United States List
The following is a partial list of public locations within the United States that have one or more Spiral Wishing Wells.
AL, Anniston, Museum of Natural History
AL, Birmingham, Discovery Place
AL, Birmingham , PALS Library Foundation
AL, Birmingham, Red Mountain Museum
AL, Birmingham, Zoo
AL, Gunter, USAF Heritage Hall
AL, Huntsville, Academy of Academics
AL, Ft. Rucker, Army Aviation Museum
AL, Montgomery Zoo
AR, Mid-America Science Museum
AR, Rogers, Public Library Foundation
AZ, Litchfield Park, Wildlife World Zoo
AZ, Phoenix, Arizona Science Center
AZ, Tempe, Phoenix Zoo
AZ, Tucson, Flandrau Planetarium
AZ, Tucson, Jewish Community Center
AZ, Tucson, Kitt Peak National Observatory (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
AZ, Tucson, Steele Children's Research Center
AZ, Tucson, Tucson Air Museum
AZ, Vail, Acacia Library
CA, Berkeley, Hall of Health
CA, Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science
CA, Carlsbad, Children's Museum
CA, Chico, Northern California Natural History Museum
CA, Chino, Chino Youth Museum
CA, Chino, The Museum of Planes
CA, Chula Vista (San Diego), South Bay Children's Museum
CA, Claremont, R.H. Alf Museum
CA, Fresno Zoo (3 Wells)
CA, Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
CA, Inglewood, Hollywood Park
CA, Laguna Niguel, Planetary Science Institute
CA, Lake Arrowhead Children's Museum
CA, Lodi, Worlds of Wonder Science Museum
CA, Long Beach, Aquarium of the Pacific
CA, Long Beach, California State University
CA, Long Beach, Children's Museum
CA, Los Angeles, Children's Museum
CA, Los Angeles, Zimmer Museum
CA, Modesto Museum
CA, Monterey, Monterey County Youth Museum
CA, Napa, Scientopia Discovery Center
CA, Oakland, East Bay Zoo
CA, Petaluma, Children’s Museum of the North
CA, Redding, Carter House Museum
CA, Riverside, March AFB Museum
CA, Sacramento, Fairytale Town
CA, San Diego, Feeding America
CA, San Diego, Sea World
CA, San Francisco, Aquarium of the Bay
CA, San Francisco, Astronomical Society of the Pacific
CA, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences
CA, San Francisco , Exploratorium
CA, San Jose, Convention, Arts, and Entertainment
CA, San Luis Obispo Children's Museum
CA, Santa Ana Zoo (3 Wells)
CA, Santa Barbara Children's Museum (3 Wells)
CA, Santa Barbara Zoo
CA, Santa Maria, Santa maria Public Library
CA, Santa Monica, Museum of Flying
CA, Santa Monica, Pacific Park
CA, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Children's Museum
CA, Stockton, Children's museum
CO, Boulder, Collage Children's Museum
CO, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
CO, Colorado Springs Children's Museum
CO, Denver , Museum of Nature & Science
CO, Denver , Zoological Foundation
CO, Englewood, Water For People
CO, Ft. Collins, Discovery Center
CO, Grand Junction, Western Colorado Botanical Gardens
CO, Loveland, Parks and Recreation Department
CT, Bridgeport, Bridgeport Community Center
CT, Bridgeport Connecticut Zoo
CT, Bristol, Imagine Nation Museum
CT, Kensington, Hungerford Center
CT, Mystic, Marine Life Aquarium
CT, New Canaan, New Canaan Nature Center
CT, New Haven, Hemophilia Foundation
CT, Niantic Children's Museum
CT, Norwalk, Stepping Stones Museum For Children
CT, Orange, Discovery Cafe
CT, South Norwalk, Maritime Center
CT, Storrs, Museum of Natural History (2 Wells)
CT, West Hartford, Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center
CT, West Hartford, Science Museum
DC, Washington, National Air/Space Museum
DC, National Geographic
DC, Washington National Zoo
DE, Wilmington, Brandywine Zoo
DE, Dover Air Force Base museum
FL, Boca Raton, Microplex Science Museum
FL, Bradenton, South Florida Museum
FL, Brevard, Brevard Zoo
FL, Clearwater, Marine Science Center
FL, Davie, Flamingo Gardens
FL, Davie, Young At Art Museum
FL, Eglin AFB Museum (2 Wells)
FL, Ft. Lauderdale, Discovery Center
FL, Gainesville, Museum of Natural History
FL, Jacksonville, History and Science Museum (2 Wells)
FL, Jacksonville Zoo
FL, Key West Maritime Heritage
FL, Melbourne, Space Coast Science Museum
FL, Miami, Miami Zoo (6 Wells)
FL, Naples, Rookery Bay
FL, Naples, Naples Zoo
FL, Orlando, Sea World, Penguin Exhibit
FL, Pensacola, Landmark Skate Center
FL, Tallahassee, Odyssey Science Center
FL, Patrick AFB Space Museum
FL, Pensacola, Naval Aviation Museum
FL, Sanibel, Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
FL, Starke, Camp Blanding Museum
FL, Stuart, The Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast
(2 Wells)
FL, Tallahassee, Junior Museum
FL, Tampa, Florida Aquarium
FL, Tampa, Lowry Park Zoo
FL, Tampa, Science and Industry Museum
FL, West Palm Beach, Science Museum
GA, Ackworth, Children’s Peace Center
GA, Albany Museum of Art
GA, Athens, Athens-Clarke County Library
GA, Atlanta, Botanical Garden
GA, Atlanta, Georgia Aquarium
GA, Atlanta, Harper Planetarium (3 Wells
GA, Atlanta, Zoo Atlanta
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"Our Three-Footer raises about $4,000 per year!" Stacey Graison, Director of Education |
GA, Macon, Museum of Arts and Sciences
GA, Cartersville, Bartow Museum
GA, Columbus, Arts and Sciences
GA, Columbus State University
GA, Statesboro, Georgia Southern Museum
GA, Warner-Robbins AFB Museum (2 Wells)
HI, Honolulu Maritime Center
HI, Honolulu Zoo (3 Wells)
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"We average $2,036 per month in our 3 wells." Kevin Feeney, Honolulu Zoo |
HI, Honolulu , Waikiki Aquarium
HI, Haleiwa, Waimea Arboretum (3 Wells)
HI, Honokaa, Brantley Center
HI, Kamuela, North Hawaii Hospice
IA, Cedar Falls University Museum
IA, Coralville, The Iowa Children's Museum
IA, Des Moines, Blank Park Zoo
IA, Des Moines, Very Special Arts
ID, Boise, The Discovery Center
ID, Boise, Boise Zoo (3)
ID, Idaho Falls, Tautphaus Park Zoo
IL, Bloomington Children's Discovery Museum
IL, Champaign Public Library
IL, Chicago, Brookfield Zoo
IL, Chicago, DuSable Museum of African American History
IL, Chicago, The Notebaert Nature Museum (Seven-Footer)
IL, Coal Valley, Niabi Zoo
IL, Decatur, Scovill Children's Zoo
IL, Dekalb, Northern Illinois University
IL, Elgin, Children's Discovery Museum
IL, Lincolnwood, Lincolnwood Library
IL, Normal, Children's Discovery Museum
IL, Oak Lawn, Children's Museum in Oak Lawn
IL, Peoria, Glen Oak Zoo (2 Wells)
IL, Peoria, Lakeview Museum of Arts & Sciences
IL, Peoria, Wildlife Prairie Park
IL, Quincy Museum
IL, Rockford, Discovery Center
IL, Rockford, Greater Rockford Airport Authority
IL, Triton College
IL, Wilmette, Kohl Museum
IL, Wood Dale Public Library District
IN, Carmel, Carmel Clay Public Library
IN, Bloomington, Wonderlab Children's Museum
IN, Brownsburg, Brownsburg Public Library
IN, Elkhart, Ethos Hands On Science Center
IN, Evansville, Koch Family Children's Museum
IN, Evansville, Mesker Park Zoo (3 Wells)
IN, Evansville Museum of Arts
IN, Ft. Wayne, Children's Zoo
IN, Indianapolis, Indy Parks and Recreation
IN, Indianapolis Zoo
IN, Muncie, Children's Zoo
IN, Peru, Circus Hall of Fame (3 Wells)
IN, South Bend, Potowatomi Zoo (3 Wells)
IN, Studebaker Museum
IN, Terre Haute, Children's Science Technology Center (3 Wells)
KS, Emporia Zoo
KS, Hutchinson, Cosmosphere Space Center
KS, Independence, Science & Technology Center
KS, Kansas City, Children's Museum of KC (2 Wells)
KS, Lawrence, Natural History Museum
KS, Leavenworth, C.W. Parker Carousel Museum
KS, Liberal, Liberal Air Museum
KS, Shawnee, Children's Museum
KS, Museum of the Kansas National Guard
KS, Topeka Zoo (2)
KS, Wichita, Sedgwick County Zoo
KY, Louisville, History and Science Museum (3 Wells)
KY, Louisville, Louisville Zoo (3 Wells)
KY, Newport Aquarium
KY, Petersburg, Creation Museum, 2 Wells (just west of Cincinnati OH)
LA, Alexandria Zoo
LA, Baton Rouge, LSU Museum (3 Wells)
LA, Baton Rouge Zoo
LA, Monroe, Children's Museum
LA, Monroe, Louisiana Purchase Zoo
LA, New Orleans, Audubon Nature Institute
LA, New Orleans, Nature and Science Museum
MA, Attleboro, Capron Park Zoo
MA, Boston, New England Aquarium
MA, Dorchester, Boston Zoo
MA, Fall River, Marine Museum
MA, Florence, Look Memorial Park
MA, Holyoke, Children's Museum
MA, Mashpie, Cape Cod Children's Museum
MA, New Bedford, Ocean Explorium at Seaport
MA, Palmer Public Library
MA, Springfield, Zoo In Forest Park
MD, Baltimore, Academy of Science
MD, Baltimore, National Aquarium in Baltimore
MD, Bethesda, Imagination Stage
MD, Solomons, Calvert Marine Museum
Calvert Marine Museum |
MI, Alpena, Jesse Besser Museum
MI, Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Museum (3 Wells)
MI, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan
MI, Detroit Science Center
MI, Detroit Zoo (3 Wells)
MI, Detroit, Butterfly Conservancy
MI, East Jordan, Raven Hill Discovery Center
MI, East Lansing, Abrams Planetarium
MI, Flint Children's Museum
MI, Flint, Longway Planetarium
MI, Grand Rapids Children's Museum
MI, Grand Rapids, John Ball Zoo (3 Wells)
MI, Grand Rapids, Public Museum
MI, Lansing, Potter Park Zoo (3 Wells)
MI, Saginaw Children's Zoo
MI, Warren, Butcher Community Center
MN, Altura, Whitewater State Park
MN, Apple Valley, Minnesota Zoo (3 Wells)
MN, Bloomington, Underwater Adventures
MN, Brown County Museum
MN, Cambridge , Isanti County Historical Society
MN, Duluth, Duluth Children's Museum
MN, Duluth, Great Lakes Aquarium (2)
MN, Faribault, River Bend nature Center
MN, Grand Rapids, DNR Wildlife Museum
MN, Hibbing, Community & Technical College
MN, Minneapolis, International Wolf Center
MN, Minneapolis Public Library
MN, Moorhead , MSU, Department of Physics
MN, St. Cloud, Sterns County Heritage Center
MN, St. Paul, Como Zoo
MN, St. Paul, Department of Natural Resources
MN, St. Paul, University of Minnesota
MN, Stillwater, World Parrot Trust USA
MN, ULM, German Park
MO, St. Louis, Children's Aquarium
MO, St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden
MO, Chesterfield, Butterfly House
MO, Kansas City Zoo (2)
MO, Leasburg, Onondaga Cave State Park
MO, Malden, Bootheel Youth Museum
MO, Marshall, Marshall Public Library
MS, French Camp, Rainwater Observatory
MS, Hattiesburg, Interaction Factory
MS, Hattiesburg, Kamper Park Zoo
MS, Jackson Zoo
MS, Meadville, Homochitto National Forest
MT, Helena, ExplorationWorks (Three and Seven-Footer)
MT, Missoula, Children's Museum
ND, Williston, Williston Parks and Recreation
NE, Aurora, Edgerton Explorit Center
NE, Bellevue, Strategic Air Command Museum
NE, Hastings, City of Hastings Museum
NE, Kearney Area Children's Museum
NE, Lincoln Children's Museum
NE, Lincoln, Folsom Children's Zoo & Botanical Garden
NE, Lincoln University of Nebraska
NE, Omaha, Children's Museum
NE, Omaha, Henry Doorly Zoo
NE, Scottsbluff, Riverside Zoo
NJ, Bridgewater , Children’s Museum
NJ, Manmouth County Deal Park
NJ, Medord, Air Victory Museum
NJ, Succasunna, Shalom Ethiopia
NJ, West Orange, Turtle Back Zoo
NV, Children's Museum of Northern Nevada (2)
NH, Keene, Cheshire Children's Museum
NH, Portsmouth, Children's Museum
NM, Albuquerque, Farming Museum
NM, Albuquerque, US DOE Energy, Atomic Museum
NM, Albuquerque, Museum of Natural History
NM, Farmington Museum
NM, Santa Fe, Children's Museum
NM, Taos, TWIRL House
NY, Riverhead, Atlantis Marine World
NY, Binghampton Public Library
NY, Binghampton, The Roberson Center (3 Wells)
NY, Bronx Zoo
NY, Brooklyn, Yeshivah of Flatbush (Seven-Footer)
NY, Buffalo, Natural Science Museum
NY, Buffalo Zoo (3 Wells)
NY, Holtzville, Help Save Wildlife Fund
NY, Ithaca, Ithaca College Physics Department
NY, Jamestown, Chautauqua Children's Safety Education Village
NY, Kingston, Hudson River Maritime Museum
NY, Mt. Sinai, Heritage Trust
NY, New York, Columbia University Astrophysics Lab
NY, Niagara Falls Aquarium
NY, Niagara Falls Arts & Cultural Center
NY, Norwich, Northeast Classic Car Museum
NY, Nyack, Hudson Valley Children's Museum
NY, Ossining, Teatown Nature Preserve
NY, Quogue, Quogue Wildlife Refuge
NY, Riverhead, Atlantis Marine World
NY, Rochester, Camp Seneca Lake
NY, Rochester, Strong Museum
NY, Rye, Rye Nature Center
NY, Staten Island, Arts and Sciences
NY, Stoneybrook, Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences
NY, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
NY, Syracuse, Burnet Park Zoo
NY, Tonawanda SPCA
NY, Utica Children's Museum
NY, Utica Zoo
NC, Chapel Hill, Morehead Planetarium
NC, Durham, Life and Science Museum
NC, Gastonia, Schiele natural History Museum (4 Wells)
NC, Greensboro Children's Museum
NC, Greensboro, Nature Science Center
NC, Hickory, Catawba Science Center
NC, Jacksonville, Children's Museum of Jacksonville
NC, Kill Devil Hills, Ecological Preserve
NC, Ocean Isle Beach, Museum of Coastal Carolina
NC, Raleigh, North Carolina Aquarium
NC, Winston -Salem Children’s Museum
NC, Winston-Salem Nature Science Museum
OH, Akron Zoo
OH, Bowling Green, Wood County Public Library
OH, Canton, McKinley Museum
OH, Centerville, Centerville Arts Commission
OH, Cincinnati, Creation Museum, 2 Wells (Petersburg, KY)
OH, Cincinnati, Krohn Conservatory
OH, Cincinnati, Natural History Museum
OH, Cincinnati Zoo (5 Wells)
OH, Cleveland, Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
OH, Cleveland, Children's Museum
OH, Cleveland, Health Museum
OH, Cleveland, Natural History Museum (2 Wells)
OH, Cleveland, University Hospital
OH, Columbus Zoo
OH, Columbus, Center of Science and Industry (3 Wells)
OH, Dayton, The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
OH, Dayton, United States AFB Museum
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"When visitors fill out questionnaires declaring what they like the best about the museum, many of them list 'the spiral wishing well' above the millions of dollars worth of airplanes, jets, rockets, and space ships!" Frederick Wolf, Air Force Museum Director (Webmaster Note: Over $1,000,000 has been tossed into this Well since it was placed in 1985.) |
OH, Dayton, Young Astronauts Council (2 Wells)
OH, Hartville, Hartville Collectibles
OH, Mason, Parks & Recreation Foundation
OH, Toledo, Toledo Botanical Garden
OH, Toledo, Toledo Zoo (3 Wells)
OH, Zanesville, Zane Grey Museum
OK, Bartlesville, Kiddie Park
OK, Jenks, Oklahoma Aquarium
OK, Oklahoma City Zoo Park
OR, Klamath Falls, Children's Museum
OR, Multnomah County Library
OR, Pendleton, Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon
OR, Portland, Agri-Business Council of Oregon
OR, Portland, Children's Museum
OR, Portland, Metro Park Zoo (6 Wells)
OR, Portland, Museum of Science and Industry (4 Wells)
OR, Salem, Gilbert House Children's Museum
OR, Winston, Wildlife Safari
PA, Erie Zoo
PA, Philadelphia, Museum for Children (3 Wells)
PA, Philadelphia USO Center
PA, Philadelphia Zoo
RI, Block Island, Nature Conservancy
RI, Harrisville, Jesse M. Smith Memorial Library
RI, Providence, Roger Williams Zoo (4 Wells)
SC, Charleston Museum
SC, Greenville, Imagine Nation
SC, South Carolina Aquarium
SC, Columbia, Museum of Art
SC, Rockhill, York County Museum (2 Wells)
SD, Ellsworth Heritage Museum (3 Wells)
SD, Sioux Falls, Great Plains Zoo
TN, Chattanooga, Ballet Tennessee
TN, Chattanooga, Chattanooga Zoo
TN, Chattanooga, Creative Discovery Museum Science Theatre
TN, Chattanooga, Tennessee Aquarium
They also have a Well placed in a Pro Bass Shop in Nashville. |
"Since we installed the 3-ft wishing well in the Tennessee Aquarium on Earth Day 1996, over $250,000 has been raised for conservation efforts in the Tennessee River Gorge. That money has been used by the Tennessee River Gorge Trust to protect over 370 acres in the gorge from development. A scrolling sign plus photos from the gorge is situated adjacent to the wishing well, reminding our guests that their 'coins can make a change'." |
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TN, Knoxville Zoo
TN, Lookout Mountain Conservancy
TN, Memphis Zoo
TN, Nashville, Cumberland Life/Science Museum (2 Wells)
TN, Nashville, Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
TN, Tullahoma, Hands On Science Center
TX, Brownsville, Children's Museum
TX, Bryan, Children’s Museum of Brazos Valley
TX, ConCan, Garner State Park
TX, Corpus Christi, State Aquarium
TX, Dallas, The Science Place
TX, Dallas Zoo
TX, El Paso, Chamizal Memorial
TX, El Paso Zoo
TX, Ft Worth Museum of Science & History
TX, Ft. Worth Zoo (2 Wells)
TX, Gainesville, Frank Buck Zoo
TX, Glen Rose, Fossil Rim Wildlife Center
TX, Houston, Lunar & Planetary Institute
TX, Houston, Natural Science Museum
TX, Houston Zoo
TX, Houston, Weather Research Center
TX, Lubbock, Museum of Texas Tech University
TX, McKinney, Collin County Historical Society
TX, Midland, Museum of the Southwest
TX, Red Oak, Wings of Love Bird Haven
TX, San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures
TX, San Antonio Zoo
TX, Sugar Land, First Colony Branch Library
TX, Waco, The Art Center (3 Wells)
UT, Salt Lake City, Hogle Zoo
VA, Charlottesville, Discovery Center
VA, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Children's Museum
VA, Lynchburg, Amazement Square
VA, Richmond, Maymont Foundation
VA, Richmond, Virginia Science Museum
VA, Virginia Beach, Virginia Aquarium (2 Wells)
VA, Winchester, Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum
VT, Burlington, Champlain College
WA, Cheney, Eastern WA University Museum
WA, Everett, Imagine Children's Museum
WA, Seattle, Pacific Science Center (2 Wells)
WA, Olympia, Hands On Children’s Museum
WA, Tacoma, Children's Museum of Takoma
WA, Tacoma, Point Defiance Zoo/Aquarium
WA, Walla Walla Children's Museum
WA, Wapato, Habitat For Humanity
WV, Wheeling, Benedum Natural Science Museum
WV, Wheeling, Oglebay's Good Zoo
WI, Appleton, Fox Cities Children's Museum
WI, Appleton, Outagamie Museum (2 Wells)
WI, Chippewa Falls, Irvine Park Zoo (2 Wells)
WI, Green Bay, Brown County Reforestation Museum
WI, Green Bay, New Zoo
WI, Greendale, Humane Milwaukee Adoption Center
WI, Hartland, Hartland Library
WI, Kenosha, Public Museum
WI, Madison, Children's Museum
WI, Manitowoc, Lincoln Park Zoo
WI, Milwaukee Zoo
WI, Oshkosh Zoo
WI, Pewaukee, PewaukeePublic Library
WI, Racine, Historical Society
WI, Racine, Racine Zoo
WI, Sheboygan, Above & Beyond Children's Museum
WY, Casper Planetarium
WY, Historic Trails, Pronghorn Pride
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