Opened in 1998, during the last world exhibition to take place in the 20th century, entitled “The oceans, a heritage for the future”, the Oceanário de Lisboa has eternalized the centuries-old bond between Lisbon and the ocean. The Oceanário is a large public aquarium whose prestige is widely recognized, not only in Lisbon and Portugal but also across the world.The Lisbon Oceanarium has a large collection of marine species: penguins, seagulls, and other birds, sea otters, sharks, rays, marine plants, and terrestrial plants and other marine organisms totaling about 16,000 individuals of 450 species