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Shedd Aquarium
The John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago
Date opened	1930
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
# of Animals	25,500
# of Species	2,100
Accreditations/ Memberships	AZA, Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums AMMPA
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John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. The aquarium opened in 1930, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with 5 million gallons (19 million liters) of water and 25,000 fish. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 113 KB) Description: The John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... For other uses, see Species (disambiguation). ... The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (formerly the American Zoo and Aquarium Association), or AZA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (140,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... “Aquaria” redirects here. ...

The aquarium is surrounded by Museum Campus Chicago, which it shares with Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. Museum Campus Chicago is a 10 acre (40,000 m²) lakefront park in Chicago that surrounds the Adler Planetarium, the Shedd Aquarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. ... Adler Planetarium The Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in downtown Chicago, Illinois was the first planetarium in the United States and is the oldest in existence today. ... Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex known as Museum Campus Chicago. ...

The aquarium gets 2 million annual visits; it was the most visited aquarium in the U.S. in 2005. It is the second most popular cultural attraction in Chicago,^[1] and it contains 2100 species including fish, marine mammals, birds, snakes, amphibians, and insects. [1]

History

Shedd Aquarium was the gift of retail leader John G. Shedd, a protégé of Marshall Field (benefactor of the adjacent Field Museum), to the city of Chicago. Construction was completed on 19 December 1929; the first exhibits were opened in 1930. As one of the first inland aquariums in the world, Shedd had to rely on a custom-made railroad car, the Nautillus, for the transport of fish and seawater. The Nautillus lasted until 1959. John Graves Shedd (July 20, 1850 - October 22, 1926) was the second president and chairman of the board of Marshall Field and Company. ... Marshall Field (1834 -1906) was founder of Marshall Field and Company, the Chicago based chain of department stores. ... Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The Field Museum of Natural History, in Chicago, Illinois, USA, sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex called known as the Museum Campus which includes Soldier Field, the football stadium that is the home of the Chicago... is the 353rd day of the year (354th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1933, Chicago hosted its second world's fair, the Century of Progress. The Aquarium was located immediately north of the fairgrounds, therefore the museum gained exposure to a large international crowd. Among the collections added during the fair, a Queensland Lungfish known as Granddad is still alive and considered the oldest fish in a public aquarium. Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid-19th century. ... A 1933 Century of Progress worlds fair poster The Century of Progress International Exposition was a Worlds Fair held in Chicago, Illinois from 1933-1934 to celebrate Chicagos centennial. ... Binomial name Neoceratodus forsteri Krefft, 1870 The Queensland Lungfish, also known as Burnett Salmon and Barramunda, is the sole member of the family Ceratodontidae, and one of the only six lungfish species that remain. ...

In 1971, Shedd Aquarium added one of its most popular exhibits, a massive 90,000-gallon exhibit reproducing a Caribbean coral reef. That same year, the aquarium acquired its first research vessel, a 75-foot (23 meter) boat for exploring the Caribbean, manned by a crew to conduct field research collect specimens. In 1985, this boat was replaced with the aquarium's current vessel, the Coral Reef II. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... The gallon (abbreviation: gal) is a unit of volume. ... West Indies redirects here. ... Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef, in this case the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ... // A research vessel (R/V) is a ship primarily constructed to carry out scientific research at sea. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1991, Shedd opened its Oceanarium, a large addition to the aquarium that features many marine mammals, including Pacific white-sided dolphins and belugas. In 2006, the Beluga whale Puiji gave birth to a female calf, later named Bella. Just recently, August 16, 2007 Mauyak - another Beluga gave birth to a male calf, just not yet named. Since 1999, three successful beluga calves have been born at Shedd Aquarium. The aquarium also boasts a number of sea otters; the core of this collection was a group rescued from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989. Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... A marine mammal is a mammal that is primarily ocean-dwelling or depends on the ocean for its food. ... Binomial name Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865) Pacific White-sided Dolphin range The Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. ... Binomial name (Pallas, 1776) Beluga range This article is about the whale. ... This article refers to the whale, beluga. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) is a large otter native to the North Pacific, from northern Japan and Kamchatka west across the Aleutian Islands south to California. ... This article is about the tank vessel Exxon Valdez. ...

The Shedd's newest permanent exhibit is Wild Reef, which opened in 2003. The 750-thousand gallon Wild Reef exhibit recreates a Philippine coral reef and is based on the Apo Island Marine reserve, complete with living coral, multiple species of fish and rays, and a collection of sharks. The main draw of this attraction is a 400,000 gallon (1.5 million liter) shark exhibit with twelve foot (3.6 meter) high curved windows, allowing visitors a divers-eye view. Some of the biodiversity of a coral reef, in this case the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. ... Apo Island is a small volcanic island, 7km off the southeastern tip of Negros Island in the Philippines. ... Marine reserve is an area of the sea which has legal protection against fishing or development. ... Extant Subclasses and Orders Alcyonaria    Alcyonacea    Helioporacea Zoantharia    Antipatharia    Corallimorpharia    Scleractinia    Zoanthidea [1][2]  See Anthozoa for details For other uses, see Coral (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation). ...

Recognition

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. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (formerly the American Zoo and Aquarium Association), or AZA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation. ...

Shedd Aquarium is also notable for its architecture. The basic design is taken from classical Greek architecture to match the other structures of the Museum Campus. The central aquarium building is octagonal, fronted by Doric columns and a formal staircase and topped by a dome. Aquatic motifs are worked in at every opportunity; tortoise shells, dolphins, octopuses, waves, and even the Trident of Poseidon can be found all over the aquarium's exterior and interior. Improving upon its predecessor inland aquarium, the Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit, extensive use was made of designs by Mary Chase Perry Stratton and her custom made Pewabic Pottery tile. [[2]] The Oceanarium is done in a more modern style representing the Pacific Northwest, but one that blends with the older part of the building. "Whale Harbor", the Oceanarium's 2 million gallon (7.5 million liter) main tank, is backed by a wall of windows that look out onto Lake Michigan. This article is about building architecture. ... The restored Stoa of Attalus, Athens Architecture, defined as building executed to an aesthetically considered design, was extinct in Greece from the end of the Mycenaean period (about 1200 BC) to the 7th century BC, when urban life and prosperity recovered to a point where public building could be undertaken. ... The Doric order was one of the orginal pokersthree orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. ... For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Neptune reigns in the city of Bristol. ... In 2005, the 101-year-old building was the oldest operating aquarium in the United States The Belle Isle Aquarium, located on Belle Isle Park in Detroit, Michigan, was the oldest continually-operating aquarium in North America. ... Mary Chase Perry Stratton was an American ceramicist, born in Hancock, Michigan in the Upper Peninsula on March 15, 1867 and died in Detroit, Michigan on April 15, 1961. ... Pewabic Pottery is a pottery studio located in Detroit, Michigan. ... Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. ...

See also

• Chicago architecture

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Gallery

Cleaning the Fish Tank in the Oceanarium Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (480x640, 358 KB) Cleaning the Fish Tank, Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois. ...	Nickel, a Green Sea Turtle at the aquarium Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2048x1536, 1004 KB) Nickel, a Green Sea Turtle at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. ... Binomial name Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) This page redirects from Chelonia, which is the genus name of this turtle, but has also been used for the order Testudines of all turtles and tortoises. ...	A Pacific white-sided dolphin leaping from the oceanarium during the main dolphin demonstration Image File history File linksMetadata DolphinShedd. ... Binomial name Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865) Pacific White-sided Dolphin range The Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. ...	Rockhoppers and Gentoos at the penguin habitat. Image File history File linksMetadata PenguinsShedd. ... Binomial name Eudyptes chrysocome Forster, 1781 The Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) is a species of penguin closely related to the Macaroni Penguin. ... Binomial name (Forster, 1781) Penguin at the Arctowski Polish Antarctic base The Gentoo Penguin (pronounced ), Pygoscelis papua, is easily recognised by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head. ...
Two Belugas swimming in the oceanarium Image File history File linksMetadata BelugaShedd. ... Binomial name (Pallas, 1776) Beluga range This article is about the whale. ...	Shedd Aquarium from the east Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (3072x2304, 566 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...	A Pacific white-sided dolphin performing a stunt Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1932x2576, 508 KB) Baron J Von Habsburg-Lothringen I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Binomial name Lagenorhynchus obliquidens (Gill, 1865) Pacific White-sided Dolphin range The Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorynchus obliquidens) is a very active dolphin found in the cool to temperate waters of the North Pacific Ocean. ...	Sea Turtle named Nickel Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 798 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,832 × 2,128 pixels, file size: 613 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Really loved this turtle when I visited Shedd in 07 that I thought I would add. ... Genera Family Cheloniidae (Oppel, 1811) Caretta Chelonia Eretmochelys Lepidochelys Natator Family Dermochelyidae Dermochelys Family Protostegidae (extinct) Family Toxochelyidae (extinct) Family Thalassemyidae (extinct) Sea turtles (Superfamily Chelonioidea) are turtles found in all the worlds oceans except the Arctic Ocean . ...
A species of Garden Eel from the Wild Reef exhibit Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (3,264 × 2,448 pixels, file size: 2. ... Genera many, see text Congridae is the family of conger and garden eels. ...

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