How was the funding accomplished?

The City of Baltimore funded most of the Aquarium's $21.3 million construction cost.

Other major sources include:

• $7.5 million from City capital funds generated by the sale of Friendship (now Baltimore-Washington International) Airport to the State of Maryland;
• another $7.5 million from the 1976 bond issue referendum;
• and $2.5 million from the Economic Development Administration of the U.S. Commerce Department.

The private sector contributed about $1 million.

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