From the Vault: Fair Park’s Aquarium (1936-2020)
by Paula Bosse
Sad news: it has been announced that the Children’s Aquarium in Fair Park will be closing permanently. The aquarium — the first in Texas — opened in 1936 as part of the Texas Centennial Exposition in 1936. I wrote about the history of the local landmark, which has served Dallas for 84 years, in the 2015 Flashback Dallas post “The Dallas Aquarium: The Building Emblazoned With Seahorses — 1936.”
This news is almost as upsetting as seeing Big Tex in flames.
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