Baltimore Aquarium - Anita

• The Baltimore Aquarium is the National Aquarium in Baltimore which is a non - profit public aquarium located 501 East Pratt Street in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in the United States.
• Originally established in 1873 in Wood's Hole, Massachusetts, this National Aquarium is considered the first public aquarium in the United States.
•  Meanwhile, during the 1970s, then-Baltimore Mayor William Donald Schaefer conceived and championed the idea of an aquarium as a vital component in the redevelopment of Baltimore's Inner Harbor.   
• On September 30, 2013, National Aquarium, Washington, DC, closed its doors to the public, due to necessary renovations in the Department of Commerce.
• Today, the National Aquarium, Baltimore, features a living collection of more than 17,000 fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and marine mammals living in award-winning habitats. In summer 2013, the Aquarium opened Blacktip Reef, a breathtaking exhibit replicating an Indo - Pacific reef and featuring more than 700 animals, including a school of blacktip reef sharks.