Things to do / Travel Guide
Address:1200 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Tel:
(312) 939-2438
Our Zoo and Aquarium Expert Says:
The world's largest indoor aquarium. The Oceanarium exhibit contains 3 million gallons of saltwater including a 35,000-gallon veterinary pool. Inside you'll see dolphins leaping and splashing, while playful otters tumble nearby, and the Beluga whales chirp a welcome. In the Caribbean Reef exhibit, you'll gather around a 90,000-gallon circular habitat in order to watch and listen to a diver who feeds the rays, parrotfish, angels, and puffers. Other exhibits include Amazon Rising and Waters of the World.
Extras: Shows, Educational Presentations.
Open 9 am to 5 pm. $$$ (Expensive)
Statistics: 2,000,000 estimated annual visitors.
From John G. Shedd Aquarium - Chicago, Illinois:
Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Shedd, the World's Aquarium. Have you ever sailed the Pacific Northwest on a whale-watching cruise? Gotten eye-to-eye with a shark? Or followed a sea turtle as she soared through the Caribbean? At Shedd, it's all possible.