How it started ... how it's going 🎉 Did you know this Friday, Sept. 16, Birch Aquarium at Scripps celebrates 30 years “on the hill”?! As we look toward this exciting milestone, we want to share a few throwback moments and memories with you all. 🌊 (1+2) Birch Aquarium at Scripps in final stages of construction in 1992 ➡️ Birch Aquarium at Scripps present day. 🐟 (3) Associate Curator Fernando stands in front of the construction of a new habitat in 1992 ... but what could it be? ➡️ Sardines! Associate Curator Fernando stands in front of our sardines present day. 🌿 (4) So much work went into creating our two-story, 70,000-gallon Giant Kelp Forest. Swipe to see it in construction ➡️ present day. 🐋 (5) Did you know “The Legacy” was unveiled in 1996 and each whale is made of bronze? ➡️ The adult breaching Gray Whale is life-size and stands at almost 40 feet tall! 🐢 (6) Putting the finishing touches on Magdalena Bay habitat in Hall of Fishes ➡️ Present day featuring our rescued Loggerhead Sea Turtle. We’d love for you all to share your memories with us! Tag us in your memories at the aquarium and use #BirchDay — we’ll be sharing your memories in our stories all week long!