Check Out Our New Digs!

Albatross exhibit.
Photo: Jeff Northam

By Justin Holl

Have you seen a monkey-faced prickleback lately?  Or held a shark tooth in your hand? Come visit our new renovated Visitor Center. 

The Sanctuary Visitor Center has redesigned exhibits, amazing videos, up-to-date graphics, a fresh coat of paint, and new beautiful custom cabinetry built from salvaged redwood.

The renovation is aimed at encouraging the tens of thousands of annual visitors to learn more about why their marine sanctuary is such a wondrous place. In addition, it allowed us to spruce up the center for the thousands of Bay Area school children who are served by our lively, hands-on, marine science programs.

All of us on the Sanctuary Visitor Center renovation team have our favorite new additions. We might disagree whether the gorgeous artwork on the printed blinds packs more of a visual punch than the video of a white shark feeding on a dead whale. However, the one thing we can agree on is that now that the renovation is complete, we would love to have you join us to share in the celebration.

Come Celebrate With Us

Join us for our informal Sanctuary Visitor Center Open House Celebration on Saturday, March 22nd from 1 pm – 4 pm.  Rub elbows with the designers, educators, sanctuary staff and visitor center volunteers who have helped make the Sanctuary Visitor Center renovation a success.

Check out the hypnotically looping footage of swarming krill, the gorgeous maps and exhibit panels, and of course the improved shark tooth hunt. 

The Secret Password is “Upwelling”

For those of you who can’t join us for the Open House celebration, drop by anytime between 10 am and 4 pm (Wednesday – Sunday) and mention the secret password, “Upwelling” and we’ll give you and your family and friends an impromptu tour of the renovated Sanctuary Visitor Center.

Looking forward to seeing all of our new and cherished friends and supporters.

 

Photo: Jeff Northam