DATE: 1993-1998 _______________________________________________ VISIT: Inside - Outside _______________________________________________ MORE DETAILS: The Lisbon Oceanarium is a museum of marine biology situated in the Parque das Nações and built as part of the Expo’98.
This equipment, designed by north-american architect Peter Chermayeff, recalls an aircraft carrier anchored at a port. It is the second biggest Oceanarium in the world and contains an impressive collection of species - bird, mammal, fish and other marine beings.
At the Lisbon Oceanarium, the four habitats represented – The Antartic Ocean, the Indian Ocean’s Corel Reef, The Pacific Ocean’s rock Coasts and the Atlantic Ocean’s Azores coast, converge to the centre of the building giving body to the concept of uniting the oceans. Each habitat’s decoration extends through the central tank, creating the illusion of being before one only aquarium, one only ocean. In reality, the acrylic windows divide the four habitats of the central tank (where several species of fish such as sharks, baracouta, rays and tunas co-exist) giving the sensation that all living beings move in one singular mass of salt-water.
