Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Brigham Young University - Byu Aquarium

The day before Valentine's Day my wife and I wanted to do something unique together. When I was a kid I remember going with my Dad to the Byu aquarium, but I remembered very miniature about it. I asked any other Byu students where the aquarium was the usual response was "There's an aquarium on campus?"

I did some explore online and found a vague references to an aquarium on Byu campus in Provo, Utah. I found out that there was an aquarium in the John A. Widtsoe building and that it was open to the public. We were considered in our quest to find it.

Bookstore

We went to the bookstore on campus, which is quite wonderful I might add, and after browsing the bookstore asked one of the company at the front desk where we could find the Widtsoe building. We were instructed as to where to go. We walked about 400 feet and found the building which is nestled in an obscure location on campus.

When we got there, we went down to the bottom floor of the building. To our surprise their was an aquarium but, it de facto was not all that amazing. Along the wall was about 4 - 5 fish tanks with about one giant fish and a whole lot of miniature fish per tank. There was a crab or lobster, however, not much else. They have some cool art on the wall showing distinct scientific facts about fish and underwater life. Apparently this aquarium is used for students to have some real life contact in learning underwater life.

So if any person ever asked you if Byu has an aquarium the talk is yes, it just de facto is not all that amazing. If you want to see an wonderful aquarium in Utah County, Cabela's near Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah is your best bet.

Brigham Young University - Byu Aquarium

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