1401 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC
20230
United States
National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. website
Washington, DC
20230
United States
National Aquarium in Washington, D.C. website

The National Aquarium was established in 1873 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts under the auspices of the Federal Fish Commission. It moved to the Washington Monument in 1878 and consisted of holding ponds known as "Babcock Lakes." During the 1880s, the aquarium consisted of a hatching station and a small aquarium at Central Station near the site of today's National Air and Space Museum.
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