Press Room

Published by Flight Network

Seattle is a bustling, hip, exciting city that can offer travelers so much in terms of what to do. Whether you prefer the surf or the turf, they have it here for you. Lovers of nature, art, music, wildlife, engineering, film, and just good old fashioned partying will find a home in Seattle.

Published by The Seattle Times

Water is life. The ocean produces nearly every other breath we take. A warmer ocean has less oxygen. A more acidic ocean produces less food. A more polluted ocean sickens life within it and us above.

It’s clear the relationship of humankind with the global ocean is now central to life on Earth. The two of us are committed to changing that relationship, starting in Seattle.

Photo Opportunity

WHAT: The Seattle Aquarium version of Blue Friday! SCUBA diver in a Seahawks jersey, flying the Seahawks flag in the Window on Washington Waters exhibit, and fish exploring the option of wearing a Seahawks helmet are part of the Seattle Aquarium’s celebration of Blue Friday.

WHEN: Friday, January 10, 10am, 11:30am and 12:15pm

WHERE: Seattle Aquarium
1483 Alaskan Way, Pier 59
Seattle, WA 98101
Enter through main Aquarium entrance.

A cast of colorful underwater creatures will teach families about ocean conservation as the show celebrates its eighth anniversary.

The Pacific Northwest will get a taste of the tropics and Hawaiian culture as award-winning, Hawaii-produced musical “Honu By The Sea” performs at Seattle Aquarium’s Hawaii Weekend. The performances will mark the show’s eighth anniversary of spreading its musical message of friendship and ocean conservation to children and families worldwide.

Calendar/Media Advisory

Events December 2019—January 2020.

Published by The Seattle Times

The Seattle City Council voted unanimously Monday to cement a $34 million contribution toward the construction of a Seattle Aquarium expansion project.

The nonprofit Aquarium Society, which operates Seattle’s city-owned aquarium, intends to build a $113 million new Ocean Pavilion between Pike Place Market and Piers 59 and 60 as part of a wider effort by the city to remake the downtown waterfront after the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

Published by The Seattle Times

The cars that until recently whizzed past downtown Seattle on the Alaskan Way Viaduct may soon be replaced by tropical sharks cruising through a huge tank shaped like a martini glass, with viewing portals for people above and below.

The 325,000-gallon tank with 6-foot-long sharks and 6-foot-wide sting rays native to the South Pacific would be the main draw inside a new Ocean Pavilion that the Seattle Aquarium intends to build, with taxpayers’ assistance, between Pike Place Market and Piers 59 and 60. The space could open as early as 2023.

Published by The Seattle Times
Photos of Diving Santa at Seattle Aquarium.

Q13 FOX video: The aquarium’s ‘Dream Nights’ allow kids with illness or disability explore the seas in a safe and relaxed environment.

Published by The Seattle Met
Seattle’s most beguiling sea creatures were once feared and hunted—and even wrestled—for sport. But new research and a few surprising encounters are changing how we view them. A story in eight parts.

To many of us, going to the Seattle Aquarium may be a way to fill a rainy afternoon, a chance to get a closer look at a particularly fascinating marine creature, or perhaps an opportunity to learn something new about the aquatic world that surrounds us. But to Jim Wharton, a visit to the Aquarium represents an opportunity to be inspired–inspired to empathize with marine creatures and to take action on their behalf.

Photo Opportunity

See Santa diving in the 120,000-gallon Window on Washington Waters exhibit. Santa will tell a special Aquarium holiday story and then pose for pictures with Aquarium guests! Bring your camera, or have your photo taken by our photographer so the whole family can be in the picture.