St. Louis Aquarium will close through March 31 - STLtoday.com
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| St. Louis Aquarium will close through March 31 - STLtoday.com Posted: 16 Mar 2020 04:44 AM PDT Spread facts. Not fear. Subscribe: $3/3 months  Visitors enjoy a video shown inside the virtual train car ride they take at the beginning of their visit to the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com The St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station has joined the list of local institutions and events closing or canceling because of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus. It will be closed through March 31. The St. Louis Wheel, the Ropes Course, Mirror Maze and the Union Station restaurants will remain open for now. A statement released late Sunday night read: "Out of an abundance of caution and to encourage social distancing to help our community stay safer during the COVID-19 situation, the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station is temporarily closing through March 31. "In keeping with restrictions on gatherings of more than 50 people, the Aquarium will not open on Monday, March 16 and will keep the public up to date on the Aquarium's status via social media channels. "Aquarium team members will be keeping the 13,000 animals in our care safe and well-tended during this temporary closing. The public can learn more about the animals and their care online while we are closed. "Tickets will be valid for 90 days from the original visit date. The Aquarium will work with guests to reschedule if they hold tickets for a date between March 16 and March 31. All exchange and refund requests should be emailed to info@stlouisaquarium.com." St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Jeff and Banyan Kramel, 7, of Ellisville, look through one of the domed viewing areas at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day People look up at the illuminated vaulted ceilings before entering the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station for the first time, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Visitors enjoy a video shown inside the virtual train car ride they take at the beginning of their visit to the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Jeff Elden, center, of St. Louis, holds a doll as he watches his daughters, from left, Lily, 10, Eloise, 4, and Charlotte, 8, play in the Virtual Reality Sand Box exhibit at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Aquarium visitors reach out to touch cownose rays as they swim by at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Nolan Vandaveer, 8 months old, of Troy, Ill., is held by his mother Samantha, as he waves at St. Louis Aquarium divers inside of the Shark Canyon exhibit at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Aquarium visitors stick their hands into the cownose ray tank at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Mike Pan of Forsyth, Ill., helps his daughter Grace, 4, wash her hands after playing in the water table exhibit at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Kristin Rieber, of Chesterfield, left, holds her son, Wesley, 2, and Anne Kabance of Brisbane, Australia, right, holds her daughter, Elsie Churches, 5 months, as they look at a tank above them at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com St. Louis Aquarium opens on Christmas Day Eli Brines, 1, of St. Louis, sticks his face up against the glass inside of the rivers exhibit at the St. Louis Aquarium inside Union Station, on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019. Christmas was the aquarium's first day open to the public. Photo by Troy Stolt, tstolt@post-dispatch.com Amy Bertrand 314-340-8284 @abertrand on Twitter abertrand@post-dispatch.com 0 comments |
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