Aquarium de San Sebastián

Om museet

The Aquarium grew out of the Sociedad de Oceanografía de Guipúzcoa, founded on 19 September 1908 to promote the study of the sea and to improve fishing and navigation. The society set up a laboratory, a scientific bulletin and a fishing school, and took part in organising the Naval-Historical and Oceanographic Exhibition of 1913. On 22 September 1925 the foundation stone of the Palacio del Mar was laid, and it was officially inaugurated on 1 October 1928 with a visit by King Alfonso XIII.

From the beginning the building has housed the aquariums and an oceanographic museum with valuable heritage items that explain the maritime history of the Basque Country and San Sebastián: maritime trade, beach shipyards, Basque whalers, privateering and fishing, as well as an area dedicated to the Sociedad de Oceanografía itself. Expansion works completed in 1998 added a 360° tunnel and new tanks devoted to Atlantic and tropical fauna, and a final reform phase in 2008 reinforced the structure, opened a new entrance from the quay and built a lift between the harbour and the Paseo Nuevo.

In 2002 the Fundación Oceanográfica de Gipuzkoa was set up, which now manages the accumulated heritage. The more than 31 tanks are spread across a floor devoted to the Cantabrian Sea and the Atlantic and another with a tropical theme; the largest is the oceanarium, with more than 1,500,000 litres of water and more than 40 species, including five kinds of shark.

Højdepunkter

• Oceanarium with a 360° tunnel, more than 1,500,000 litres of water and bull sharks
• More than 31 tanks of the Cantabrian Sea, the Atlantic and the tropics
• Oceanographic museum on Basque whalers, privateering and fishing
• Sharks fed live on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 12:00
• Historic Palacio del Mar building, inaugurated in 1928

Permanente udstillinger

• Los acuarios y el oceanario – More than 31 tanks spread across a floor devoted to the Cantabrian Sea and the Atlantic and a tropical floor, with an oceanarium of more than 1,500,000 litres crossed by a 360° tunnel.
• Museo oceanográfico – Space on the maritime history of the Basque Country and San Sebastián: maritime trade, beach shipyards, Basque whalers, privateering and fishing, and a tribute to the Sociedad de Oceanografía de Gipuzkoa.

Grundlagt

1928

Ejer

Fundación Oceanográfica de Gipuzkoa

Entrépriser & rabatter

VAT included. There is a gift ticket, valid for one month from purchase, which can be bought at the ticket office or on the website. Reduced rates require accreditation; for unemployment, the DARDE document is accepted.

Tilgængelighed

• Kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The facilities overcome changes in level with ramps, elevators and lifts, and there are no doors along the route except in the toilets. Audio guides are free for people with accredited visual impairment. Only accredited guide dogs are admitted.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

The Aquarium runs family activities throughout the year, and the experience “Durmiendo con peces” (Sleeping with the Fish) lets families discover the marine world at night.

Transport & parkering

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

Museum shop. Eating is not allowed inside the Aquarium.

Arrangementer & udlejning

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