species of aquatic animals [...]
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Gulfarium
The Gulfarium is a marine adventure park that is located in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, just 40 miles east of Pensacola. Since 1955 the park has entertained and inspired millions of people. Following significant renovations, the Gulfarium is now ready to offer even more of an adventure. Attractions include penguin and stingray feedings, Fishin’ Hole [...]
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Sea Life Park
Located on the island of Oahu, Sea Life Park gets you up and close to the marine animals. The main attraction is the dolphin encounter where you can swim and interact with the dolphins. There’s also close interaction with the sea lions and rays as well as live shows, feedings, educational talks, and reef dives. If [...]
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Aquarium of the Bay
The Aquarium of the Bay (or San Francisco Aquarium) hosts nearly 600,000 visitors. It’s mission is to protect, restore and inspire conservation of San Francisco Bay. There are over 20,000 aquatic animals, including over 50 species of sharks, bat rays and skates that call the Aquarium of the Bay home. The largest exhibit is the Under the Bay exhibit [...]
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Baltimore Aquarium
The National Aquarium (Baltimore Aquarium) is located in the heart of Baltimore and is Baltimore’s leading attraction. The aquarium opened in August 1981 and has since seen millions go through its doors. Exhibits show the entire Chesapeake area including jellyfish, dolphins, sea turtles, and more. When you purchase you aquarium tickets you choose your entry [...]
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Georgia Aquarium
The Georgia Aquarium officially opened November 23, 2005 and instantly became the world’s largest aquarium. And it’s not just the world’s largest aquarium, it’s also the most unique. The exhibits at the Georgia Aquarium are one of a kind. You’ll see whale sharks, beluga whales, manta rays, goliath grouper, hammerhead sharks, dolphins, albino alligators, and [...]
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Aquarium of the Pacific
The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, California is home to more than 11,000 marine animals including 500 different species. It’s one of the most diverse aquariums in the US featuring 19 different habitats and 32 different exhibits from Southern California and Baja to the Northern Pacific and to the Tropical Pacific. You’ll also […]
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay Aquarium first opened in 1984 and is located in Monterey, California. The centerpiece of the aquarium is a 33 foot high tank to display with Giant Kelp growing up from the floor. (the first aquarium to ever accomplish this). Other exhibits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium include stingrays, jellyfish, sea otters, penguins, […]
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Newport Aquarium
The Newport Aquarium is located in Newport, Kentucky (just a few minutes from downtown Cincinnati, OH) and is open to the public 365 days a year. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from all around the world showcased by over 70 exhibits and 14 galleries. You’ll see sharks, alligators, otters, penguins, reef fish, and more. […]
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Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach
Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach South Carolina is located in Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. The aquarium complex is 85,000 square feet that features Piranha, Sea Dragons, Giant Pacific Octopus, Sting Rays, Sharks, and more. The three biggest attractions are the Dangerous Reef (a moving 340-foot long glidepath tunnel under the shark tank), Rainbow Rock […]
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Shedd Aquarium
The John G. Shedd Aquarium is located on the museum campus in Chicago, Illinois, right on the waterfront. The aquarium is home to over 25,000 fish and aquatic animals, contained in over 5,000,000 gallons of water. Attractions include otters, octopuses, whales, penguins, lizards, rays, sea jellies, dolphins, sea turtles, and tons of fish. There’s also […]
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South Carolina Aquarium
The South Carolina Aquarium is on the Charleston Harbor and first opened in May 2000. The aquarium is home to over 10,000 plants and animals including river otters, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, great blue herons, hawks, owls, sea horses, jellyfish, pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, starfish, pythons, sea dragons, sharks, and more. There is also […]
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