National Aquarium (Washington, D.C.)

This article is about the former aquarium in Washington, D.C.. For the aquarium in Baltimore, see National Aquarium (Baltimore).
National Aquarium
Entry sign for the National Aquarium in Washington, DC, which was located on the lower level of the Department of Commerce Building
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38°53′37″N 77°01′58″W / 38.8936°N 77.0328°W / 38.8936; -77.0328
Date opened1873 (151 years ago)
Date closedSeptember 30, 2013 (11 years ago) (2013-09-30)
LocationHerbert C. Hoover Building
Washington D.C., United States
No. of species250
MembershipsAZA[1]
Websitewww.aqua.org
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The National Aquarium, Washington, D.C., was an aquarium in Washington D.C. It was located in the Herbert C. Hoover Building (owned by the General Services Administration), which is bounded by 14th Street NW on the east, 15th Street NW on the west, Pennsylvania Avenue NW on the north, and Constitution Avenue NW on the south.[2] It was the first free and public aquarium in the United States.

The National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. was smaller than its counterpart in Baltimore, Maryland — a facility also known as the National Aquarium, although independent until the two aquariums signed an alliance in 2003.[3] It closed on September 30, 2013, after 140 years, the longest continuously operating aquarium in the United States at the time.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference aza_list was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Directions" National Aquarium, Washington, D.C.
  3. ^ "Overview & History — National Aquarium Newsroom". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2014-11-19.