A visit to the Tennessee Aquarium is essential if you have an interest in marine life and want to discover the diverse range of creatures living in the waters of our country. This downtown Chattanooga attraction has been welcoming visitors since 1992 and has already surpassed 20 million visitors.
The Tennessee Aquarium is home to more than 12,000 animals representing close to 800 species. It has one of the most diverse collections of freshwater animals in the country. Explore two structures at the aquarium: the River Journey building, a 130,000-square-foot structure (in place since the aquarium opened in 1992) that displays turtles, seahorses, frogs, otters, and trout, and the Ocean Journey building, a 60,000-square-foot structure (opened as an expansion project in 2005) for jellyfish, small sharks, butterflies, penguins, and octopuses.
