List of aquaria by country
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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 aquaria, see List of former zoos and aquariums.
Aquaria 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 aquaria, oceanaria, marine mammal parks, and dolphinaria.
According to Vancouver Aquarium there are over 200 aquaria worldwide.[3]
Africa
[edit]Egypt
[edit]Morocco
[edit]- Morocco Mall Aquarium - Casablanca
Réunion
[edit]South Africa
[edit]Asia
[edit]China
[edit]- Beijing Underwater World - Beijing (1998) [4][5]
- 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)[5][6]
- Nanjing Underwater World - Nanjing (1996)
- Polar Ocean World - Qingdao (2006)
- Polar World - Dalian (2002)
- Qingdao Underwater World and Qingdao Aquarium (1932) - Shandong
- Sea Life Sichuan - Sichuan
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium - Shanghai (2002)
- Sun Asia Ocean World - Dalian (1994)
- 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
Japan
[edit]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 City
- Malabon Zoo and Aquarium - Governor Pascual Street, Potrero, Malabon
- Manila Ocean Park - Ermita, Manila
- Ocean Adventure - Subic, Zambales[7]
Singapore
[edit]South Korea
[edit]- Aqua planet aquarium
- Aqua Planet 63 - Seoul
- Aqua Planet Ilsan - Goyang
- Aqua Planet Jeju - Jejudo
- Aqua Planet Yeosu - Yeosu
- Busan Aquarium - Busan
- Sea Life Busan Aquarium - Busan
- Alamalu Aquarium - Sacheon
- COEX Aquarium - Seoul
- Lotte World Aquarium - Seoul
- Daegu Aquarium - Daegu
- Daejeon Aquaworld - Daejeon
Sri Lanka
[edit]- Water World - Kelaniya
Taiwan
[edit]- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - Checheng
- Penghu Aquarium - Baisha
- Yehliu Ocean World - Wanli
- Farglory Ocean Park - Hualien County
- Taoyuan Aquarium Xpark - Taoyuan, Taiwan
Thailand
[edit]- Aquaria Phuket - Mueang Phuket District, Phuket
- Bangkok Aquarium - Department of Fisheries, Chatuchak district, Bangkok
- Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), 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
- 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
Vietnam
[edit]- Times City Vinpearl Aquarium
- Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Nha Trang
- Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
- Vinpearl Underwater World, Nha Trang[8]
Caribbean
[edit]The Bahamas
[edit]- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
Bermuda
[edit]Cuba
[edit]- Baconao Park
- Freshwater Public Aquarium, Havana
French Antilles
[edit]- Aquarium de la Guadeloupe - Gosier, Guadeloupe
Europe
[edit]Austria
[edit]Belgium
[edit]- 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]- Ocean Aquarium - Famagusta
Czech Republic
[edit]- Mořský svět - Prague
- Obří akvárium - Hradec Králové
- Rajské ostrovy - Děčín
Denmark
[edit]- AQUA Akvarium & Dyrepark - Silkeborg[11]
- Fisheries and Maritime Museum - Esbjerg
- Fjord & Bælt - Kerteminde
- Kattegatcentret - Grenå
- National Aquarium Denmark, Den Blå Planet - Kastrup
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- Øresundsakvariet - Helsingør
- Danmarks Akvarium - Charlottenlund
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 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]- Tropicarium - Óceanárium - Budapest
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]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]
- Sognefjord Akvarium - Sogndal
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 - Norrköping[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
- Istanbul Aquarium - Istanbul
- ViaSea Aquarium - Istanbul
- Emaar Aquarium & Underwater Zoo - Istanbul
- Aqua Diyarbakır - Diyarbakır
- Funtastic Aquarium İzmir - İzmir
Ukraine
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]Middle East
[edit]Iran
[edit]- Anzali Aquarium - Gilan Province
- Isfahan Aquarium - Isfahan Province
- Kish Aquarium - Kish island
- Tehran Aquarium - Jajrood, Tehran Province
Israel
[edit]Kuwait
[edit]Saudi Arabia
[edit]United Arab Emirates
[edit]- Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo - Dubai
- The Lost Chambers - Dubai
- Sharjah Aquarium - Sharjah[28]
- Dubai Mall Aquarium
North America
[edit]Canada
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Acuario Inbursa - Mexico City
- Acuario Mazatlán - Mazatlán
- Acuario Michín - Puebla
- 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]- Aquarium des Lagons - Nouméa
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]- Mar del Plata Aquarium
- Mundo Marino
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
- Aquario do Pantanal
- 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 Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia)
See also
[edit]- List of AZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of botanical gardens
- List of CAZA member zoos and aquariums
- List of dolphinariums
- List of largest aquaria
- List of tourist attractions worldwide
- List of zoos by country
References
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- ^ Lewis, Scott. "The Top 10 Largest Aquarium Tanks". BNP Media. Engineering News-Record.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Vinpearl Underwater World". vinpearlland.com. Turkazoo Istanbul. 2009. Archived from the original on 23 December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ "HAUS des MEERES - Aqua Terra Zoo". 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 17 April 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2007.
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "Fakieh Aquarium, Jeddah". Archived from the original on 2017-02-26. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
- ^ "Sharjah Museums Department - Home". Archived from the original on 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Public aquariums.
- 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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