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See and Do Science at the Ty Warner Sea Center

The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Ty Warner Sea Center is a fun, engaging, interactive marine education facility located on Stearns Wharf. Owned and operated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Ty Warner Sea Center fulfills the mission of the Museum to inspire a passion for the natural world.

Interactive exhibits designed to help visitors experience scientific discovery

Opportunities to work like scientists, sampling and testing ocean water, studying animal behavior, and examining microscopic marine life

Live tidepool animal encounters

A theater showcasing the wonders of the Santa Barbara Channel

At the Ty Warner Sea Center, you will discover the fun science and the wonders of the natural world.

 

 

Members receive free admission to both the Museum and the Sea Center

Hours

10:00 AM – 5:00 P.M. daily

Closed major holidays

 

 

 

 

 

Boy touching live sea cucumbers at one of our demo stations

 

· Enter the two-story glass foyer and greet a 39-foot, life-size model of a California Gray whale and her calf.

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· Crawl through a tunnel inside a 1,500 gallon surge tank to see the life of the ocean. Observe sea stars, urchins, limpets, and much more.

· Be an oceanographer for a day. Take ocean samples and view sea life close up through video magnifiers. Test your ocean samples to determine water quality.

· Learn about ongoing scientific research, get an update on marine mammal sightings, and sing along with whales and seals.

Girl singing along with whales, dolphins and other marine mammals on our sea life karaoke machine

 

 

 

 

 
 
211 Stearns Wharf | Santa Barbara, CA 93101 | 805-962-2526
The Ty Warner Sea Center is owned and operated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

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