Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens [SEP] inception
Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens
The Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens (October 1860 – June 1862) in Boston, Massachusetts, featured a public aquarium and zoo. It was located in the Financial District on Central Court (off Washington Street). On display were "hundreds of specimens of the finny tribe there to be seen sporting in their native element, in all their variety of hue and shape" as well as other animals. James Ambrose Cutting and Henry D. Butler ran the business, derived from an earlier incarnation known
. American Philosophical Society, Broadsides Collection
- Boston Aquarial and Zoological Gardens. Ballou's Dollar Monthly Magazine, v.16, no.1, July 1862. Google books
- Jerry Ryan. The Forgotten Aquariums of Boston. Pascoag, R.I  Finley Aquatic Books, 2002.
- Kim Nusco. Sally Putnam visits the Aquarial Gardens. Object of the Month, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2006
External links.
- New England Aquarium. The Boston Aquarial Gardens and Zoological Gardens (1860–1863)