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Across the street from the Hotel Edgewater downtown Seward, The Alaska SeaLife Center is a non-profit marine science facility dedicated to understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine ecosystem of Alaska through research, rehabilitation and public education. The Center's research facilities and naturalistic exhibits immerse visitors in the dynamic marine ecosystems of Alaska.
Research
Center-based research projects help scientists discover reasons for declining marine animal populations and environmental changes.
Rehabilitation
The Alaska SeaLife Center provides care for sick and injured marine animals, yielding important information about wildlife populations.
Education
From early education to Elderhostel, the Alaska SeaLife Center educational programs and presentations are designed to expand the public's knowledge of Alaska's marine ecosystems.
Exhibitry
The many exhibits at the Alaska SeaLife Center immerse visitors in Alaskan marine ecosystems and provide opportunities to watch animals in naturalistic habitats as well as research settings.
Open daily year-round
April 15 through September 15 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
September 16 through April 14 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Adults: $15.00, Youth (7-12) $12.00, and under 6 is free
Closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas
Opens at noon on New Year's Day (January 1st)
Free wheelchairs and strollers are available for those touring the Center.
Ask us about their Speciality Tours- including the Behind the Scenes Tour, Octopus Experience, Puffin Encounter, Marine Mammals Family Program,Cephalopods Family Program, Twlight Tour, and SeaLife Birthday Parties available for kids!
The Alaska SeaLife Center offers an unrivaled, up-close and personal experience with Gulf of Alaska marine wildlife. Witness a 2000+ pound Steller sea lion gliding past underwater viewing windows, puffins diving in a carefully crafted naturalistic habitat, and harbor seals resting on rocky beaches. Alaskan king crab, sea stars, and the Giant Pacific octopus also await you, as well as a whole variety of intertidal creatures and deep sea fishes.
The Alaska SeaLife Center is located at Milepost 0 of the Seward Highway in spectacular Seward, Alaska, just 125 miles south of Anchorage. You can reach Seward by road, on the Alaska Railroad, with the Alaska Marine Highway System, or by air.
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