Shedd Aquarium

Shedd Aquarium

Address

1200 S. Lake Shore Drive

Chicago, IL 60605 

Phone

312-939-2438

Area

Neighborhood

Price

$8-$27.50

Web Page

http://www.sheddaquarium.org/index.html

Type of Makom

Museums Type

Museum

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Description

The John G. Shedd Aquarium is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in the United States that opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium contains over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the world with 5,000,000 US gallons of water. The Shedd Aquarium was the first inland aquarium with a permanent saltwater fish collection. It is surrounded by Museum Campus Chicago, which it shares with the Adler Planetarium and the Field Museum of Natural History. The aquarium has 2 million annual visitors; it was the most visited aquarium in the U.S. in 2005, and in 2007, it surpassed the Field Museum as the most popular cultural attraction in Chicago. It contains 2100 species including fish, marine mammals, birds, snakes, amphibians, and insects.

Tips

• For free days check their site.

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

• Weekdays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Weekends 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.