The Belle Isle Aquarium is now inspiring awe in a new generation after having been closed for nearly a decade. Photo by Jack P. Johnson for HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection. The interior of the aquarium in 1958, with the modernized tanks. An aquarium employee gives a lake sturgeon a scrubdown sometime around 1920. Belle Isle employees hoist a giant turtle out of its tank.

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The original interior of the Belle Isle Aquarium. Photo from the Library of Congress

Dec 9, 2023 · The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by the Belle Isle Conservancy, a 501(c)3 non-profit partner to Belle Isle park. The 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) historic building features a single large gallery with an arched ceiling covered in green glass tile to evoke an underwater feeling.

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Oct 14, 2010 · The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

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Interior of Belle Isle Aquarium showing an exhibit area. Written on photo back: "The Baker Art Studio, portrait and commercial photographers, 35-37-39 Monroe, Detroit, Mich." Details