Click on our Blog to see a video of Ruby our octopus out for a walk.
There is still room in our Hands-on Summer Camps
Spend an adventurous, wet, sandy and fun-filled week with PTMSC 
staff exploring beaches, uncovering treasures hidden in our exhibits, playing games, making crafts and hiking through beautiful Fort Worden State Park.
Click on the Camps tab for more information.
Summer is Nature Walk Season! Walks are scheduled on Fridays and are included in the price of admission, free to members.
Family Fun at PTMSC this summer!
July 4th More Family Fun on the 4th!
1-4 pm Fish printing
August 8th Free Movies under the stars!
Dusk Fun, science double feature
“Good Science vs. Bad Science”
(Watch an informative science movie, then a bad sci-fi one!
Puffin Cruises begin July 11th and continue every Saturday evening through August 8. Contact the administrative office at 360-385-5582 x 104 to sign up.
Employment Opportunities: Marine Naturalist Fall Intership
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATOR AMERICORPS JOB OPPORTUNITY
2009 SOUND LEGACY AWARD WINNERS HONORED AT “NEW DAY” BREAKFAST
From left: Jonathan White (NW Straits), Jan Hasselman (Earthjustice), Jeff June (Natural Resource Consultants), Anne Murphy (Port Townsend Marine Science Center), Tom Cowan (NW Straits)
King 5 News reports on hearing passing Orcas on our hydrophone.
Anchor Dennis Bounds said, "This most recent visit was first reported by a volunteer at the Port Townsend Marine [Science] Center who was letting a visiting class of third graders listen to some hydrophones when they suddenly heard dozens of approaching
orcas." Click image to go to King 5 video.
World's Oceans Face Plastic Pollution Problem -
Some scientists and environmentalists believe that more than 5 million square miles of the Pacific Ocean has become a soup of plastic confetti -- the remnants of plastic trash that travels on ocean currents from the world's shorelines. Now, researchers are trying to quantify the extent of the problem, and learn more about how plastic pollution affects fish, marine mammals and birds. NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels reports.
In Search of Plastic Trash Staff Report | Skagit Valley Herald October 16, 2008
Beach Watchers volunteers Wednesday joined forces with staff from the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Wednesday to survey two Fidalgo Island beaches.
The volunteers screened sand and gravel from the shoreline, looking for pieces of Styrofoam, plastic bags, cigarettes and other plastic trash. The discoveries made by the Beach Watchers, a Washington State University group aimed at training shoreline stewards, will be used by researchers at the marine science center.
Puget Sound Partnership Video
"You stand on the ferry and look out at Puget Sound. It seems like a vision of pristine nature, but are you certain everything is as healthy as it seems on the surface? It might not be. And you might be falling victim to the problem of "Shifting Baselines"...."
People for Puget Sound Video
In a new video produced by People for Puget Sound, the artist Tony Angell says, “Puget Sound is like a peach. It looks great on the outside but if you cut it, it’s rotten on the inside…” Click on the link below to hear what’s at stake and what people can do to bring the Sound back to health. People for Puget Sound video
