The Whale Museum is open daily from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm.
Upcoming Events & Programs:
Special Virtual Teachers' Marine Naturalist Training Program Session (only current k-12 grade classroom teachers are eligible for this) August 15-18: A virtual session of our Marine Naturalist program for k-12 teachers is returning this summer! This high quality program will be entirely virtual with no live components. Presentation videos will become accessible through the virtual platform Whova starting August 15 and be available for 6 months! Thanks to a grant through NOAA, this program is completely FREE for qualified teachers* to participate! Our gift to you for the great work you do! Space is limited to the first 50, so don’t wait to reserve your spot! *To qualify, participants must be a current k-12 Classroom Teacher with a School Affiliation (Public, Private or Home School). Click to Register
August 24 (7pm at The Whale Museum): 2023 Summer Lecture Series: Living With Our Wild Neighbors, presented by Shona Aitken. Foxes and deer, swallows and hummingbirds. We enjoy seeing the many wild creatures that live on the San Juan Islands. But human interactions with wildlife on the islands are not always harmonious. They can cause problems for us, and our activities can have major impacts on these wild animals. Join Shona Aitken, Education Coordinator at Wolf Hollow Wildlife Rehab Center to find out ways we can reduce some of these issues and live more harmoniously with our wild neighbors. FREE and open to the public!
September 7 (7pm at The Whale Museum): 2023 Summer Lecture Series: Ongoing research to assess SRKW health, presented by Brad Hanson. This presentation will review prior work by NOAA Fisheries and its collaborators in understanding the role of health as a risk factor that is complicating the recovery of SRKWs. Current research with our partners at the Sea Doc Society and San Diego Zoological Alliance will highlight how we are trying to adapt new technologies and diagnostic tools to the challenges associated with monitoring the health of these free-ranging cetaceans. FREE and open to the public!
September 14 (7pm): 2023 Summer Lecture Series: Reducing Vessel Impacts on Southern Resident Orcas, presented by Julie Watson. This lecture will be virtual via Zoom (Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87435865523). This presentation describes the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW)’s process for adaptive management of Washington State’s vessel regulations to better support the recovery of SRKW. It also tells the story of the 2023 bill (SB 5371) implementing the Department’s recommendation to increase the distance buffer around SRKW, next steps to implement the bill, and the ongoing adaptive management effort. FREE and open to the public!
September 28 (7pm at The Whale Museum): 2023 Summer Lecture Series: A picture of health: trends in body condition, growth and pregnancies of endangered Southern Resident killer whales from non-invasive drone photogrammetry, Presented by Dr. John Durban and Dr. Holly Fearnbach. In this talk, John and Holly will outline several ongoing research projects and methods, particularly the use of drones to non-invasively assess whale health. FREE and open to the public!
Note: all times are listed in Pacific Time.