Under the Sea
Aquariums
The following list are places you can visit that have living aquatic animals on display. Some are private and must be called to make arrangements to visit. Most call themselves aquariums, others are zoos that have significant aquatic displays. Please help us make this the most complete list on the internet, by telling us via e-mail if a site is missing or incorrect.
Abbreviations used:
P - Private (must call first to arrange visit)
AZA - Association of Zoological Parks
& Aquaria: must follow strict
rules to be member
W - Whales on display (Orcas, dolphins,
belugas, etc)
S - Seals and sea lions on display
(Pinnipeds)
L - Local animals are primary focus of facility
G - Global - Animals from around the world are
displayed
LG - Large aquariums, with more than 50 full time
staff
* - Top aquariums, highly praised for
exhibits and education
Alt - Alternate websites for site (most are
unofficial web sites)
? - Still researching information
###K - largest tank in thousands of gallons
United States
Alabama
Alaska
Alaska SeaLife Center
Prince William Sound Science Center
Arizona
Sonoran Sea Aquarium
Arkansas
California
Cabrillo High School Aquarium
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific - AZA, S, LG, G
Six Flags Marine World
Monterey Bay Aquarium - LG, G, *, ?
Ocean Institute
Roundhouse Lab and Aquarium
Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center
Stephen Birch Aquarium at Scripps
Sea World of California
Seymour Marine Discovery Center - Santa Cruz
Steinhart Aquarium
UCLA Ocean Discovery Center
Colorado
Ocean Journey
Rocky Mountain Aquarium & Ecoplex
Connecticut
Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration
Delaware
District of Columbia
The National Aquarium of Washington D.C.
The National Zoo - Amazon river exhibit and invertebrate house
Florida
The Florida Aquarium - Tampa
Marineland of Florida - Alt
Miami Seaquarium
Mote Aquarium
Living Seas at Epcot - Kissimmee -
Sea World of Florida - LG, W, ?
Clearwater Marine Aquarium
Florida's Gulfarium
Key West Aquarium
Georgia
Hawaii
Waikiki Aquarium
Maui Ocean Center
Idaho
Illinois
John G. Shedd Aquarium
Brookfield Zoo
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Newport Aquarium
Louisiana
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
Maine
Gulf of Maine Aquarium
Maine Aquarium Saco, Maine
Maryland
Calvert Marine Museum
The National Aquarium in Baltimore (Baltimore Aquarium)
Massachusetts
New England Aquarium - (Boston Aquarium), Boston -
Michigan
Belle Isle Zoo & Aquarium (Detroit Zoological Institute)
Minnesota
Minnesota Zoo's Discovery Bay Marine Education Center - 218K
Underwater Adventures
Mississippi
J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium
Missouri
St. Louis Children's Aquarium
Montana
Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium Outdoor Education Center
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Jersey State Aquarium
Jenkinsons Aquarium
New Mexico
Albuquerque Aquarium
New York
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery & Aquarium
New York's Aquarium for Wildlife Conservation - Alt - 400K, W,
St. Lawrence Aquarium & Ecological Center
Brooklyn Aquarium - same as NY Aquarium?
Long Island Aquarium - Planned opening in 2005 - X
Atlantis Marine World - Long Island -
Hudson River Aquarium - Planned opening in ?, L,
North Carolina
Discovery Place
North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke Island
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knolls Shores
North Carolina Estuarium
North Dakota
Ohio
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Sea Life Park at Six Flags World of Adventure - S, W, (formerly Sea World of Ohio)
Oklahoma
Oregon
Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Newport Exploration Center - Newport - Extension of New England Aquarium
South Carolina
Ripley's Aquarium
South Carolina Aquarium
South Dakota
Tennessee
Memphis Zoological Garden & Aquarium
Tennessee Aquarium
Ripleys Aquarium of the Smokies
Texas
Capitol of Texas Aquarium - Austin - In the planning stages
Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park - Dallas
The Dallas World Aquarium & Zoological Garden - Dallas
Moody Gardens -
San Antonio Zoological Gardens & Aquarium
Sea World of Texas - San Antonio
Texas State Aquarium - Corpus Cristi
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Nauticus
Virginia Institute of Marine Science - 3K, L
Virginia Marine Science Museum - S, LG, L
Washington
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Poulsbo Marine Science Center
The Seattle Aquarium - Seattle - S, ?
The Whale Museum - Static displays only - Friday Harbor
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
International
Argentina
Acuario del Museo Argentino de Ciencias
Acuario del Inidep Sede Rosario
Acuario Municipal de Mendoza
Armenia
Ervani Kentanabannakan Aigi
Australia
ReefHQ - formerly the Great Barrier Reef Aquarium - Townsville
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Sydney Aquarium , NSW
The Aquarium of Western Australia (formerly Underwater World) - Perth, Western Australia
Underwater World - Mooloolaba, Queensland
Undersea World Cairns, Qld
Sea World Gold Coast Qld
Ocean World Manly, Sydney, NSW
Melbourne Aquarium, Vic
National Aquarium, Canberra, ACT
Neptune's Marine Aquarium, Hervey Bay, Qld
Pet Porpoise Pool, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Territory Wildlife Park, Northern Territory
Austria
Aquarium Alpenzoo Innsbruck
Aquarium Zoo Schonbrunn
Haus der Natur
Haus des Meeres
Belgium
Aquarium Antwerp Zoo
Aquarium Kon. My. Dierkunde
Aquarium de l'Universite
Sea Life Centre Blankenberge
Bermuda
Bermuda Aquarium, Natural History Museum & Zoo
Brasil
Aquario de Santos
Aquário de Ubatuba - Alt in English
Bulgaria
Varna Aquarium
Byelorussia
Grodznenskii Szyarzhauny
Canada
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
Maribeland of Canada
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Metro Toronto Zoo
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Quebec Aquarium
Sainte-Foy Aquarium
Vancouver Aquarium
Under Water World
China
Aquaculture Museum, Beijing Agriculture
Museum Chinese Academy of Science Aquatic Building, Beijing Natural Museum
Aquatic Building, Marine Research Institute
Aquaria 21 Shanghai
Beihai Aquaculture MuseumBeijing Fu Guo
Underwater World
Beijing Jiu Long Theme Park Aquarium
Beijing Pacific Underwater World
Bi Hai Resort Aquarium, Dalian
Beijing Bluezoo Underwater World
Beijing Zoo
Taiping Underwater World, Beijing
Dalian Sun Asia Ocean World
Chengdu Wangcong Underwater World
Changshai Underwater World
Chonqi Underwater World
Fujian Zoo Hai Aquarium Fuzhou Zoological Gardens
Haico Ocean Park
Jinan Changqin Lingyan Temple Aquarium
Kunming Aquarium
Ocean World Aquarium, Guangzhou Zoo
Nanjing Underwater World
Nanshan Park
Oriental Aquatic World, Wuxi
Qinhuangdao Xing Ao Underwater World
Qingdao Aquaculture Museum
Qingdao Dolphinarium
Rare Species Aquarium, Beidaihe
Sanya Tian Ya Tropical Marine Park
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (under construction 2000)
Shanhaiguan Marine Aquarium
Shengyang Underwater World
Shanya Ocean Park
Shenzen Marine World
Tiger Beach Paradise Underwater World, Dalian
Weipin Park
White Dolphin Aquarium
Wuhan New World Aquatic Park
Xi'an Ocean Wonder
Xiamen Under Water World
Xuzhou Yunlong Water World
Yantai Yang Ma Island Marine World
Colombia
Rosario Island Aquarium
Cuba
Havana Aquarium
National AquariumCyprus
Ocean Aquarium
The Paphos Aquarium
Cyprus
Ocean Aquarium
The Paphos Aquarium
Czechoslovakia
Vychodoceska Zoologicka
Oceanographic Museum
Zoologicka Zahrada Mesta Brna
Giant aquarium in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic
Denmark
Denmarks Aquarium
Kattegatcentret
Fiskerimuseet
Funen Aquarium
Nordseenuseet
Akvarium & Museum
Oresundakvariet
Fjord & Baeltcentret
Dominican Republic
Aquario Nacional
Eire (Ireland)
"Ocean's Alive", Letterfrack, Co. Clare ready by Easter 1999
Dublin Sea Life Centre
Exploris Aquarium
Fenit Sea World, Co. Galway 00 + 353 66 36544
Atlantaquaria, National Aquarium of Ireland, Galway
Irish National Aquarium
Dingle Oceanworld (also known as Marabeo = living sea in Irish), Dingle, Co. Kerry
Lahinch Sea World http://www.lahinchseaworld.com
Wicklow Bay Sea Life Centre, Co. Kerry (The Old National Aquarium)
Estonia
Tallinna Loomaaed
Finland
Särkänniemi Aquarium, Finland
France
Aliotis Aquarium de Sologne
Aquarium de St Malo
Aquarium du Musee de la mer de Biarritz
Imperator Aquarium
Marineland Antibes
Centre de la Mer et des Eaux, Paris
Institut Océanographique de Paris
Musee Aquarium d'Arcachon
Musee national des Arts Africains et Oceaniens
Aquarium du Musee de la Mer
Nausicaa Centre National de la mer
Oceanopolis
Aquarium de Canet
Aquarium du M.A.A.O
Aquarium Institute Oceanography Ricard
Aquarium Coutant
Musee de la Peche
Aquarium de La Rochelle
Aquarium des Roches
Marinarium du College de France
Ocearium du Croisic
Aquarium Panoramique
Musee Oceanographique le Roc
Roscoff Aquarium
Sealand - Aquarium de Noimoutier
Seaquarium - Palais de la Mer du Gran du Roi
Observatoire
French West Indies
Aquarium de la Guadeloupe
Georgia
Batumskii Okeanarium
Germany
Munich Aquarium
Lobbecke-Museum & Aquazoo
Leipzig Aquarium
Kiel Aquarium
Helgoland Aquarium
Hanover Aquarium
Institut für
Frankfurt Aquarium
Cologne Aquarium
Bremerhaven Aquarium
Berlin Aquarium
Zoo am Meer
Trparium Hagenbeck's
Deutsches Meeresmuseum
Aquarium Zoologischer Garten Berlin
Wilhelma Zoologischer Garten
Kolner Aquarium am Zoo
Aquarium Zoo Berlin
Aquarium Tierpark Berlin
Aquarium des Institut fur Meereskunde an der Universitat Kiel
Greece
Oceanographic Institute
Hydrobiological Station
Hungary
Budapest Fovaros Allat-Es
Aquarium Zoo Budapest
Italy
Riva Aquarium
Naples Aquarium
Milan Aquarium
Livorno Aquarium
Genoa's Aquarium (Acquario di Genova)
Aquarium Stazione Zoologica
Acquario Comunale 'Diacinto Cestoni'
Acquario Civico-Stazione Idrobiologica
India
Marine Aquarium of Mandapam
Kankaria Aquarium
Indonesia
Seaworld Indonesia (Jakarta)
Israel
Coral World Underwater Observatory and Aquarium Hong Kong
Ocean Park
Japan
Aburatsubo Marine Park Aquarium
Amakusa Natural Aquarium in Bottom
Aomori Prefectural Asamushi Aquarium
Ashizuri Kaiyokan
Atagawa Banna-Crocodile Gardens
Awashima Marine Park
Biwako Bunkakan
Echizen Matsushima Aquarium
Enoshima Aquarium
Futami Sea Paradise
Gifu Park
Hekinnan Beach Aquarium
Higashiyama Zoological & Botanical Gradens
Himeji City Aquarium
Hiroo Aquarium
Hiyoriyama Park
Inokashira Park Zoo
Inubosaki Marine Park
Isahaya Mini Aquarium
Izu Andyland
Izumito Sea Paradise
Joetsu City Aquarium
Kaikyokan Aquarium
Kagoshima Aquarium
Kamogawa Sea World
Kanazawa Aquarium
Katsuraham Aquarium
Keikyu Aburatsubo Marine Park
Kinosaki Marine World
Kiryugaoka Aquarium
Kushimoto Marine Park
Marine Palace Oita Ecological Aquarium
Marine Aquarium Oyama
Marine Plaza Miyajima
Marine Science Museum
Marine World Umi-no-Nakamichi
Matsushima Aquarium
Minakami Aquarium
Minamichita Aquarium
Misaki Park Zoo & Aquarium
Miyajima Aquarium
Miyazu E.L. Aquarium
Muronan Aquarium
Nagasaki Aquarium
Nagasaki Bio Park
Nagoya Harbour Aquarium
Nanki Shiraham Adventure World
Niigata Aquarium
Noboribetsu Marine Park
Noshappu Kanryu Aquarium
Notojima Beach Park Aquarium
Oarai Aquarium
Oga Aquarium
Oita Ecological Aquarium
Okeanos Aquarium
Okhotsk Aquarium Foundation
Okinawa Expo Aquarium
Osaka Aquarium (Kaiyukan Aquarium)
Otaru Aquarium
Oyama Marine Aquarium
Port of Nagoya Aqarium
Saitama Aquarium
Sakaigahama Marine Park Aquarium
Shima Marineland
Shimoda Floating Aquarium
Shinagawa Aquarium
Shirahama Aquarium
Shonai-Beach Kamo Aquarium
Suma Aqualife Park
Sun Plaza Aquarium
Sunshine International Aquarium
Suzaka Zoo
Taiji Whales Museum
Takarazuka Zoological & Botanical Gardens
Takeshima Aquarium
Tama Zoological Park
Tamano Marine Museum
Teradomari Aquarium
Toba Aquarium - LG, S, *
Tokyo Sea Life Park
Toyama Family Park Zoo
Ueno Zoological Gardens
Ubatuba Aquarium
Uozu Aquarium
Wakayama Municipal Natural Science Museum
Yambaru Wildlife Park
Yashima Sea Palace
Yokohama Hakeijima Aquarium
Yomiuriland Marine Aquarium
Kazakhstan
Alma-Atinskii Zoopark
Chimkentskii Zoologicheskii
Latvia
Riga Zoologiskais Darz
Aquarium-Maritime
Lithuania
Jura Muziejus Ir Akvariums
Respublikinis Zoologijos
Mexico
Acuario Aragon
Acuario "Fantastico Mundo del Mar"
Acuario Veracruz (Spanish)
Baja California Aquarium - in mexico? Planned?
Monaco
Musée Océanographique de Monaco
Netherland Antilles
Curacao Seaaquarium
Netherlands
Artis Aquarium
Aquarium Bergen aan Zee
Noorder Dierenpark Zoo
Ouwehands Zoo
Amsterdam Aquarium
Sea Life Centre Scheveningen
Burgers' Ocean
Blijdorp Zoo
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Marineland and Aquarium Napier
Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World, Auckland
Norway
Aalesund Akvarium, Norway
Bergen Aquarium
Aquarium Norske Skogbruks Museum
University of Oslo/Aquarium
Norvegian Forestry Aquarium
Pakistan
Karachi Municipal Aquarium
Palau
Palau Aquarium
Poland
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny W Lodzi
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny
Miejski Ogrod Zoologiczny
Miejski Park Ogrod Zoologiczny
Slaski Ogrod Zoologiczny
Wielkopolski Park Zoologiczny
Oceanographic Museum
Portugal
The Vasco de Gama Aquarium
Lisbon Oceanarium
Madeira's Museu Municipal do Funchal
Zoomarine - Mundo
Romania
Acvariu
Aquarium Galatia
Russia
Kaliningradskii Zoopark
Aquarium at Moskovskii Zoologicheski Park
Rostovskii-Na-Donu Zoologicheskii Park
Scotland
National Aquarium of Scotland/Deep Sea World
Singapore
Underwater World Singapore
South Africa
East London Aquarium
Sea World - Durban, South Africa
Spain
Sea Life Centre Benalmadena
Barcelona Aquarium
Aquarium Parque Zoologico de Barcelona
Aquarium Madrid Zoo
Museu de la Ciencia
Aquopolis La Pineda
Aquarium Finidterrae
Aquarium Galicia
Sri Lanka
National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka
Sweden
Goteborg Aquarium
Malmö Museum of Natural History
Borasparken
Sjofartsmuseets Akvarium
Skansen-Akvariet
Kolmardens Tropicarium
Switzerland
Aquarium Zoologischer Garten Basel
Aquarium Zoo Zurich
Taiwan
National Museum of Marine and Biology
Aquarium
National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
P'eng-hu Aquarium
Keeleng Aquarium
UAE
Al Ain Zoo and Aquarium
Ukraine
Kharkovskii Zoologicheskii Park
Kievskii Zoologicheskii Park
Nikolaevskii Zoopark
Sevastopolskii Morskoi Akvarium
Sevastopol Aquarium
United Kingdom
Aquarium Chester Zoo
Aquarium of the Lakes
Anglesey Sea Zoo 01248 430411
Axmouth Sea Discovery Centre, Devon (east) Web
Site 01297 24774
Beaumaris Marine World, Anglesey
Birmingham Sea Life Centre 0121 6436777
Blackpool Tower Aquarium the only marine
displays are tropical
Bournemouth Water Zoo * 01202 295393
Brixham Aquarium, Devon *Biological
Services
Blue Planet Aquarium
Bolton Museum Aquarium (no marine species)
01204 332200
Bristol Zoo Aquarium 0117 9222 3571
Chester Zoo Aquarium (no marine displays?)
01244 380 280
Clacton "Living Ocean" 01255 421115
Deep Sea World - National Aquarium of
Scotland
Ellesmore Port, Cheshire "Blue Planet"
Forest Hill, SE London, Horniman's Museum 0181
699 2339
Exploris
Portaferry
Guernsey Aquarium, St. Peter Port. 01481 723301
Gweek Seal Sanctuary, Cornwall, Jersey, Fort
Regent, St. Helier
Kew Gardens (for Seaweeds)
Kimmeridge Bay Interpretation Centre,
Dorset (with live underwater video camera)
Lake District Coast Aquarium
Liverpool Museum Aquarium &
Vivarium 0151 207 0001
Logan Fish Pond Marine Life Centre, Port
Logan, Stranraer 01776 860300
London Aquarium, South
Bank 0171 967 8000
London Zoo Aquarium 0171 722 3333
Looe Aquarium, Cornwall Very limited
opening
Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium No telephone (land
line)
Macduff Marine Aquarium, Banff, Scotland 01261
833369
Maryport Aquaria
Mallaig Marine World, W Scotland
Mevagissey Aquarium, Cornwall 01726 843305
Millport Biological Station, Cumbrae 0147 553
581
National
Marine Aquarium, Plymouth
National Sea Life Centre Birmingham
National Seal Sanctuary
Newquay Blue Reef Aquarium, Cornwall
Oceanarium Bournemouth 01202 311993
Paignton Aquarium, Devon
Penzance Aquarium, Cornwall 01736 64857
Portaferry "Exploris" Aquarium, N Ireland
012477 28062
Queensferry "Deep Sea World",
Rhyl Sea Life Centre, N Wales
Seahouses Aquarium, Northumberland
Sea Life Centre Blackpool 01253 22445
Sea Life Centre Brighton 01273 604234
Sea Life Centre Great Yarmouth 01493
330631
Sea Life Centre Hastings 01424 718776
Sea Life Centre Hunstanton 01485 533 576
Sea Life Centre Newquay
Sea Life Centre Oban, W Scotland 0163 172 386
(discontinued?)
Sea Life Centre Portsmouth 01705 734461
Sea Life Centre Rhyl
Sea Life Centre Scarborough 01723 376125
Sea Life Centre Southend
Sea Life Centre St Andrews, Scotland 01334
74786
Sea Life Centre Weston-super-Mare
Sea Life Centre Tynemouth
Sea Life Park Weymouth, Dorset 01305 788255
Skyreburn Aquarium, Scotland closed
St. David's Marine Life Centre, SW Wales 01437
721665
St. David's Oceanarium, SW Wales Link to
Official Site 01437 720453
Swansea Aquarium, SW Wales
Tenby "Silent World" Aquarium, SW Wales 01834
844498
Torquay "Aqualand", Devon
Tynemouth Sea Life Centre, NE England
Underwater World at Birdworld
Ventnor, Isle of Wight, Coastal Visitors
Centre 01983 855400
Wembury Marine Centre, Devon Interpretation
Centre 01752 862538
Weston-super-Mare Sea Life Centre, Somerset
01934 613361
Weymouth Aquarium closed
Whitstable Oyster & Fishery Exhibition
01227 272003
Windemere "Aquarium of the Lakes" 015395 30153
Yarmouth, Fort Victoria Marine Aquarium, Isle
of Wight Official Web Site 01983 760283
Venezuela
Valencia Aquarium
Jardin Acuario de Merida
Virgin Islands
Coral
World Marine Park & Underwater Observatory
Various Marine Biology Links
Crafts, activities, lesson plans
Marine Biology Outreach Groups
Aquariums and Marine Science Centers
Conferences, Seminars,
Lectures
Aksarben Aquarium and
Nature Center
Center for Stingray Biology, California
Coral Island Nassau, The Bahamas
Coral World St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Kirkham Aquarium
Marine Life Aquarium
Marine World Africa USA
Mount Desert Oceanarium
Oceans East
Sea Life Park Waimanalo
Shoals Aquarium & Nature Center
St. Lawrence Aquarium & Ecological Center, New York
UnderWater World
West Boothbay Harbor Aquarium
The New York Aquarium
Aksarben Aquarium and Nature Center
San Pedro CACAUZ for Worldwide Conservation Consortium of
Cambrian Explosion Exibit
Chula Vista Nature Center
Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium
Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
The Florida Museum Department of Ichthyology
Loebbecke-Museum & Aquazoo
Long Island Zoos and Aquariums
Mid-America Aqua Center
Pier Aquarium
Project PicoReef one of the world's smallest reef aquariums
Smithsonian Institute Division of Fishes
Särkänniemi Aquarium
Zoo Atlanta