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Inspiring Conservation of our marine environment

Our Mission

The region’s premier resource for hands-on marine experiences and conservation education, the Seattle Aquarium offers fun, exciting ways to discover more about the amazing Puget Sound and our world’s one big ocean. Join us in our mission: Inspiring Conservation of Our Marine Environment.

Honoring Place

The Salish Sea

We are honored to be responsible guests on the traditional and contemporary territories of the Coast Salish people, who have stewarded these lands and waters since time immemorial. The Seattle Aquarium is committed to developing a strong foundation for long-lasting and mutually beneficial partnerships with Tribal Nations, urban Native peoples and, as our mission grows, the Indigenous peoples of the Indo-Pacific and their local diaspora. We strive for reciprocal, respectful relationships rooted in the sovereignty of our Indigenous hosts. We too give thanks to the ocean and all our ocean relatives we have the honor to care and advocate for, be in relationship with, and be educators with for the future wellbeing of our shared Earth.

Daily Presentations and Activities

At the Aquarium

All About Our Washington Waters

10am, 11:45am, 12:15pm, 1:15pm, 3pm

Location: Window on Washington Waters, Pier 59

Come experience the Window on Washington Waters habitat, devoted to marine life found in our local waters. You’ll meet the inhabitants of the rocky reef and kelp forest ecosystem found in the Salish Sea.

Welcome to One Ocean Hall

10am, 11:45am, 4pm

Location: One Ocean Hall, Ocean Pavilion

Join us in the Ocean Pavilion’s central gathering space for an immersive, multimedia experience. Explore the stories of the Coral Triangle and the Salish Sea like never before!

Puppet Show: Catastrophe by the Sea

10:30am, 11am, 1:45pm

Location: Puget Sound Hall, Pier 59

Come join Catastrophe the cat’s misadventure through the intertidal flats: Sing along to the groovy tunes of the Barnacle Band, dance to the rhythmic harmonizing of Anemone and more during our fun, 20-minute puppet show!

All About Our Coral Reef

10:30am, 2:15pm, 5:15pm

Location: The Overlook, Ocean Pavilion

Come experience the upper area of our largest tropical habitat, The Reef. Meet the marine inhabitants of the Indo-Pacific and learn how we care for such a diverse array of animals.

All About Our Harbor Seals

10:45 AM

Location: Harbor seal habitat, Pier 60

Get to know the harbor seals that call Seattle Aquarium home! Learn how we care for them, and hear amazing facts about the most common marine mammals in the Salish Sea.

All About Our Archipelago

11:15am, 3:15pm, 4:30pm

Location: The Archipelago, Ocean Pavilion

Join us for an introduction to our mangrove forest and coral lagoon. Get to know more about these iconic habitats and the plants and animals that create them.

Marine Mammal Feeding

11:30 AM

Location: Marine mammal habitats, Pier 60

Join us for a feeding at one of our marine mammal habitats: harbor seals, sea otters or northern fur seals. The location changes daily—ask a Seattle Aquarium representative about which animals are scheduled to be fed when you arrive for your visit.

Deep in The Reef

12:45pm, 1:15pm, 2:45pm

Location: Window on The Reef, Ocean Pavilion

Come experience the lower depths of our largest tropical habitat, The Reef. Meet animals found in the Coral Triangle, an area of extraordinary marine biodiversity.

All About Our Sea Otters

2:15 PM

Location: Sea otter habitat, Pier 60

Join us for an introduction to our sea otters! Get to know more about this iconic endangered species and learn how we care for the individuals that call the Seattle Aquarium home.

All About Our Northern Fur Seals

3:45 PM

Location: Northern fur seal habitat, Pier 60

Come learn more about Chiidax and Flaherty, the northern fur seals living at the Seattle Aquarium.