Establishment
The Waikiki Aquarium was established on March 19, 1904 by the Honolulu Rapid Transit Authority, a forerunner of the present-day TheBus. It was hoped that the aquarium would entice travelers to ride the trolley all the way to the end of the line at Queen Kapiʻolani Park. It was built on land donated by James Bicknell Castle with funds from Charles Montague Cooke and his wife Anna Rice Cooke.
William Jennings Bryan and Jack London traveled to Honolulu to see the Waikiki Aquarium first hand. Biologist David Starr Jordan said the Waikiki Aquarium had the finest collection of fishes in the world.
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