The
Carolina SciQuarium, part of the
Greensboro Science Center in
Greensboro, NC, opens this
Saturday
June 29, 2013. The state's first inland aquarium and
the first
AZA (Association of Zoos and
Aquariums) accredited aquarium in the
United
States to be
LEED-certified, the
22,000-sq.-ft. aquarium makes the
Greensboro Science Center the
state's only aquarium,
museum and zoo in one attraction. The
$11.5
million project was paid for with bond money and
private fundraising, and is just the first project in a
$32 million master plan that includes an
update of the older facility, a treetop adventure course, and
an endangered-species village. The
SciQuarium contains six major exhibits and
four
SciPod learning areas. Each exhibit
will have a pylon with an
iPad station where
visitors can learn more about the fish and animals displayed.
But what you see on opening day is just a beginning. Fish and
animals will be added to almost all of the exhibits in the
coming months.