PPG Aquarium is a 45,000-square-foot state-of-the-art aquarium housing more than 40 aquatic exhibits with more than 4,000 aquatic animals from around the world, including penguins, stingrays, jellyfish, an electric eel and thousands of exotic fish. It is Pennsylvania’s only public aquarium and is one of only six zoos in the country to house a major aquarium.
Specialties: Highlights include the Pennsylvania Waters Exhibit, Open Ocean Tank, Amazon Rainforest Exhibit, Two Oceans, and the Stingray Tunnel . The building includes a classroom for educational programs to help visitors further explore the