Aquarium
Children's Aquarium at Fair Park
🇺🇸 United States
🐠 Aquarium, United States 64 spp. present
The Children's Aquarium Dallas (Formally known as the Children's Aquarium at Fair Park) is an aquarium located in Fair Park, Dallas, Texas, US. It opened in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial Exposition, becoming the first public aquarium in the state of Texas. The aquarium received an $8 million renovation in 2010. The Aquarium has six exhibit areas. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aquarium was closed until the ZoOceanarium Group bought the aquarium on July 23, 2021. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
32.777° N 96.760° W
🎟️ Visit
Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
64
speciesOpened
1936
Size
Small
Visit
Opening hours
Every day · 9:00–17:00
Getting there
- Address
- 1462 1st Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210
What visitors say
🐠 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Children's Aquarium at Fair Park?
Dallas, United States
Children's Aquarium at Fair Park is an aquarium in Dallas, United States, at 1462 1st Avenue, Dallas, TX 75210. Its coordinates are 32.777° N, 96.760° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Padre Island National Seashore, about 605 km away.
What animals can you see at Children's Aquarium at Fair Park?
64 species
Citizen-science photos record 64 species at Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, including Northern Bobwhite, Green and Black Dart-poison Frog, Common Chuckwalla, Corn Snake and Trans-pecos Ratsnake. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.
Where can you see the animals of Children's Aquarium at Fair Park in the wild?
Northern Bobwhite: Cañón del Sumidero National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Children's Aquarium at Fair Park also live in the parks and cities we cover: Northern Bobwhite (about 10% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Cañón del Sumidero National Park), Green and Black Dart-poison Frog (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Carara National Park) and Common Chuckwalla (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Joshua Tree National Park).
When is Children's Aquarium at Fair Park open?
Every day · 9:00–17:00
According to its open map listing, Children's Aquarium at Fair Park is open Every day · 9:00–17:00. Opening hours change with the season and on public holidays, so confirm them on the official website before you travel.
When did Children's Aquarium at Fair Park open and how big is it?
Opened 1936, 0.2 ha
Children's Aquarium at Fair Park, an aquarium in Dallas, United States, opened in 1936 and covers about 0.2 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 64 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)