Cleveland aquarium

The distributor of Cleveland Plain announced on September 5th that 1954 Cleveland Gordon Park Aquarium would reopen, calling it "the most open institution of its kind". The uniqueness of the development of Gordon Park Aquarium in Cleveland lies in "one brick and one tile, one fish and one fish". The facility was built step by step by the Cleveland Aquarium Association, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) and volunteers "athletes, amateur marine biologists, teachers, housewives and young people". The work started at 1954, when the building was used as a Trailside museum and threatened to close. Members of the Aquarium Association provided materials, labor and funds to renovate Treside facilities to accommodate a public aquarium. Gordon Park, located at 1940 and 1950, has evolved into a swimming beach attraction along Lakeside Avenue on the east side of Cleveland. Improve the memorial coastline (the later stage of Interstate 90) and divide the park into two parts; Lake boat passage area and inland park area, with playground and picnic area. 1943, the restricted beach access and use made the former bathhouse in the inland area transformed into the Teresa Museum by CMNH. It preserves the natural and historical specimens of this area, including several small aquariums with fish from Dorne Creek and Lake Erie. With the cooperation of the city, CMNH institutions and volunteers, the opportunity to build a large-scale dedicated aquarium has become a reality. These volunteers planned and built facilities to put local aquatic specimens and tropical species in a controlled habitat. Director william kelly described the Cleveland Aquarium as an applied research center, not a "fish circus", and hoped to continue this research theme to influence other aquariums in the world.

At the grand opening ceremony, the existing exhibition water tanks were renovated and 65,438+00 500-gallon water tanks were installed to welcome the aquatic life in Cleveland Lake. In the early days of the aquarium, people expanded the collection of aquatic life by "expedition" to the Florida keys. Staff and volunteers organized trips, and donors collected specimens, which were safely transported back to Cleveland for collection. During a "hunting" in 1955, the aquarium staff brought back a young shark, a sea eel, a turtle, a porcupine fish and a stickleback fish. Workers were asked to transport these specimens to their habitat and get 600 gallons of seawater for their new home. The challenge was put forward by the aquarium staff, who later improved the formula of their German colleagues to replace seawater and called it the instant ocean. 1964, director Kelly left the aquarium, applied for a patent for this successful compound, and set up an aquarium system company to sell instant oceans, and continued to improve in Europe and Europe for international sales.

In these years' development, aquarium, as a research facility beyond the role of museum, is famous for collecting and displaying aquatic life. The development and success of the aquarium project has been welcomed by public and private investors. Visitors to museums are increasing every year, and foundations and corporate donors support these efforts. By the mid-1960s, these achievements required the expansion or development of a larger aquarium in Cleveland. After making several suggestions on the relocation of the facilities, it was agreed to expand the existing facilities, and the Leonard C.Hanna Jr Fund provided a grant of 300,000 US dollars to support the expansion of the existing site by two times. The sustainable development of aquarium includes cooperation with universities and other aquarium projects. These measures have improved its position in aquatic science. Species collection represents the contribution of fresh water and marine specimens from all over the world.

The operation of the aquarium is influenced by its creative nature. The contribution of volunteers and the cooperation of CMNH in managing the aquarium have promoted the development of Cleveland.