•-) The NATIONAL 



This oldest public aquarium in America is 

 maintained by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and Wildlife (part of the U.S. Fish and Wild- 

 life Service of the Department of the Interior) 

 to display live specimens of food and game 

 fishes from the inland waters of the United 

 States. 



The National Aquarium is in the lower 

 lobby of the Department of Commerce Build- 

 ing, on 14th Street between Constitution Ave- 

 nue and E Street, NW., Washington, D.C. 

 The aquarium is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

 every day except Christmas Day. Admission 

 is free. 



^ UNITED STAtIs" 



If' DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

 ^^ FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

 BUREAU OF SPORT FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE 

 Circular 93 • 1960 



