Website design By BotEap.comThe day before Valentine’s Day, my wife and I wanted to do something unique together. When I was a kid, I remember going with my dad to the BYU aquarium, but he remembered very little about it. I asked other BYU students where the aquarium was. The usual response was “Is there an aquarium on campus?”

Website design By BotEap.comI did some research online and found a vague reference to an aquarium on the BYU campus in Provo, Utah. I discovered that there was an aquarium in the John A. Widtsoe Building and that it was open to the public. We were determined in our search to find it.

Website design By BotEap.comWe went to the bookstore on campus, which is pretty amazing I might add, and after exploring the bookstore, we asked one of the associates at the front desk where we could find the Widtsoe building. They showed us where to go. We walked about 400 feet and found the building in a dark spot on campus.

Website design By BotEap.comWhen we got there, we went down to the ground floor of the building. To our surprise, there was an aquarium, but it wasn’t really that amazing. Along the wall there were about 4-5 fish tanks with one giant fish and many small fish per tank. There was a crab or lobster, however, not much else. They have some cool art on the wall showing different scientific facts about fish and underwater life. Apparently this aquarium is used for students to have some real life experience in studying underwater life.

Website design By BotEap.comSo if anyone ever asked you if BYU has an aquarium, the answer is yes, it’s just not that surprising. If you want to see an amazing aquarium in Utah County, Cabela’s near Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah is your best bet.