Amazonia Opens at the NZP
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PrintThe largest and most complex exhibit ever built at the National Zoological Park, Amazonia opens to the public after seven years of planning and construction. The 15,000 square foot rainforest habitat includes a tropical river and a 55,000 gallon aquarium, and a living tropical forest with more than 350 species of plants.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Zoogoer, November/December 1992, p. 12.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
November 18, 1992
Amazon River Region