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Shedd Aquarium. Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium.
An aerial view of the Museum Campus Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.. Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago facing Lake Michigan in Grant Park.It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History.
Large aquariums exhibit a large number of species and animals in a large range of tanks. These tend to be public aquariums and may also be oceanariums and dolphinariums, in order to exhibit a wide range of different marine animals for the public. In operation Only aquariums with a total capacity of more than 10 million litres and/or a tank larger than 5 million litres are included in the list ...
Birch Aquarium - La Jolla. Cabrillo Marine Aquarium - San Pedro. California Science Center - Los Angeles. Central Coast Aquarium - Avila Beach. Heal the Bay Aquarium - Santa Monica. Monterey Bay Aquarium - Monterey. Ocean World - Crescent City. Roundhouse Aquarium - Manhattan Beach. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center - Santa ...
Added to NRHP. September 5, 1975. The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH), also known as The Field Museum, is a natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world. [4] The museum is popular for the size and quality of its educational and scientific programs, [5][6] and its extensive scientific ...
A whale shark at Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the United States. A public aquarium (pl. aquaria) or public water zoo is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, which houses living aquatic animal and plant specimens for public viewing. Most public aquariums feature tanks larger than those kept by home aquarists, as well as smaller tanks.
Known for. First fish to undergo chemotherapy. Residence. Shedd Aquarium. Bubba ( c. 1982 – August 22, 2006) was a giant grouper (Queensland grouper) that resided at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, Illinois. Bubba is believed to be the first fish to undergo chemotherapy. [1] He was often nicknamed "The Super Grouper".
Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1.29 km 2) park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum Campus. Originally known as Lake Park, and dating from the city's founding, it ...