[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
Morocco
- Alexandria Aquarium - Alexandria
- El Gouna Aquarium - El-Gouna
Namibia
South Africa
[Asia]
China
Indonesia
- 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)
India
Main article: List of aquaria in India
Iran
Israel
Japan
Main article: List of aquaria in Japan
Malaysia
Singapore
- Aquaria KLCC - Kuala Lumpur
- Underwater World Langkawi - Cenang Beach, Langkawi Island
- The Green Connection - Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
South Korea
- Underwater World - Sentosa
- Marine Life Park - Sentosa
- Van Kleef Aquarium - closed 1991
Kuwait
Pakistan
- Kuwait Scientific Center - Salmiyah, Kuwait City
Philippines
Taiwan
- 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
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
- 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
Vietnam
- Tri Nguyen Aquarium, Nha Trang
- Tuan Chau Aquarium, Ha Long Bay
- Vinpearl Underwater World, Nha Trang[5]
[Europe]
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Denmark
- Akvarij Crikvenica (Aquarium Crikvenica) - Crikvenica
- Akvarij Dubrovnik, Instituta za more i priobalje (Dubrovnik Aquarium, Institute for Marine and Coastal Research) - Dubrovnik
Finland
- Denmark's Aquarium (Danmarks Akvarium) - Charlottenlund
- Nordsøen Oceanarium - Hirtshals
- Kattegatcentret- Grenå
- Øresundsakvariet - Elsinore (aquarium with local species)
France
- Akvaariolinna, the Aquarium Castle - Petikko, Vantaa
- Kiela Naturium - Muonio, Lapland
- Maretarium - Kotka
- Sea Life Helsinki, near the Linnanmäki Amusement Park - Helsinki
- Särkänniemi Aquarium - Tampere
Germany
- 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]
Greece
- 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
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Lithuania
- 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
Lithuanian Sea Museum, Klaipėda[10]
Luxembourg
Wasserbillig Aquarium, Wasserbillig
Monaco
The Netherlands
Norway
- Aqua Zoo Friesland - Leeuwarden
- Burgers Zoo - Arnhem
- Diergaarde Blijdorp - Rotterdam
- Dolfinarium - Harderwijk
- Sea Life Centre - Scheveningen
Poland
- Akvariet i Bergen - Bergen
- Risør Akvarium - Risør Risør Akvarium
- Altanterhavsparken - Ålesund Atlanterhavsparken
Portugal
- 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
Russia
- 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
Romania
- 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)
Slovenia
- Acvariu Constanţa - Constanţa (1958)
- Danube Delta's Aquarium - Tulcea
- Acvariu Zoo Timişoara - Timişoara
Spain
Sweden
- 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
Turkey
- 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
United Kingdom
- 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
[North America]
- 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
The Bahamas
Canada
- The Dig at Atlantis Paradise Island - Atlantis Paradise Island, Nassau
- Dolphin Encounters at Blue Lagoon Island - Nassau
Main article: List of aquaria in Canada
Mexico
Sinaloa
Veracruz
United States
Main article: List of aquaria in the United States
South America
Argentina
Brazil
- 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
Colombia
Venezuela
Caribbean
- Valencia Aquarium (Acuario de Valencia) - Largest Aquarium in Latin America.
Bermuda
Cuba
French Antilles
[Australia/Oceania]
Australia
{Main|List of aquaria in Australia}}
Guam
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
- Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World - Auckland
- Marineland - Napier
- National Aquarium of New Zealand - Napier
- Southern Encounter Aquarium and Kiwi House - Christchurch
- Willowbank - Christchurch
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