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Seattle Aquarium
47°36′25″N 122°20′18″W / 47.60689°N 122.33831°W / 47.60689; -122.33831
Date opened	May 20, 1977
Location	Pier 59, Seattle, Washington, USA
Memberships	AZA
Website	http://www.seattleaquarium.org

The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium located on Pier 59 in Seattle, Washington Elliot Bay waterfront.

The Aquarium opened on May 20th, 1977 and is owned and operated by the City of Seattle, Department of Parks and Recreation. The Seattle Aquarium is a vital force for marine conservation and is uniquely positioned to help over 800,000 visitors including 50,000 students each year understand and become aware of the impact they have on marine life.

The Aquarium’s recent 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m) expansion, which opened in June of 2007, includes a variety of new features. Along with a new 2,625-square-foot (243.9 m) gift store and the Seattle Aquarium Café, two new exhibits have also been added to the facility: Window on Washington Waters & Crashing Waves.

The Seattle Aquarium Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is the official nonprofit organization for the Seattle Aquarium.

Exhibits

• Window on Washington Waters
• Life on the Edge
• Life of a Drifter
• Pacific Coral Reef
• Ocean Oddities
  • Leaf Scorpionfish, Cowfish, Trumpetfish, Lined Seahorses, Corals.
• Birds and Shores
• Puget Sound Fish
• Underwater Dome
  • Salmon, Lingcod, Sharks, Rockfish, Ratfish
• Marine Mammals

Orcas

Before the Seattle Aquarium opened, another aquarium operated as the Seattle Marine Aquarium. This aquarium was infamous for its brutal captures and holding of orca whales. Namu (orca), Shamu, Katy and four un-named whales all called this facility home.

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External links

• Official site

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