Albuquerque
A city-run aquarium on the Rio Grande that follows the river from Albuquerque to the Gulf of Mexico, with aquatic animals along the way. It is part of the ABQ BioPark.
Camden
A large waterfront aquarium on the Camden riverfront across from Philadelphia, known for its shark and hippo exhibits and many marine and freshwater species.
Dauphin Island
Public aquarium run by the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, presenting the coastal habitats of Alabama from the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta to the northern Gulf of Mexico. Exhibits include the Mobile Bay tank, a ray and bonnethead shark display, and an outdoor touch tank with stingrays.
Seward
Marine science research, education and wildlife-response facility on Resurrection Bay that is open to visitors. Resident marine mammals, seabirds and fish are on exhibit, and guests can book animal encounters such as puffin and octopus encounters.
Boise
A public aquarium in Boise with aquatic and terrestrial animals, aimed at teaching visitors to understand and conserve wildlife.
Niagara Falls
Non-profit aquarium near the Niagara Gorge in Niagara Falls, New York, focused on aquatic life education and conservation. It offers daily visiting hours, education programs and group experiences.
San Francisco
Nonprofit aquarium at PIER 39 focused on San Francisco Bay and its watershed. Exhibits include sharks, rays, jellyfish and river otters.
Long Beach
Non-profit public aquarium on Rainbow Harbor in Long Beach with ticketed daily admission. Exhibits include Shark Lagoon, Jelly Dreamscapes, coral reefs, a penguin habitat and a sea otter habitat.
Hendersonville
A non-profit aquarium and shark lab run by Team ECCO in downtown Hendersonville, in the North Carolina mountains. It offers public exhibits along with school and group education programs.
Smyrna
DNREC education center in the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area with several large aquariums and displays in its education building. The grounds also have a tidal marsh boardwalk, catch-and-release fishing ponds and an observation tower.
Tucson
Desert zoo, botanical garden and museum whose Warden Aquarium, Rivers to the Sea, houses 14 tanks of Sonoran Desert river and Gulf of California marine life. It opened in 2013 and is included in museum admission.
Berlin
National Park Service visitor center at Assateague Island National Seashore, open daily 9am-4pm, with marine aquariums, a touch tank and exhibits.
Atlantic City
A small public aquarium in Atlantic City that reopened after a multi-year renovation, with a second floor still under construction and new touch tanks planned.
New Orleans
Riverfront aquarium beside the French Quarter with several thousand animals across hundreds of species. Exhibits include the Maya Tunnel, African penguins, a shark touch pool and a Louisiana bayou gallery.
Bristol
An Audubon Society of Rhode Island nature center combining a natural history museum and aquarium with trails and a boardwalk to Narragansett Bay.
Austin
An interactive aquarium opened in 2014 with sharks, stingrays, jellyfish and corals, plus a rainforest area with reptiles, lemurs and sloths.
Detroit
Historic aquarium on Belle Isle in Detroit that opened in 1904, among the oldest public aquariums in the United States.
Pittsfield
A museum of art, science and history in downtown Pittsfield that includes an aquarium with aquatic and reptile animals. The aquarium is a long-running part of its natural-science offerings.
North Kingstown
A marine biology center in North Kingstown showing New England marine species as well as tropical fish. Staff hold live feedings and demonstrations, and it welcomes walk-in visitors.
La Jolla
Public aquarium and outreach center of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, overlooking the Pacific. Features penguin and shark programs and coral conservation work.
Des Moines
Des Moines zoo whose indoor Discovery Center includes a large reef aquarium with bamboo sharks, an Amazon aquarium and stingrays. Aquarium details come from the zoo's blog/search results; the FAQ page did not mention them.
Baton Rouge
Interactive aquarium located inside the Mall of Louisiana, part of the Blue Zoo chain. Focuses on hands-on animal encounters and educational programming.
West Des Moines
An interactive aquarium in the Jordan Creek Town Center area of West Des Moines where visitors can touch and feed stingrays and see birds, reptiles and fish. Offers passes, parties and school field trips.
Oklahoma City
Blue Zoo aquarium located in Quail Springs Mall in Oklahoma City. It offers educational experiences, shows, parties and private events.
Rogers
Interactive aquarium at Pinnacle Hills Promenade in Rogers where visitors can touch and feed stingrays and see sharks, seahorses and clownfish. It also has birds, reptiles and play areas aimed at families.
Spokane
Interactive aquarium inside NorthTown Mall where guests can touch and feed stingrays and see sharks, jellyfish, reptiles and birds. Includes saltwater and freshwater exhibits.
Cascade Locks
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife hatchery in the Columbia River Gorge with public trout ponds and a sturgeon viewing center with indoor windows. It is home to Herman the Sturgeon.
Mount Vernon
Free interpretive center at Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve with an aquarium room showing live sea stars, urchins and other bay marine life. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday.
Brookfield
A large zoo west of Chicago run by the Chicago Zoological Society. Its aquatic side includes the Dolphin Discovery habitat with bottlenose dolphins, among many other animal exhibits.
Sioux Falls
A Sioux Falls attraction in Sertoma Park that pairs a year-round butterfly house with a saltwater aquarium of corals, jellyfish and other marine animals. It is operated with the Great Plains Zoo.
San Pedro
City of Los Angeles marine aquarium beside Cabrillo Beach in San Pedro, focused on Southern California marine life and tide pools.
San Francisco
Natural history museum in Golden Gate Park that combines a planetarium, rainforest exhibit and the Steinhart Aquarium under one roof.
Los Angeles
A science museum in Exposition Park whose Ecosystems wing includes a large walk-through kelp forest tank with sharks, giant sea bass and other fish. It also has a rocky shore touch tank among its live-animal habitats.
Trinidad
A university marine laboratory in Trinidad with seven public aquaria and touch tanks showing North Coast marine life. Visitors can take self-guided tours or book naturalist-led tours, microscope activities and tidepooling.
Solomons
Waterfront museum at the mouth of the Patuxent River covering Chesapeake Bay maritime history and natural history. Includes live aquatic animal exhibits, an otter habitat, a historic lighthouse and boat cruises.
Brewster
Aquarium inside the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History showing animals from local ponds, streams, marshes, beaches and Cape Cod Bay. Includes a horseshoe crab head start program.
Hickory
Hands-on science center in downtown Hickory with salt and freshwater aquarium galleries as part of its exhibit space. Its Land to Sea area features freshwater fish.
Roanoke
Free-to-view aquariums inside the Center in the Square cultural building in downtown Roanoke, with more than 10,000 gallons of fresh and saltwater exhibits. Five tanks include a living coral reef, Amazon predators and Virginia turtles.
Avila Beach
Small nonprofit aquarium in Avila Beach with 14 exhibits of regional marine life and docent-led daily feedings.
Charleston
University of Oregon public marine life center on the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology campus overlooking the Charleston boat basin. It offers marine exhibits and ocean science programming.
Cincinnati
A historic zoo and botanical garden whose Manatee Springs habitat has housed Florida manatees in rehabilitation since 2000. Visitors can see rescued manatees being cared for before release back to Florida waters.
Clearwater
Nonprofit marine rescue and rehabilitation aquarium on Clearwater's Island Estates, home to resident dolphins, sea turtles and otters. Visitors can see animals in rehabilitation and learn about the rescue work.
Cleveland
Zoo whose Primate, Cat & Aquatics building has salt and fresh water aquatic exhibits from around the world, including moon jellyfish.
Cold Spring Harbor
Non-profit environmental education center on a former state trout hatchery dating to 1883. Two aquarium buildings show native New York fish, reptiles and amphibians, with outdoor ponds on the grounds.
Powell
A large zoo north of Columbus that includes aquatic habitats alongside its land animal areas, including coastal exhibits for manatees and sharks. It is part of a zoo campus with thousands of animals.
Decatur
Natural science museum in downtown Decatur with a substantial live-animal component. Aquarium displays include saltwater fish, live coral and moon jellies, alongside freshwater turtles, hellbenders and other terrarium animals.
Dallas
A downtown Dallas aquarium and zoological garden in a converted warehouse, with rainforest, Mundo Maya, Orinoco and Cloud Forest Trek exhibits as well as aquarium displays. It is AZA-accredited.
Spearfish
A historic federal fish hatchery in Spearfish with underwater viewing windows onto large trout, fish feeding, a fisheries museum and a replica fish rail car.
Juneau
A nonprofit salmon hatchery in Juneau whose visitor center has saltwater aquariums, touch tanks and wildlife displays. Outdoors, a fish ladder and viewing window show salmon returning in summer and early fall.
Orlando
Reservation-based park near SeaWorld Orlando offering swims with dolphins, a tropical reef snorkel and other animal encounters.
Milwaukee
Science and technology museum on Milwaukee's lakefront whose Reiman Aquarium focuses on Great Lakes and freshwater life.
Grassy Key
Nonprofit dolphin and sea lion facility at mile marker 59 in the Florida Keys, set on a saltwater lagoon. It offers educational programs and guided interaction experiences with its resident marine mammals.
Denver
Large aquarium beside the South Platte River in Denver, with themed habitats such as a coral lagoon, a rainforest with mangroves, and a shipwreck exhibit with sharks. Visitors can touch and feed stingrays, and there is an on-site restaurant and a train and carousel.
Houston
A downtown Houston aquarium complex with a large aquatic exhibit, a stingray reef and a shark train ride, plus dining and rides.
Milford
State-run nature center overlooking Mispillion Harbor on Delaware Bay, focused on horseshoe crabs and migratory shorebirds. Indoor aquariums show horseshoe crabs, fish, shellfish and terrapins.
Idaho Falls
A small interactive aquarium in Idaho Falls with fish, reptile and bird exhibits and hands-on animal encounters. It is open six to seven days a week.
Burlington
Science and nature museum on the Burlington waterfront with over 50 live species in aquatic displays. Highlights include the Into the Lake gallery with a large aquarium tank on Lake Champlain's ecosystem, plus interactive exhibits and a 3D theater.
Scranton
A downtown Scranton aquarium and reptile exhibit of more than 20,000 square feet. Guests can feed stingrays and horseshoe crabs at interactive touch tanks and see fish and reptile displays.
Port Angeles
Small nonprofit marine life center on the Port Angeles waterfront with touch tanks and aquaria of local Strait of Juan de Fuca species, run with a university-linked education mission.
Albany
A freshwater aquarium in downtown Albany focused on the Flint River and southwest Georgia waters. Its centerpiece is the 175,000-gallon Blue Hole Spring exhibit, and it also has a hatchery, a river gallery, an aviary and an albino alligator. More than 160 species are on display.