FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Springfield Mayor Ken McClure, on behalf of the City of Springfield, would like to congratulate Johnny Morris’ Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium for being named best aquarium in the United States for the fifth time.
When Wonders of Wildlife opened in 2017, it was named "America's Best New Attraction" by 10Best. A panel of travel experts nominated the aquarium as part of USA Today’s annual Reader’s Choice Awards, and then members of the public voted on a winner. WOW previously earned the best aquarium designation in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
“I would like to congratulate the fine team at Wonders of Wildlife and also thank the community for their ongoing support of this world-class attraction. We are very fortunate to have the country’s best aquarium right here in Springfield,” Mayor McClure said. “We take nothing for granted. This award is richly deserved, but we also know in order to keep them and maintain them, it's a continued effort to make (WOW) better, more instructive, more informative.”
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