Newport Aquarium
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| Date opened | May 1999 [1] |
| Location | Newport, Kentucky, USA |
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- This article is about the aquarium in Newport, Kentucky. For the aquarium in Newport, Oregon, see Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The Newport Aquarium, located in Newport, Kentucky, is billed as the "number one aquarium in the midwest" with 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in a million gallons of water, including the enormously popular "Sweet Pea," one of the only shark rays in the world. The facility is open to the public 365 days a year. Like its sister aquarium, Adventure Aquarium, on the Camden Waterfront, Camden, New Jersey, Newport Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums a leader in global wildlife conservation. Located only two minutes from downtown Cincinnati, Ohio at Newport on the Levee.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ The making of an aquarium. The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
- ^ Newport Aquarium. Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
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