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Key West Aquarium
Aquarium entrance

24°33′33″N 81°48′26″W / 24.5590437°N 81.8073156°W / 24.5590437; -81.8073156
Date opened	1934
Location	Key West, Florida, United States
Website	www.keywestaquarium.com

The Key West Aquarium is the only public aquarium in Key West, Florida, United States. It is located at 1 Whitehead Street and is marked by Historic Marker 52.

History

Built between 1932 and 1934, the Key West Aquarium is one of Florida's oldest aquariums. Original admission was 15 cents for adults and 5 cents for children.^[1]

The aquarium was conceived by Dr. Robert Van Deusen, the Director of the Fairmount Park Aquarium in Philadelphia.^[2] The aquarium was originally an open air aquarium, one of the first and largest at the time.

During the Great Depression, Key West turned over its charter to the federal government due to the economic disaster that hit the island. The federal government believed that Key West's weather and location would make it an ideal tourist destination. The Works Project Administration (WPA) was sent in and built the tourist attraction.^[2]

History of Key West
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The Seal of Key West represents the Conch Republic in the island's culture
Landmarks African Cemetery at Higgs Beach USS Amesbury Key West Aquarium The Armory (Key West) Audubon House and Tropical Gardens Captain Tony's Saloon Key West Cemetery U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Key West Station Ernest Hemingway House Fogarty Mansion (Fogarty House) Eduardo H. Gato House Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage Key West Historic District Key West Bight Key West Lighthouse Mallory Square Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museum U.S. Naval Station (Key West, Florida) Pan Am Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House Old Post Office and Customshouse (Key West, Florida) Sloppy Joe's Southernmost House Thompson Fish House, Turtle Cannery and Kraals Truman Annex Harry S. Truman Little White House Veterans of Foreign Wars Walter R. Mickens Post 6021 and William Weech American Legion Post 168 West Martello Tower Fort Zachary Taylor Notes that a majority of this list contains sites that have been added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places or as a U.S. National Historic Landmark
People Conch (people) Henry Flagler John Geddes (politician) Ernest Hemingway Winslow Homer Indigenous people of the Everglades region José Martí Vicente Martinez Ybor Matthew C. Perry Mel Fisher Carl Tanzler Harry S. Truman
Topics Sinking of the Nuestra Señora de Atocha Key West Street Car Company The Great Fire of Key West (1886) Isaac Allerton (shipwreck) Overseas Railroad Overseas Highway Wrecking in the Florida Keys 1935 Labor Day hurricane Cubana de Aviación Flight 493 Key West Agreement Mariel boatlift Conch Republic Hurricane Wilma
Timeline Pre-history, until 1513 Spanish Rule, 1513–1763 British Rule, 1763–1783: American Revolutionary War, 1775–1783 Spanish Rule, 1783–1821: War of 1812, 1811–1814 U.S. Territorial Period, 1822–1845: Florida Wrecking Act, 1823 Federal Wrecking Act, 1825 Statehood, 1845–present: Fort Zachary Taylor, 1845 Ordinance of Secession, 1861 Civil War, 1861–1865 East Gulf Blockade Squadron, 1861 States
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Exhibits

The aquarium is home to exhibits on alligators, atlantic shore fish, jellyfish, sharks, sea turtles, and a touch tank.^[3]

Relevance in pop culture

James Merrill wrote about the Key West Aquarium in his poem Key West Aquarium: The Sawfish.^[4]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Key West Aquarium.

References

^ "key west aquarium Archives - Key West Shipwreck Museum". www.keywestshipwreck.com. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
^ ^a ^b "Marker Details - Key West Historic Markers Project". www.keywesthistoricmarkertour.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
^ "Key West Aquarium Exhibits". Key West Aquarium. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
^ Materer, Timothy (2008-06-13). "James Merrill's Late Poetry: AIDS and the "Stripping Process"". Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literature, Culture, and Theory. 64 (2): 123–145. doi:10.1353/arq.0.0005. ISSN 1558-9595. S2CID 161318246.

External links

Official website

Key West

History

By topic	List of mayors of Key West, Florida List of people from Key West Wrecking in the Florida Keys

Areas

Fleming Key
Sigsbee Park (Dredgers Key)
Stock Island (northern part is in the municipality of Key West)
Sunset Key
Trumbo Point

Neighborhoods	Key West Historic District Truman Annex

Education

Religion

Basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea

Landmarks

Transportation

Key West International Airport

Culture

This list is incomplete.
Note Naval Air Station Key West is nearby.

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