National Aquarium in Baltimore National Aquarium, Baltimore Updates and Events

The aquarium is culturing Lion's Mane Jelly at their lab and some should be on display in the August time period. Cannonball jelly polyps were received from MBA and the aquarium is trying to see if they can eventually put those on display as well. Flower hat jellies are a maybe. Gray-headed flying fox is temporarily off display and I saw two Northern Australian Snapping Turtles doing some hanky-panky.
 
The National Aquarium's strategic master plan from Studio Gang Architects. While it's all conceptual, plans include a new entrance, water front park, redesigned guest circulation system, an overall campus unification concept, as well as the redevelopment of Pier 4 which will include a theater, restaurant, behind the scenes food kitchen for animal programs, and a Chesapeake Bay Watershed immersive/educational exhibit.

Studio Gang ? National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan
 
NAIB Volunteer said:
The National Aquarium's strategic master plan from Studio Gang Architects. While it's all conceptual, plans include a new entrance, water front park, redesigned guest circulation system, an overall campus unification concept, as well as the redevelopment of Pier 4 which will include a theater, restaurant, behind the scenes food kitchen for animal programs, and a Chesapeake Bay Watershed immersive/educational exhibit.

Studio Gang ? National Aquarium Strategic Master Plan
Click to expand...

Pier 4 is where Dolphin Discovery is located...so does that mean no more dolphins in the future?
 
snowleopard said:
Pier 4 is where Dolphin Discovery is located...so does that mean no more dolphins in the future?
Click to expand...

The actual official decision, or more likely official public announcement is still forthcoming, but I would imagine that, yes, there will be no more dolphins at the Aquarium. I'd also imagine plans are still being developed for a National Dolphin Sanctuary. I'm not privy to that information and it hasn't been shared, so I can't say for sure.
 
The aquarium's largest humphead wrasse, a male named Tang, passed away overnight. He was estimated to be 15-20 years old and came to the facility in 2012. Over the last few days, he had refused food. A juvenile of the same species is still on exhibit in Blacktip Reef.
 
jayjds2 said:
The aquarium is culturing Lion's Mane Jelly at their lab and some should be on display in the August time period.
Click to expand...

full


As of my visit today, it has finally happened!
 
National Aquarium | Animal Update: Dusky Pipefish
I saw this exhibit on my visit last week, but couldn't get a photo due to the many people crowding around it. It was formerly for sea horses, but has since been renovated.

The chambered nautilus exhibit has now been emptied of nautilus, and holds deep-sea isopods.

Three green honeycreepers have been added to the Upland Tropical Rain Forest exhibit. It now has a very impressive species list regarding birds, including: screaming piha, yellow-bellied grosbeak, scarlet ibis, boat-billed heron, green-and-gold tanager, bay-headed tanager, sunbittern, paradise tanager, blue-crowned motmot, white-tailed trogon, and the rotating parrots.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top