When was shedd aquarium built

Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love. Things to Do. April McCallum. Give us feedback. Read Next View. The Peninsula Chicago. Shedd visit. Beulah Korba and her son Austin, 4, visit the Shedd Aquarium in The seahorse, one of the odd fish in the Shedd Aquarium's collection, in Grouper gander. Poisonous lion. The Shedd Aquarium's lionfish, from the South Pacific, has poison barbs on its dorsal fin.

Photo taken in The Shedd. Shedd Aquarium in Grant Park in Turtle ballet. Editors note: This photo has been hand-painted. Early goldfish.

A goldfish at the Shedd Aquarium in Exterior of the John G. Shedd Aquarium on June 3, West coast lobster. Penguin party. New arrival. The Shedd Aquarium's first freshwater dolphin is weighed before going into its new habitat at the Shedd on Jan.

The male dolphin was from Iquitos, Peru, on the Amazon River. The dolphin arrived by plane in a plastic-lined wooden box and was kept moist with damp towels. Chico's new home. The Shedd Aquarium's first freshwater dolphin is put into its new habitat Jan. The additions under his watch include the Amazon Rising exhibit in The aquarium also became one of the principal components of the city's vast Museum Campus, built to integrate three important lakefront institutions—the Field Museum, the Adler Planetarium , and Shedd Aquarium—by removing a section of Lake Shore Drive that had long isolated the buildings from one another.

In , annual aquarium attendance grew to nearly 2 million. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals. Additional information on copyright and permissions. Shedd Aquarium Next. Shedd Aquarium.