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Shedd Aquarium
Shedd Aquarium 2018.jpg
Entrance in July 2018
Date opened May 30, 1930
Location 1200 South Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois, United States
No. of animals 32,000
No. of species 1,500
Total volume of tanks 5 million US gallons (19,000 m3)
Annual visitors 2.02 Million
Memberships AZA, AMMPA, WAZA
Major exhibits Amazon Rising, Caribbean Reef, Abbott Oceanarium, Polar Play Zone, Waters of the World, Wild Reef
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The Shedd Aquarium

Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the U.S.. It opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium has more than 25,000 fish. It was the largest indoor aquarium in the world until the Georgia Aquarium opened in 2005. The aquarium holds 5,000,000 US gallons (19,000,000 l; 4,200,000 imp gal) of water. The Shedd Aquarium was the first inland aquarium with a permanent saltwater fish collection. It is surrounded by Museum Campus Chicago, which includes the Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum of Natural History.

The aquarium has 2 million annual visitors. It was the most visited aquarium in the U.S. in 2005. In 2007, it was the most popular cultural attraction in Chicago. It contains 1,500 species including fish, marine mammals, birds, snakes, amphibians, and insects. The aquarium received awards for best exhibit from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) for Seahorse Symphony in 1999, Amazon Rising in 2001, and Wild Reef in 2004.

Images for kids

  • KM 5866 shedd aquarium august 2007

    Aquarium at dawn

  • Chicago sunrise 1

    Chicago skyline at sunrise, viewed from the east; the Shedd is at left

  • Wild Reef at Shedd Aquarium 2, 2009-11-15

    The wild reef exhibited at the Shedd Aquarium

  • Shedd belugas 2017-09-02

    Belugas swimming in the Abbott Oceanarium

  • Shedd Aquarium S

    The Oceanarium addition

  • Shedd architecture lamp crop 2017-09-02

    Lamp in the main entrance depicting various sea creatures

  • Acuario Shedd, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-21, DD 06

    Man with Fish statue next to the building

  • Acuario Shedd, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-21, DD 05

    Main entrance at night

  • Shedd Aquarium Fish Tank

    Cleaning a habitat in the Oceanarium

  • Nick (Sea Turtle)

    Nickel, a Green sea turtle at the aquarium

  • DolphinShedd

    A Pacific white-sided dolphin leaping from the oceanarium during the main dolphin demonstration

  • PenguinsShedd

    Rockhoppers and gentoos at the penguin habitat

  • BelugaShedd

    Two belugas swimming in the oceanarium

  • Awesometurt

    Sea turtle named Nickel

  • Heteroconger at Shedd Aquarium

    Splendid garden eel from the Wild Reef exhibit

  • Shedd Display

    Beauty of the Amazon exhibit

See also

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