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Accessibility

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Aquarium Access

The Aquarium’s buildings and restrooms are wheelchair-accessible. If you need a wheelchair, you may check one out, free of charge, from the Aquarium’s Guest Services desk at Pier 59 or Ocean Pavilion (available on a first-come, first-served basis). Wheelchairs will be sanitized between uses. A credit card is required for checkout and will be charged $600 if the wheelchair isn’t returned.

The Aquarium is happy to offer private lactation spaces for our guests to use. A private pod is available in Pier 59. Located between our Caring Cove play space and Pacific Coral Reef habitat, the pod can be accessed by reservation through the Mamava app or with help from Aquarium staff. A second lactation space is available in the Ocean Pavilion. The nursing space is located next to the restroom on the building’s first level. Please ask a guest services representative for access.

Aquarium admission is required for access to our nursing spaces.

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The Seattle Aquarium welcomes trained service animals (dogs or miniature horses) that meet the ADA standard and their handlers. Service animals must be on a non-retractable physical leash and remain under the control of their handler at all times.

For the safety and welfare of the animals in our care, we do not allow pets, or emotional support or companion animals inside the Aquarium. However, we do offer reentry, so you can leave during your visit to spend time with your emotional support animal and return afterward.

In the event that a service animal’s behavior or health status poses a direct threat to the health or safety of others or is disturbing Aquarium animals or the visitor experience, the service animal and handler may be asked to leave the Aquarium. 

Assistive Listening

The Aquarium offers assistive listening in Puget Sound Hall and Life on the Edge through the Listen EVERYWHERE app. Phones with the Listen EVERYWHERE app, as well as personal hearing loops, can be checked out from our Guest Services counter. A credit card is required for checkout.

You can also download the Listen EVERYWHERE app on iOS or Android for use on your personal device.

Accessible Parking

The closest wheelchair-accessible parking spaces to the Seattle Aquarium entrance are located at the Platinum Parking Hillclimb Garage across the street from the Aquarium at 1422 Alaskan Way. The Pike Place Market parking garage also has wheelchair-accessible parking and elevator access to Pike Place Market.

Other parking garages near the Seattle Aquarium offer some wheelchair-friendly spaces. In addition, anyone with a valid City of Seattle disabled parking placard or license plate emblem can park free of charge in any public parking space. More information is available on the SDOT web page.

CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS

When registering for a class, please use the registration form to let us know how we can best assist your group and/or request any special accommodations needed. We try to accommodate all groups with advance notice. If you’d like more information, please contact our registrar at (206) 693-6196. Any information you can share will help us prepare so that your students have the best experience possible.

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