Shedd Aquarium

Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium is home to sea otters and seahorses, beluga whales and bluegills, reef sharks, stingrays, lake sturgeons, Pacific white-sided dolphins—in fact, more than 1,500 species! The not-for-profit organization, opened in 1930, attracts nearly 2 million guests each year. Through education programs, conservation research, and rescue and rehabilitation efforts around the world, Shedd sparks compassion, curiosity and conservation for the aquatic animal world.