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Jakarta Aquarium offers modern, ‘edutaining’ experience
The Jakarta Aquarium blends education and entertainment through modern and interactive exhibits.
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Into the blue: The aquarium's modern approach to its aesthetic has made it somewhat of a fish boutique. (Courtesy of the Jakarta Aquarium/-)
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tepping into the Jakarta aquarium transports visitors into an environment totally different from the shopping mall in which it is located.
After buying a ticket and passing through the entrance, visitors are soon immersed in a mangrove forest. Trees flank either side of a projector walkway that shows fish swimming below one’s feet.
Off to the right, a large brown python is curled in a ball behind glass looking ready to strike. The sounds of birds squawking and running water can be heard in the background.
For just a moment, the aquarium has become a passable imitation of the mangrove forests that can be found throughout the archipelago.
The engaging atmosphere thrusts the Jakarta Aquarium ahead of other conservation and wildlife education efforts in Jakarta and even the country as a whole.
“We used to call our aquarium some sort of a fish boutique because we present it in aesthetic ways,” education supervisor Shabrina Andrawini said. “People say our aquarium is very instagrammable.”
