National Marine Life Center

"Fun with the Family"

The highest concentration of strandings in the United States for whales, seals, dolphins, and sea turtles is on Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, and the coast of Maine. When opened, the National Marine Life Center will be a clearinghouse to address the needs of these marine animals through hospitalization and rehabilitation for future release.
There is a live video feed from the hospital where the sea creatures (patients) are rehabilitating. You may also observe a treatment and diagnostic suite through a glass window, and you may be lucky enough to see a patient during an examination.
A Marine and Science Center is open to the general public. It contains an interactive Discovery Center where kids can touch and feel bones, baleen, and shells, a critter tank, and displays of whale bones and skeletons. Craft activities change daily and can include stamping T-shirts, making paper sea turtles, or painting a picture. Kids of all ages enjoy the National Marine Life Center!