Aquarium
World Aquarium
🇺🇸 United States
🐠 Aquarium, United States 46 spp. present
The World Aquarium was an interactive animal exhibition, conservation research center, and animal sanctuary located in Laclede's Landing, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, founded by Leonard Sonnenschein. It closed in mid-2019. Some highlights of the child-centered exhibition are being able to feed and touch many animals. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
38.634° N 90.200° W
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Species present
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speciesOpened
1971
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🐠 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is World Aquarium?
United States
World Aquarium is an aquarium in the United States. Its coordinates are 38.634° N, 90.200° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Great Smoky Mountains National Park, about 675 km away.
What animals can you see at World Aquarium?
46 species
Citizen-science photos record 46 species at World Aquarium, including Central Bearded Dragon, Blue-and-yellow Macaw, Veiled Chameleon, Cheetah and Gray Fox. 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 World Aquarium in the wild?
Central Bearded Dragon: Hattah-Kulkyne National Park
Some of the animals photographed at World Aquarium also live in the parks and cities we cover: Central Bearded Dragon (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Hattah-Kulkyne National Park), Blue-and-yellow Macaw (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Emas National Park) and Cheetah (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Serengeti National Park).
When did World Aquarium open?
Opened 1971
World Aquarium, an aquarium in the United States, opened in 1971, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 46 species are photographed there.
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Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)