Events

Learn about orcas with hands-on activities all weekend. Check out our 20-foot-long, inflatable orca, modeled after Granny—matriarch of the endangered southern resident population, and believed to have been the oldest known orca. Plus, find out how ocean debris impacts these whales, and why healthy salmon populations are so important to their survival.

Adults take over the Seattle Aquarium for this 21+ event featuring animal experiences, music, a cash bar and more. Come celebrate Pride month and our LGBTQ+ communities with us! Love is love, even in the deep blue sea. Join us to learn about ocean love languages, queer ecology and queer marine relationships—plus enjoy drag and burlesque shows, all with a drink in your hand! 

Come celebrate Pride with us! Meet our LGBTQ+ community partners, learn about ocean relationships and enjoy drag story time with SHE.

Join us to learn about sharks, skates and rays, including how we can help protect them. We’ll have special talks and hands-on activities throughout the Aquarium all about these amazing animals.

Adults take over the Seattle Aquarium for this 21+ event featuring animal experiences, music, a cash bar and more.

Adults take over the Seattle Aquarium for this 21+ event featuring animal experiences, music, a cash bar and more.

Adults take over the Seattle Aquarium for this 21+ event featuring animal experiences, music, a cash bar and more.

Join biologists at the Seattle Aquarium and explore the lives of sea otters. See how the Seattle Aquarium biologists care for these enchanting animals, including providing great nutrition, training and even toys!

Adults take over the Seattle Aquarium for this 21+ event featuring animal experiences, music, a cash bar and more.

Creepy games and activities, face painting, fun treats and two kinds of pumpkin carving demonstrations—on land with master carver Russ Leno and underwater with our Aquarium divers.

The Seattle Aquarium auxiliary board invites you to Adult Swim, a 21+ after-hours Aquarium experience. Tickets include drinks, hors d’oeuvres and exclusive access to many Aquarium exhibits. Snap selfies with a diver, visit with a giant Pacific octopus and see the 120,000-gallon Windows on Washington Waters illuminated at night.

Bring the family to explore science together through exciting interactive experiments and presentations. Meet scientists and researchers from the Aquarium as well as other organizations in the community to learn about current projects, as well as why and how the research is being conducted.