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[[File:Miami white sided dolphin.jpg|alt=Miami Seaquarium|thumb|Miami Seaquarium]] | [[File:Miami white sided dolphin.jpg|alt=Miami Seaquarium|thumb|Miami Seaquarium]] | ||
'''The Miami Seaquarium''' is a 38 acre oceanarium on Virginia Key, situated in Biscayne Bay of Miami-Dade County, Florida, in close proximity to downtown Miami. Opened by Fred D. Coppock and Captain W.B. Gray on September 24, 1955 it is the oldest operational oceanarium in the United States. | '''The Miami Seaquarium''' is a 38 acre oceanarium on Virginia Key, situated in Biscayne Bay of Miami-Dade County, [[:Category:Florida|Florida]], in close proximity to downtown Miami. Opened by Fred D. Coppock and Captain W.B. Gray on September 24, 1955 it is the oldest operational oceanarium in the United States. | ||
From 1963 through 1967, eighty-eight episodes of the 1960s TV show Flipper and two movies starring Flipper were filmed at the Miami Seaquarium. From 1963 to 1991, the Seaquarium also had the Miami Seaquarium Spacerail, which was the first hanging monorail in the United States. | From 1963 through 1967, eighty-eight episodes of the 1960s TV show Flipper and two movies starring Flipper were filmed at the Miami Seaquarium. From 1963 to 1991, the Seaquarium also had the Miami Seaquarium Spacerail, which was the first hanging monorail in the United States. | ||