Lisbon Oceanarium
The Oceanarium in the Parque das Nações
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| Date opened | 1998 |
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| Location | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Coordinates | 38°45′49″N 9°05′37″W / 38.7635°N 9.0937°WCoordinates: 38°45′49″N 9°05′37″W / 38.7635°N 9.0937°W |
| No. of animals | 16,000 |
| No. of species | 450 |
| Volume of largest tank | 5,000 m3 (180,000 cu ft) |
| Annual visitors | 1,000,000 |
| Website | www |
The Lisbon Oceanarium (Portuguese: Oceanário de Lisboa, pronounced: [osiɐˈnaɾiu dɨ liʒˈboɐ]) is an oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal. It is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo '98. It is the largest indoor aquarium in Europe.
The Lisbon Oceanarium’s conceptual design, architecture, and exhibit design was led by Peter Chermayeff of Peter Chermayeff LLC while at Cambridge Seven Associates. It is said to resemble an aircraft carrier, and is built on a pier in an artificial lagoon. Chermayeff is also the designer of the Osaka Oceanarium, one of the world's largest aquariums, and many other aquariums around the world.
The Lisbon Oceanarium has a large collection of marine species — penguins, seagulls and other birds; sea otters (mammals); sharks, rays, chimaeras, seahorses and other bony fish; crustaceans; starfish, sea urchins and other echinoderms; sea anemones, corals and other cnidaria; octopuses, cuttlefish, sea snails and other mollusks; amphibians; jellyfish; marine plants and terrestrial plants and other marine organisms totaling about 16,000 individuals of 450 species.
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