Michigan
Wayne County
City of Detroit

Belle Isle Aquarium

The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in , . Designed by noted architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn, it opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in when it closed on April 3, 2005.
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  • Opening hours: Wednesday—Sunday 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Public aquarium
  • Description: aquarium in Detroit
  • Address: 3 Inselruhe Avenue, Detroit, MI 48207

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Belle Isle Conservatory and Dossin Great Lakes Museum.

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The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory is a greenhouse and a botanical garden located on Belle Isle, a 982-acre island park located on the within Detroit, Michigan.

Museum
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The is an historical maritime museum in , . Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the , this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime history. is situated 630 feet south of Belle Isle Aquarium.

Building
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The is a bell tower containing an electronic carillon on 's Belle Isle. It is dedicated to peace and named after Nancy Brown, the pseudonym of The Detroit News columnist Mrs. is situated 990 feet southwest of Belle Isle Aquarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West Village and Indian Village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded by Jefferson, Kercheval, Parker, and Seyburn Avenues. Adjacent to the west is the Islandview neighborhood, and adjacent to the east is Indian Village.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded to the north and south by Mack Avenue and East Jefferson Avenue, respectively, along the streets of Burns, Iroquois, and Seminole. is situated 2 miles north of Belle Isle Aquarium.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located east of . It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. is situated 2½ miles west of Belle Isle Aquarium.

Belle Isle Aquarium

Latitude
42.33631° or 42° 20′ 11″ north
Longitude
-82.98517° or 82° 59′ 7″ west
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Levels
1
Open location code
86JV82P7+GW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107227742
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­aquarium
Geo­Names ID
6348340
Wiki­data ID
Q4883644
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Navajo—“Belle Isle Aquarium” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حوض اسماك بيل ايل”
  • Navajo: “Tónaazyínítaʼdi táyiʼ naaldeehii danílʼį́ bił hazʼání”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belle Isle Aquarium”. Photo: Rmhermen, CC BY-SA 3.0.