The ZooQuarium was a small 7-acre (2.8 ha) zoo and aquarium that opened in 1969 on Cape Cod in Yarmouth, Massachusetts, United States. During its operation, it hosted sea lions, seals and other forms of aquatic and land animals.[1] The ZooQuarium formally closed its doors in December 2013.[2]
The property was purchased in 2016 by underwater explorer Barry Clifford for the new Whydah Pirate Museum II Archived 2017-03-30 at the Wayback Machine which now houses the exhibit previously presented in National Geographic's REAL PIRATES traveling exhibition featuring artifacts and treasures of the Whydah Gally, the only fully authenticated Golden Age pirate ship wreck on earth. It is the sister museum to Clifford's Whydah Pirate Museum Archived 2017-03-30 at the Wayback Machine already established 40 miles (64 km) north, in Provincetown.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Cassidy, Patrick (December 18, 2013). "ZooQuarium in Yarmouth up for sale". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ "'ZooQuarium' closes on Cape Cod". December 18, 2013.
- ^ Sweeney, Chris (December 21, 2015). "There's a Pirate Museum Coming to Cape Cod". Boston Magazine. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ Legere, Christine (December 19, 2015). "Pirate museum may open at former ZooQuarium site". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
- ^ Legere, Christine (February 29, 2016). "ZooQuarium to become pirate museum". Cape Cod Times. Retrieved March 1, 2016.