Shreveport Aquarium

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Shreveport Aquarium
Shreveport Aquarium
Date openedNovember 1, 2017
Location Bossier City, Louisiana, United States
Coordinates 32°30′57″N93°44′36″W / 32.51583°N 93.74333°W / 32.51583; -93.74333 Coordinates: 32°30′57″N93°44′36″W / 32.51583°N 93.74333°W / 32.51583; -93.74333
Floor space21,000 sq ft (2,000 m2)
No. of animals3,000
No. of species300
OwnerPlanet Aqua Group
Website www.shreveportaquarium.com
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The Shreveport Aquarium is an aquarium located in Bossier City, Louisiana, United States.

The aquarium is adjacent to the Red River, near the Texas Street Bridge. It holds seven galleries that hold the 3,000 animals in its care, such as sharks, stingrays, eels, seahorses, alligators, paddlefish, snapping turtles and more. It is open all-year to the public, 7 days a week. Features stingray feedings by hand, touch tanks with rays, jellies, starfish, cleaner shrimp, sea cucumbers and more. Mine for gold, gems and fossils in the area's only indoor mining sluice. Other programs offered are summer camps, birthday parties, special holiday events along with private events and weddings.

Exhibits

The galleries are entered as visitors walk from the entrance to the exit.

The aquarium is also home to a large indoor/outdoor event space overlooking the Red River and Texas Street Bridge, adjacent to Riverview Park.

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