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Fresno Aquarium

designed by Fresno’s own
world-renowned architect
Arthur Dyson, FAIA
is being built on our 10 acres along Hwy 99
overlooking the San Joaquin River

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Children Experience the Ocean
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Dec 31

We’re Approved!

It’s official!

Today, December 31st, 2015, we received a letter from the County of Fresno stating that Director Review and Approval Application #4400 (Aquarius Aquarium Institute’s very first building on the Fresno Aquarium property) was approved and is now final since no appeal was filed during the 15-day appeal period.

Nov 10

Site Prep Work Progresses

Site Work
November 10, 2015 – Thanks to all our donors, (we just surpassed 1,310 blocks sold) site work on the future Fresno Aquarium property made significant progress throughout this past summer and into the fall. We still need additional support to fund our fire protection…

Jun 6

June 4, 2014 Update

Here’s a fun interview by Chuck Leonard with our executive director Tom Lang on June 4, 2014, where Tom gives an update on our progress and explains how we are building the Fresno Aquarium with grassroots support from our donors – video courtesy http://CentralValleyTalk.com

Mar 2

400 Blocks Sold Milestone Reached at ApCal Event

Our 400th Block March 2, 2014 – At our recent ApCal Benefit for the Fresno Aquarium and Calendar of Events Launch Party, 100% of the entry fees brought us to 399 total concrete blocks sold and we needed just one more to hit 400. Our emcee, Meteorologist AJ Fox from KSEE24 news, worked the attendees to see if he could coax…

Dec 7

Fresno Art Hub Paint-Around Fundraiser 2013

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December 7, 2013 – Fresno Art Hub and A Sense of Place art galleries, located next door to one another on Van Ness Avenue just north of Fresno High School, hosted a unique event called a Paint-Around to raise funds for the Fresno Aquarium project and Valley Public Radio.

Dec 2

Work continues on site plan details

Reviewing Fresno Aquarium site plan

December 2, 2013 – Since contracting with Fresno’s Yamabe & Horn Engineering, Inc. for civil engineering in August, Aquarius Aquarium Institute has been working with David Horn, PE to create a new site plan for the first structure of the Fresno Aquarium…