List of Aquaria around the World

[As of 2012]

Thought it would be cool if people talked about their experiences with aquariums around the world.

There is also another thread specifically for aquariums in the USA:http://mernetwork.com/index/showthre...aria-in-the-US.
And one for Australia: http://mernetwork.com/index/showthre...a-in-Australia

Heard of any cool projects these places are doing? Recommendations/Ratings? First-hand experiences? Jobs even, maybe? Merring opportunities?
How many have you been to?

Took this from the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aquaria

[Africa]

Egypt

• Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria
• El Gouna Aquarium - El-Gouna

Morocco

• Morocco Mall Aquarium - Casablanca

Namibia

• National Marine Aquarium of Namibia - Swakopmund

South Africa

• Two Oceans Aquarium - Cape Town
• UShaka Marine World - Durban

[Asia]

China

• Beijing Underwater World - Beijing (1998) ^[1][2]
• Hefei Oceanarium - Hefei (future)^[2][3]
• Nanjing Underwater World - Nanjing (1996)
• Ocean Park - Nam Long Shan, Hong Kong (1977)
• Polar Ocean World - Qingdao (2006)
• Polar World - Dalian (2002)
• Qingdao Underwater World & Quingdao Aquarium (1932) - Shandong
• Shanghai Ocean World - Chang Feng Park, Shanghai (1999)
• Shanghai Ocean Aquarium (Shànghai Haiyáng Shuizú Guan) - Shanghai (2002)
• Sun Asia Ocean World - Dalian (1994)

Indonesia

• SeaWorld Indonesia - Jakarta [1]

India

Main article: List of aquaria in India
Iran

• Kish Aquarium - Kish island
• Tehran Aquarium - Jajrood, Tehran Province

Israel

• Eilat aquarium

Japan

Main article: List of aquaria in Japan
Malaysia

• Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
• Underwater World Langkawi - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
• The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Singapore

• Underwater World - Sentosa
• Marine Life Park - Sentosa
• Van Kleef Aquarium - closed 1991

South Korea

• 63 Seaworld - Seoul
• COEX Aquarium - Seoul
• Busan Aquarium - Busan

Kuwait

• Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City

Pakistan

• Clifton Fish Aquarium, Karachi

Philippines

• Mactan Island Aquarium - Maribago, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu
• Malabon Zoo and Aquarium - Governor Pascual Street, Potrero, Malabon City
• Manila Ocean Park - Luneta, Manila
• Ocean Adventure - Subic, Zambales

Taiwan

• National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium - Taiwan

Thailand

• Bangkok Aquarium - Bang Khen, Bangkok
• Bueng Chawak Aquarium - Doem Bang Nang Buat, Suphanburi
• Phuket Aquarium - Phuket
• Rayong Aquarium - Rayong
• Siam Ocean World - Siam Paragon, Pathum Wan (Siam), Bangkok
• Underwater World Pattaya - Pattaya, Chonburi
• Chiang Mai Zoo Aquarium - Chiang Mai Zoo, Chiang Mai

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo - Dubai
• Sharjah Aquarium - Sharjah^[4]

Vietnam

• Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Nha Trang
• Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
• Vinpearl Underwater World, Nha Trang^[5]

[Europe]

Austria

• Haus des Meeres - Vienna Haus des Meeres

Belgium

• Aquatopia (Antwerp)
• Dubuisson Aquarium (Liège)
• Sea Life Centre (Blankenberge)

Bulgaria

• Varna Aquarium

Croatia

• Akvarij Crikvenica (Aquarium Crikvenica) - Crikvenica
• Akvarij Dubrovnik, Instituta za more i priobalje (Dubrovnik Aquarium, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research) - Dubrovnik

Denmark

• Denmark's Aquarium (Danmarks Akvarium) - Charlottenlund
• Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
• Kattegatcentret- Grenå
• Øresundsakvariet - Elsinore (aquarium with local species)

Finland

• Akvaariolinna, the Aquarium Castle - Petikko, Vantaa
• Kiela Naturium - Muonio, Lapland
• Maretarium - Kotka
• Sea Life Helsinki, near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
• Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere

France

• Aquarium du Trocadéro - Paris (1878–1985) re-opened as CineAqua (2006)
• Aquarium de la Porte Dorée - Paris (1931)
• Aquarium de La Rochelle - La Rochelle (2001)
• Aquarium du Grand Lyon - Lyon
• Aquarium du Musée de Zoologie - Nancy (1970)
• Aquarium du Val de Loire - Between Amboise and Tours, France on the southern shore of the River Loire^[6]
• Centre de la Mer et des Eaux - Paris
• Citadel of Besançon - Besançon
• Great Aquarium Saint-Malo (1996)
• La Cité de la mer - Cherbourg (2002)
• Le Musée de la mer - Biarritz (1933)
• L'Aquashow - Audierne (2000)
• Aquarium Mare Nostrum Montpellier (French Wikipedia) - Montpellier (2007)
• Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer - French National Sea Experience Centre, Boulogne-sur-Mer (1991)
• Océarium - Le Croisic (1992)
• Océanopolis - Brest (1990)
• Palais de la Porte Dorée - Paris
• Sea Life Centre Paris - Marne la Vallée (2001)
• Seaquarium Le Grau du Roi - Petite Camargue (1989)^[7]

Germany

• Aquazoo - Düsseldorf
• Sea Life Centre Timmendorfer Strand - Timmendorfer Strand
• Sea Life Centre Berlin and AquaDom - Berlin
• Sea Life Centre Dresden - Dresden
• Sea Life Centre Munich - Munich
• Sea Life Centre Konstanz - Konstanz
• Sea Life Centre Speyer - Speyer
• Sea Life Centre Oberhausen - Oberhausen
• Sea Life Centre Nürnberg - Nürnberg
• Sea Life Centre Königswinter - Königswinter
• Sea Life Centre Hanover - Hanover
• Aquarium Berlin at the Berlin Zoological Garden - Berlin
• Ozeaneum - Stralsund

Greece

• Aquaworld Aquarium - Hersonissos, Crete [2]
• Cretaquarium - Crete^[8]

Hungary

• Tropicarium - Óceanárium - Budapest

Ireland

• Oceanworld - Dingle
• National Sea Life Centre - Bray
• Atlantic world - Salthill

Italy

• Civico Acquario di Milano - Milan, opened 1906* Alghero Aquarium - Alghero, Sardinia
• Aquarium of Genoa - Genoa
• Stazione Zoologica di Napoli - Naples, opened 1874^[9]
• Sea Life Gardaland, Gardaland, Lake Garda, Italy

Lithuania

Lithuanian Sea Museum, Klaipėda^[10]
Luxembourg

Wasserbillig Aquarium, Wasserbillig
Monaco

• Oceanographic Museum and Aquarium - Monaco-Ville

The Netherlands

• Aqua Zoo Friesland - Leeuwarden
• Burgers Zoo - Arnhem
• Diergaarde Blijdorp - Rotterdam
• Dolfinarium - Harderwijk
• Sea Life Centre - Scheveningen

Norway

• Akvariet i Bergen - Bergen
• Risør Akvarium - Risør Risør Akvarium
• Altanterhavsparken - Ålesund Atlanterhavsparken

Poland

• Gdynia Aquarium Sea Fisheries Institute Aquarium - Gdynia
• Aquarium and Natural History Museum in Kraków - Kraków
• Aquarium in Łódź - Łódź
• Seal Sanctuary in Hel - Hel
• Aquarium in Cracow City Zoo - Kraków
• Aquarium in Warsaw City Zoo - Warsaw
• Aquarium in Breslau City Zoo - Wrocław

Portugal

• Lisbon Oceanarium - Lisbon
• Aquário Vasco da Gama - Algés (near Lisbon), opened 1898
• Fluviário de Mora - Mora, Portugal, Alentejo (100 km East of Lisbon), opened 2007
• Sea Life Centre Porto - Porto

Russia

• Akuliy Rif - Eisk (2007)
• Gelendzhik Oceanarium - Gelendzhik (2007)
• Moscow Oceanarium - Moscow (building)
• Murmansk Oceanarium (ru) - Murmansk (1991)
• Planeta Neptun (ru) - Saint Petersburg (2006)
• Primorsky Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (2012)
• Sochi Discovery World (ru) - Sochi (2009)
• Vladivostok Oceanarium (ru) - Vladivostok (1991)
• Voronezh Oceanarium (ru) - Voronezh (2011)

Romania

• Acvariu Constanţa - Constanţa (1958)
• Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
• Acvariu Zoo Timişoara - Timişoara

Slovenia

• Akvarij - Terarij - Maribor

Spain

• Palma Aquarium - Palma de Mallorca
• Aquarium Finisterrae - A Coruña
• Sea Life Centre Benalmádena - Benalmádena, Málaga
• Aquarium Barcelona - Barcelona
• Barcelona Zoo - Barcelona
• Zoo Aquarium de Madrid - Madrid
• L'Oceanogràfic at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències - Valencia
• Museu de la Ciencia
• Aquopolis La Pineda
• Aquarium Donostia-San Sebastián - San Sebastián

Sweden

• Skansen, akvariet (The Skansen Aquaria) - Stockholm
• Aquaria, - Stockholm
• Universeum - Gothenburg
• Sjöfartsmuseets akvarium (The Aquaria of the Shippingmuseum) - Gothenburg
• Kolmarden Tropicarium and Aqarium
• Malmö Museer akvariet

Turkey

• TurkuaZoo - Istanbul
• Istanbul Aquarium (İstanbul Akvaryumu) - Istanbul
• Aqua Kingdom (Deniz Dunyasi) - Ankara
• Aqua Vega (Vega Akvaryum) - Ankara
• Antalya Aquarium (Antalya Akvaryumu) - Antalya
• Kaplikaya Aquarium (Kaplikaya Cazibe Merkezi Akvaryumu) - Bursa
• Eti Aquarium (Eti Akvaryumu) - Eskisehir

United Kingdom

• Anglesey Sea Zoo - Isle of Anglesey, Wales
• Biota! - London, England (planned)
• Blackpool Tower Aquarium, Blackpool, England
• Blue Planet Aquarium - Ellesmere Port, England
• Blue Reef Aquarium - Centres at Newquay, Portsmouth, Hastings, Bristol and Tynemouth in England
• Cannon Aquarium - Manchester, England
• The Deep - Kingston upon Hull, England
• Deep Sea World - North Queensferry, Scotland
• Exploris - Portaferry, Northern Ireland
• Hastings Underwater World - Hastings, England
• Horniman Museum Aquarium - London, England
• Hunstanton Sea Life Sanctuary - Hunstanton, England (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
• Isle of Purbeck Aquarium - Wareham, Dorset, England
• Lake District Coast Aquarium - Maryport, Cumbria, England
• Lakes Aquarium - Lake District, England
• Sea Life London Aquarium - London, England
• Macduff Aquarium - Macduff, Scotland
• National Institute for Research into Aquatic Habitats (NIRAH) - Stewartby, England (planned)
• National Marine Aquarium - Plymouth, England
• National Sea Life Centre - Birmingham, England (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
• Natureland Seal Sanctuary, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England
• National Seal Sanctuary, Gweek - Gweek, England
• Oceanarium Bournemouth, - Bournemouth, England
• Rhyl Sea Life Aquarium - Rhyl, Wales
• St Andrews Aquarium - St Andrews, Scotland
• Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary - Oban, Scotland (part of the Sea Life Centres chain)
• Sea Life Centres - Centres at Blackpool, Brighton, Great Yarmouth, Scarborough and Weymouth in England and Loch Lomond in Scotland
• Sealife Adventure - Southend, England
• SeaQuarium - Weston-super-Mare, England

[North America]

The Bahamas

• The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
• Dolphin Encounters at Blue Lagoon Island - Nassau

Canada

Main article: List of aquaria in Canada
Mexico

Sinaloa

• Acuario Mazatlán - Mazatlán

Veracruz

• Acuario de Veracruz - Veracruz

United States

Main article: List of aquaria in the United States
South America

Argentina

• Mundo Marino- Largest Oceanarium in Latin America
• Mar del Plata Aquarium
• Buenos Aires Aquarium (Acuario de Buenos Aires) - It is inside the Buenos Aires Zoo

Brazil

• Acqua Mundo
• Aquario de Ubatuba
• Aquário de São Paulo
• Aquário Municipal de Santos

Colombia

• Rodadero Sea Aquarium and Museum

Venezuela

• Valencia Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia) - Largest Aquarium in Latin America.

Caribbean

Bermuda

• Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo

Cuba

• Baconao Park
• Freshwater Public Aquarium, Havana

French Antilles

• Aquarium de la Guadeloupe - Gosier, Guadeloupe

[Australia/Oceania]

Australia

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Guam

• Underwater World - Tumon

New Caledonia

• Aquarium des Lagons - Nouméa

New Zealand

• Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World - Auckland
• Marineland - Napier
• National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
• Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House - Christchurch
• Willowbank - Christchurch

Palau

• Palau International Coral Reef Center - Koror

I've been to the aquariums in London and Berlin. Both were fantastic!

I've been to two:

Hong Kong: Ocean Park
This one is also part amusement park. And they have cable cars, the aquarium is so big! I feel they do a really good job on capitalizing on conservation and teaching eco-friendly habits. They have a no-straw day to reduce plastic dependency (the McDonalds all over HK also participate). They do have animal shows though, which I don't really like. They also have a lot of things going on during Xmas time that is not necessarily marine related but still fun/awesome. English and Chinese.

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^ Those giant tanks that take several floors

Singapore: Underwater World
I've been to this one several times. It's small, but really through/well researched. I like it a lot and wonder how it will fare with the addition of Marine Life Park in the same area. I came in 2nd place for a competition they hosted once, and got named a Young Marine Biologist of the Year by the International Year of the Reef for a blog I made on coral reefs. English.

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The Marine Life Park in SG hasn't opened yet, but I can't wait to check it out. They were originally going to have a tank for a whale shark but because of public outcry (I sent a letter/participated!). It's currently going through a controversy for having dolphins that were captured near the Phillipines though. The petition to release 25 dolphins held in captivity exceeded the 100,000 mark in August 2011. However, it is set to debut as the largest oceanarium in the world when it opens. The 8-hectare (20-acre) park will feature exhibits containing a total of 20,000,000 imperial gallons (91,000,000 l) of water, for 700,000 aquatic residents. The park's largest lagoon contains 6,600,000 imperial gallons (30,000,000 l) of water. Isn't that awesome?!

I might try to check out the ones in Bangkok, Thailand in a few weeks.

I went to "The Interactive Aquarium" in CanCun Mexico which was small, but still interesting, however they are exactly what they say they are, an interactive aquarium, there you can touch see feel the animals there, from turtles and sharks to the dolphins. Not as much an aquarium but more of an animal interaction place.. their exibits (minus the shark and turtle and dolphin tanks) are small and simple.. then again this is mexico.

In the Dominican Republic they have "Ocean World" I went there on my honeymoon, its a very open aquarium, they are part teaching aquarium, part guest interaction, they do demonstrations with their animals instead of shows which is cool. This place was like my dream marine animal rescue center.. its beautiful and the people are so informative and friendly..

Canada has Marineland (MLC) they are more geared towards amusement than aqurium, they have one orca , 30+ beluga whales, some dolphins and a few seals. The pools are somewhat decent, they people are informative and really helpful as well. but they need to seriously expland the aquarium part a bit more,

So the day before yesterday I checked out Marine Life Park's S.E.A Aquarium in Resorts World Sentosa! It's supposed to be the largest oceanarium in the entire world. It's very impressive and they do a good job of promoting ocean conservation. My top three aquariums are still Siam Ocean World in Bangkok, Thailand, the NY Aquarium (currently closed due to Hurricane Sandy) and the National Aquarium in Baltimore. The decor at atmosphere in Siam Ocean World is amazing!

Siam Ocean World in Bangkok, Thailand:

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SEA Aquarium in Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore:

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There is also Adventure Cove, which is a water park right next to the S.E.A Aquarium, which features attractions such as the first coaster hydromagnetic technology in Southeast Asia. This vehicle was named Rocket Riptide (AWESOME RIDE). Second attractions are BluWater Bay, a wave pool and a river that flows 620 meters long with winding pathways. During this current wading pool, visitors will be invited to wade through tropical rain forests, caves, zoos and aquariums around. (It was so cool. The lazy river went through aquarium tanks!!) Visitors can also snorkel with the fish at Rainbow Reef.

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This guy who I was with got me this really cute sea star plushie as a souvenir. :3

Canada does have marineland... but don't go there. :| they don't take care of their animals properly.

They're opening up a Ripley's aquarium downtown Toronto though. So we'll have our own real aquarium.

Thanks for sharing this post. Its really wonderful and nice pics also.

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