Texas State Aquarium

Museums, Historical Sites, and ZoosTexas, United States51-200 Employees

The Texas State Aquarium is a private, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) wildlife conservation focused institution in the Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos industry, located at 2710 North Shoreline Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was established in 1990 and designated as the official Aquarium of Texas, and it attracts about 600,000 visitors annually; the organization has been recognized by USA Today as among the top five best aquariums in the United States. The Aquarium operates a Wildlife Rescue Program that has been active since 1995 and is the only licensed facility in Texas to care for injured mammals, sea turtles, shorebirds, and raptors, having released 4,450 animals back into their natural habitats. In March 2023, the Port Corpus Christi Center for Wildlife Rescue opened with donor support, featuring Texas's only wildlife CT scan machine and an emergency deployable field stabilization system. The organization engages in workforce development, reaching 30,487 students in 2023, and houses the Flint Hills Resources Center for Excellence in STEM Education to advance STEM learning in South Texas and beyond. The Wildlife Response Operations Center (WROC) provides a formalized emergency response framework for the Texas Gulf Coast, leading disaster and wildlife response planning, training, and operations with partners including Texas Parks & Wildlife, Texas General Land Office, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, TCEQ, National Park Service, U.S. Coast Guard, Port of Corpus Christi, and the Texas State Aquarium.

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