Dallas Aquarium – Dallas, Texas
The wonderful Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park first opened its doors in 1936 in a fabulous Art Deco building. There are thousands of aquatic animals, including marine and freshwater fish, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Your adventure in the world of the Dallas Aquarium will give you an opportunity to see the wide array of species that make up our oceans and rivers and lakes.
One of the things that the Aquarium encourages visitors to see is the Seahorse Rodeo where nine seahorse species large (pot bellies (and small (dwarf) spend the day entwined with their tank mates. Did you know that the male Seahorse gives birth to babies from their pouches? There are also "relatives" of the seahorse on display including the monogamous blue stripe pipefish, paper think shrimpfish and jumping alligator pipefish.
You will be able to see some of the astounding aquatic animals including jellyfish, poisonous stonefish, "fishing" anglerfish, and "luring" batfish.
Rare and Endangered Species Breeding Lab:
The Aquarium participates in a number of national and international conservation and research projects and has achieved many ‘firsts” in the captive breeding of critically endangered Texas species such as the Comal Springs salamander, Texas blind salamander, and several desert fishes that are already extinct in nature. The lab’s viewing window offers a behind-the-scenes look at ongoing Aquarium conservation projects.
ADMISSION:
$4.00 Adults and children (ages 12 and up)
$3.00 Children (ages 3 to 11)
Free Children (age 2 and under) and Dallas Zoological Society members
$1.00/person Pre-registered school groups.
**School groups must pre-register two weeks in advance. Call (214) 670-6832 for reservations.
HOURS:
Open Daily 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas days
PHONE:
(214) 670-8443
LOCATION:
1462 First Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75210.
Driving:
The Aquarium is located in Fair Park, at the corner of First Avenue and Martin Luther King Boulevard. Take I-30 East and exit at 2nd Avenue to R.B. Cullum Boulevard. Go southeast on Cullum to either Grand Avenue or the Martin Luther King Boulevard entrances to Fair Park. Look for the Aquarium in the shadow of the Texas Star Ferris Wheel.
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