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/ September 11, 2026
Royal Burgers’ Zoo is a 45-hectare (110-acre) zoo in Arnhem, Netherlands, founded in 1913 by Johan Burgers. It’s one of the largest zoos in the country, home to more than 10,000 animals representing over 500 species, and draws roughly 1.4 million visitors a year from…
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/ September 7, 2026
Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium sits on Tamaki Drive in Auckland, New Zealand, built into a set of disused sewage storage tanks that marine archaeologist and diver Kelly Tarlton transformed into an underwater attraction. It opened in 1985 after roughly ten months of construction, using…
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/ September 7, 2026
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium sits on the banks of the Yarra River in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, tucked beneath the Flinders Street Viaduct and King Street Bridge. Opened on 17 January 2000, the building was designed by Peddle Thorp to resemble a ship moored…
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/ September 5, 2026
The Deep is a public aquarium perched at Sammy’s Point, where the River Hull meets the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, England. Opened in March 2002 inside a dramatic angular building designed by architect Terry Farrell, it was built with backing from the UK’s…
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/ September 5, 2026
L’Aquàrium de Barcelona opened on September 8, 1995, in the Port Vell harbor and quickly became one of the city’s signature attractions, ranking among the most-visited sites in Barcelona alongside the Sagrada Família and Park Güell. Owned and operated by Aspro Parks, it was built…
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/ September 4, 2026
Shanghai Ocean Aquarium opened in 2002 in the Lujiazui district of Pudong, right beside the Oriental Pearl Tower on the banks of the Huangpu River. Built by Advanced Aquarium Technologies, the facility became known almost immediately for its centerpiece: a long underwater viewing tunnel that…
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/ September 4, 2026
The Maui Ocean Center opened on March 13, 1998, in Maalaea Harbor on Maui’s south shore, quickly establishing itself as one of Hawaii’s premier marine attractions. Operated by Coral World International, the facility set itself apart from typical aquariums with a singular focus: every creature…
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/ September 4, 2026
The Waikīkī Aquarium sits on a slice of shoreline in Honolulu’s Kapiʻolani Park, where it has introduced visitors to the marine life of Hawaii and the tropical Pacific since March 19, 1904. Originally built by the Honolulu Rapid Transit and Land Company to draw riders…
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/ September 3, 2026
Steinhart Aquarium opened its doors in Golden Gate Park on September 29, 1923, drawing more than 5,000 visitors on its very first day. Named for benefactor Ignatz Steinhart, it quickly became one of the country’s premier aquariums, earning early distinctions as the first public aquarium…
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/ September 3, 2026
Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium sits next to the Bass Pro Shops flagship store in Springfield, Missouri, pairing a sprawling wildlife museum with a massive aquarium under one roof. Founded by Bass Pro Shops’ Johnny Morris and opened on September 22, 2017, the…
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/ August 29, 2026
Loro Parque opened on December 17, 1972, in Puerto de la Cruz on the Spanish island of Tenerife, starting as a modest home for 150 parrots on just over an acre of land. More than five decades later it has grown into one of the…
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/ August 23, 2026
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium began in 1900 with a single donated woodchuck housed at Walbridge Park in Toledo, Ohio. From that modest start, it grew into one of the country’s most respected zoos, known for its Depression-era architecture and long history of animal care…
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/ August 23, 2026
Aquarium of the Bay sits at Pier 39 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero, offering visitors a walk-through look at the marine life that actually lives beneath the city’s own waterfront. Rather than showcasing exotic species from distant oceans, the aquarium focuses on the San Francisco Bay…
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/ August 23, 2026
The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium sits on the riverfront in Dubuque, Iowa, where it tells the story of America’s rivers through live animals, historic vessels, and hands-on exhibits. Operated by the Dubuque County Historical Society, the museum grew out of the smaller Fred…
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/ August 22, 2026
The Alaska SeaLife Center opened on May 20, 1998, on the shores of Resurrection Bay in Seward, Alaska, built to study and protect the northern marine environment after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill devastated the region’s coastline. Of the project’s roughly $55 million cost…
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/ August 22, 2026
The Dallas World Aquarium opened in October 1992 inside a gutted 1924 warehouse in the city’s West End Historic District, transforming an old industrial shell into a multi-level journey through rainforest canopies, coral reefs, and Mesoamerican ruins. Unlike a traditional single-building aquarium, the attraction has…
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/ August 22, 2026
North Carolina Aquariums is a state-run system of three public aquariums strung along the coast at Fort Fisher (Kure Beach), Pine Knoll Shores, and Roanoke Island. The system traces back to September 10, 1976, when the state opened three Marine Resources Centers built primarily for…
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/ August 22, 2026
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium sits inside Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, where it has grown from a small city menagerie founded in 1905 into a full-scale AZA-accredited zoo and aquarium. Operated by Metro Parks Tacoma, it is recognized as the only combined zoo…
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/ August 22, 2026
The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium sits in Draper, Utah, as one of the largest aquariums in the country, tracing its roots back to founder Brent Andersen’s 1997 vision of bringing marine life education to landlocked Utah. What began as a traveling “Aquavan” program for schools…
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/ August 21, 2026
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center opened on June 14, 1986, as the Virginia Marine Science Museum, growing from a modest 100,000-gallon facility into one of the mid-Atlantic’s premier aquariums. Sitting on a 235-acre property just south of Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia…
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