Baltimore Aquarium
by Ginger Stein
Title
Baltimore Aquarium
Artist
Ginger Stein
Medium
Photograph - Architecture Photography
Description
National Aquarium in Baltimore (formerly known as Baltimore Aquarium) - is a non-profit public aquarium located on Pier 3 in the Inner Harbor area of downtown Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Constructed during a period of urban renewal in Baltimore, the aquarium opened on August 8, 1981. The National Aquarium, Baltimore’s initial conceptual design, architecture and exhibit design was led by Peter Chermayeff of Peter Chermayeff LLC while he was at Cambridge Seven Associates.
The conceptual, architectural, and exhibit design for the Glass Pavilion expansion was led by Bobby C. Poole while at Chermayeff, Sollogub & Poole. After two decades, construction began on the Glass Pavilion north extension on September 5, 2002, and it opened to the public on December 16, 2005. It measures 64,500 sq ft. and is 120 ft high at the tallest point. The Aquarium is named as one of the best in the United States.
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August 20th, 2018
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