側邊通常為玻璃製之透明大型水箱，其中貯養的水生動植物專供觀察、研究，和展覽。

水族館(建築物)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,,)
shui tsu kuan (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shuǐ zú guǎn (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
shui zu guan (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
aquariums(buildings)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,PN)
aquarium(building)　(,U,英文-非偏好,AD,U,SN)
public aquarium(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
aquaria(buildings)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,PN)
aquaria(gebouwen)　(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,UF,U,U)
aquariumgebouwen(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,D,U,U)
aquariumgebouw(,U,荷蘭語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
acuarios(edificio)　(P,,U,西班牙語-偏好,D,U,PN)
acuario(edificio)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,AD,U,SN)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....物件層面
........建築環境 (層級名)
............單一建築作品 (層級名)
................<單一建築作品 (建築環境)>
....................<依特定種類區分之單一建築作品>
........................<依功能區分之單一建築作品>
............................展覽館 (展覽建築)
................................<動物展覽建築物>
....................................水族館 (建築物)

distinguished from....	動物園(複合建築)
distinguished from....	水族箱(容器)
thing(s) involved are....	水族館(機構)

英文....	Buildings containing large tanks with transparent, usually glass, sides in which aquatic animals and plants are kept alive for purposes of observation, study, and display.
荷蘭語....	Met aquaria ingerichte gebouwen (als onderdelen van dierentuinen).

水族館(建築物)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 69
aquariums(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	Canadian Urban Thesaurus (1979) aquariums
.................	CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-) aquariums
.................	AAM, Official Museum Directory (1989) 1007; aquariums
.................	RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) aquariums
.................	Canadian Thesaurus of Construction Science and Technology (1978) aquariums
.................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) aquariums
.................	Avery Index (1963-) aquariums
.................	LC Subject Authority Headings [online] (2002-) sh 85006225
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 31 October 2009
.................	AATA database (1995-) 120481 checked 26 January 2012
aquarium(building)............	[VP]
.................	Chenhall, Revised Nomenclature (1988) aquarium
.................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
public aquarium............	[VP]
.................	Nomenclature 3.0 for Museum Cataloging (2010)
aquaria(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	RIBA, Architectural Keywords (1982)
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
aquariumgebouwen............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
aquariumgebouw............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
acuarios(edificio)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	Comité, Plural del término en singular
acuario(edificio)............	[CDBP-DIBAM]
.................	The Oxford- Duden Pictorial Spanish and English Dictionary (1995) 624
Subject:............	[Bureau AAT]
.................	AATA database (1995-) 120481 checked 26 January 2012
.................	Van Dale groot woordenboek (1994)
.................	Van Dale Engels-Nederlands (1989)

Getty AAT: 300005756 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300005756
聯合目錄： 水族館 、shui tsu kuan 、shuǐ zú guǎn 、shui zu guan 、aquariums 、aquarium 、public aquarium 、aquaria 、aquaria 、aquariumgebouwen 、aquariumgebouw 、acuarios 、acuario