Marineland

Marine Studios made history on June 23, 1938, when over 30,000 people crowded a quiet stretch of Florida coastline near St. Augustine to witness sea life, as it had never been seen before�through 200 underwater portholes. Developed by three innovative entrepreneurs with ties to Hollywood, the newly coined term �oceanarium� described their novel concept as a place where marine life existed together. As the world�s first oceanarium, Marine Studios sparked the country�s imagination, displaying rare