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[aa] In 1997, the Association of Zoos and Aquariums awarded the wing its Exhibit Award. [16] The million-gallon Open Sea community exhibit contains a school of Pacific sardines that, in 2011, numbered 14,000 individuals. [17] Holding 1.2 million US gallons (4,500,000 L), the Open Sea community exhibit is the aquarium's largest tank.
Heal the Bay Aquarium, previously named the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, is a private-public aquarium at a California State Beach Park managed by Los Angeles County Department of Beaches and Harbors, located beneath the Santa Monica Pier, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Ohio Credit: Getty Images Having been open for just under 100 years, you can see pretty much all that the amazing animal kingdom has to offer at this Ohio-based zoo and ...
The aquarium features a collection of over 11,000 animals, representing over 500 different species, in exhibits ranging in size and capacity from about 5,000 to 350,000 gallons. [3] The Pacific Ocean is the focus of three major permanent galleries, Southern California and Baja, the Northern Pacific, and the Tropical Pacific. [2]
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park in Mission Bay Park in San Diego, California. It is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, public aquarium, and marine animal rehabilitation center. SeaWorld, the theme park's proprietor, is owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. SeaWorld San Diego is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). [2]
This is a list of existing public aquariums [3] in the United States, some of which are unaccredited. For zoos, see List of zoos in the United States. Aquariums are facilities where animals are confined within tanks and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
Summer 2012 San Diegans vote Birch Aquarium at Scripps the Best Museum in San Diego in the annual A-List poll for the second year in a row. [23] Fall 2011 San Diegans vote Birch Aquarium at Scripps the Best Museum in San Diego in the annual 10News.com A-List poll. [24] The aquarium was voted the #2 museum in 2008, [25] 2009, [26] and 2010. [27]
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is a public aquarium in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.The aquarium interprets both the physical processes of oceanography and marine biology of Southern California by use of displays and educational programs for the public.