FresnoAquarium

Events engage & inform our supporters

Events such as our approaching Charter Member Holiday Party are designed as opportunities for Aquarius Aquarium Institute supporters to learn more about our organization’s plans, programs and progress. While we have a lot of fun at our events, it is not so much about the party as it is about the networking that occurs at these …

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Fresno Metropolitan Museum to close?

In their new business plan released in June 2009, the Fresno Metropolitan Museum had identified the 2010 Creatures of the Abyss exhibit from Ontario’s Science North as their biggest potential draw of the first year following the City of Fresno takeover of their historic building. Aletha and I had met with museum staff about the …

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Steinhart Exhibits

Penguin Window Arrives in Fresno

After trying to figure out how on earth we were going to unload and store the huge 15 x 8 foot acrylic aquarium window we had shipped from the Steinhart Aquarium courtesy of our donors Arnold and Dianne Gazarian, Steve Salcedo and the folks at San Joaquin Glass came to the rescue and used their …

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Steinhart Exhibits

Steinhart exhibit tanks moved to Fresno

A team of volunteers from the Central Valley, headed up by Ken Hendrix, traveled to San Francisco to remove the 12 largest aquarium exhibits and tons of associated equipment from the Steinhart Aquarium’s 5-year temporary space on Howard Street for transport to Fresno. The largest, about 20 feet in diameter, holds approximately 14,000 gallons of …

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Steinhart Exhibits

Steinhart Aquarium donates tanks to Fresno

As founders of the Aquarius Aquarium Institute, my wife Aletha and I have been laying the groundwork over the last couple of years for the donation of a number of very large aquarium exhibits from one of the oldest and most prestigious Aquariums in the world – the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, an important …

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