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Barnum's Aquarial Gardens (June 1862 – February 1863) in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, was a public aquarium, zoo, and performance space located on Washington Street in the Financial District.
The New England Aquarium is a nonprofit organization located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals , California sea lions , African and southern rockhopper penguins , giant Pacific octopuses , weedy seadragons , and thousands of saltwater and freshwater fishes.
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The Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens (October 1860 – June 1862) in Boston, Massachusetts, featured a public aquarium and zoo. It was located in the Financial District on Central Court (off Washington Street ). [ 1 ]
The aquarium was first proposed in the late nineteenth century by the Boston Society of Natural History as an attraction for the newly created Marine Park at City Point in South Boston. [6] However, a lack of funds after the construction of the park prevented the City of Boston from building the aquarium until 1912. [ 4 ]
With over 11 million gallons, the largest aquarium in the United States is the Georgia Aquarium. [1] [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.
Aquarium station is an underground rapid transit station on the MBTA Blue Line in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is located under State Street at Atlantic Avenue on the eastern edge of Boston's Financial District near Boston Harbor. The station is named for the nearby New England Aquarium.
Plays were banned in Boston by the Puritans until 1792. [5] [6] Boston's first theater opened in 1793. [7] [8] In 1900, the Boston Theater District had 31 theaters, with 50,000 seats. [6] In the 1940s, the city had over 50 theaters. [2] Since the 1970s, developers have renovated old theaters. [2]