Brigham Young University - BYU Aquarium

The day before Valentine's Day my wife and I wantedfound the building which is nestled in an obscure
to do something unique together. When I was a kid Ilocation on campus.
remember going with my Dad to the BYU aquarium,When we got there, we went down to the bottom
but I remembered very little about it. I asked severalfloor of the building. To our surprise their was an
other BYU students where the aquarium was theaquarium but, it really was not all that amazing. Along
usual response was "There's an aquarium onthe wall was about 4 - 5 fish tanks with about one
campus?"giant fish and a whole lot of little fish per tank. There
I did some research online and found a vaguewas a crab or lobster, however, not much else. They
references to an aquarium on BYU campus in Provo,have some cool art on the wall showing different
Utah. I found out that there was an aquarium in thescientific facts about fish and underwater life.
John A. Widtsoe building and that it was open to theApparently this aquarium is used for students to have
public. We were determined in our quest to find it.some real life experience in studying underwater life.
We went to the bookstore on campus, which is quiteSo if anybody ever asked you if BYU has an
amazing I might add, and after browsing the bookstoreaquarium the answer is yes, it just really is not all that
asked one of the associates at the front desk whereamazing. If you want to see an amazing aquarium in
we could find the Widtsoe building. We were instructedUtah County, Cabela's near Thanksgiving Point in Lehi,
as to where to go. We walked about 400 feet andUtah is your best bet.