And although the new building included a fine aquarium, no funds had been appropriated to move and feed the gilled attractions. A view of the former National Aquarium, in the basement of the Commerce Department building, when it opened in Federal Triangle in 1932. (N/A/Department of Commerce)Thus was born one of the oddest attractions in a Washington federal office building, but one that many people came to be quite fond of: the National Aquarium. But over the next few decades, the National Aquarium found itself competing with purpose-built museums. This breathtaking fish zoo was also called the National Aquarium, which must have galled fans of the original.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2017 22:30 UTC