Zoos
Gdynia Aquarium occupies a modernist 1938 building on the Southern Pier, next to the sailing ships "Dar Pomorza" and "Dar Młodzieży". The institution operates within the Sea Fisheries Institute, combining the roles of a zoological garden and a natural history museum. Its roots go back to the 1920s, when specimens began to be collected at the Fisheries Marine Laboratory in Hel: from 1924 they went into display cases and tanks, and a decade later were shown in the local "Baltic Museum". The Gdynia facility opened on 21 June 1971 as the Museum of Oceanography and Marine Aquarium — a name used until 2003.
Five floors hold 76 aquariums with more than 1,500 organisms from about 250 species, together in over 600 tonnes of water. The largest tanks hold up to 10,000 litres; the display splits into freshwater and marine basins. Among the exhibits are piranhas, large turtles, corals and shells, and new specimens keep arriving from distant corners of the world.
In summer, weekday microscope workshops and close encounters with sharks — from teeth to skin structure — are included in the ticket. Every hour the Holiday Aquarium Cinema screens nature films in the ground-floor cinema hall.
The address is al. Jana Pawła II 1, entrance from the Southern Pier; museum sailing ships moor nearby, which makes combining visits easy. Current hours and prices are published at akwarium.gdynia.pl.
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