Estuario del Puget Sound

Experiencia fantástica: Very fun 90 minutes! We could have stayed longer. The staff was knowledgeable and engaging. They took time to show us features of the live exhibits and demonstrated how sea urchins eat for us!

Experiencia fantástica: Such a sweet place! My friends and I went as part of our weekly get-togethers. Peyton was a wonderful host! They showed us the tanks, feed the urchins for us, and generally helped us work through our understanding of the wildlife. I also really appreciated them calling on other volunteers and staff when we had very in-depth and tangential questions. We even got some merch at the end of the tour! A great way to feel like you've supported your local people while having fun :^) Thank you!!

Experiencia fantástica: Such a lovely experience! Will come back again!

Experiencia positiva: Knowledgeable volunteers. But the place is really small.

Experiencia fantástica: Amazing place of wonder and beauty. Staff are a wealth of information and are friendly.

Experiencia fantástica: The location is great! My son really enjoyed the stay. The location is small and my son enjoyed the show in the back room.

Experiencia fantástica: This place is an amazing mix of fun and education. We adore our local Estuarium, and the Walk the Plank collab with the Wildman Gastropub was phenomenal. By far one of the most fun drag events I've ever been a part of! Getting to mermaid for your crew is a dream come true!

Experiencia fantástica: Came to the Estuarium after seeing the flyer for the drag show a couple weeks ago, and loved the newts! I haven't been in awhile and love the new black tanks. I went to the Wild Man show with the Burley Barnacles! I loved that they had a live band and let us sing two songs with them! They have some great/popular performers at the show who turned up! And the hosts were funny!

Experiencia fantástica: Love how inclusive they are! The staff and volunteers are passionate and active in the community! Went to two of the Estuarium's events, the All Ages Sea Drag show at Stonewall Youth and the Walk the Plank Drag show at Wildman!!!! Very fun atmosphere. Good to see the Estuarium hosting these kind of events!!!!!

Experiencia fantástica: I went to the Walk the Plank event and absolutely loved the Burly, Barnacles, and the Merfolks. It was awesome. Such a great experience.

Experiencia fantástica: Small but very educational. Staff was very helpful

Experiencia fantástica: Had a beautiful trip with my son on his birthday. He loves anemones, newts, sea slugs, and the little feet on starfish. All of these were here in these aquariums along with some guides who were great about answering questions and showing different aspects of the animals to us. They also have a fantastic shell collection. The local bird exhibit in the back room was also very interesting. Definitely worth the time we spend here (about an hour).

Experiencia positiva: とても小さい場所なのですぐ見終わります。水槽の生物については、もう少し説明が記載されていると良いなと感じました。

Experiencia fantástica: This is a fun place to walk around and very educational. This would be a great place to bring kids.

Experiencia positiva: Very tiny but with a short stop. It was a free day so we appreciated that.

Experiencia fantástica: A fun and educational place equally entertaining to 2 year olds to 70+ year olds. It seems small but contains a lot inside with knowledgable volunteers on site to give personal tours and tell us about the resident animals personalities. There's a few aquariums where you can get an up close look at some common PNW species and a back room full of hands on activities for kids, jarred specimens and drawers of shells you can inspect with magnifying glasses. Many other pictures, posters and books available to learn even more. The touch tank was away at the fair when we stopped in, probably another fun exhibit for all.

Experiencia positiva: Would be such a wonderful place for learning if it was organized and clean. The story time was alright except the person who read wasn't really familiar with children or their needs. So the kids were pretty distracted right away. The place needs a revamp and some tlc. Has potential but needs order and management.

Experiencia fantástica: Great exhibits and tanks. Very enjoyable.

Experiencia fantástica: The staff are passionate about their work. They are welcoming and informative. I recommend stopping by if you interested in learning more about estuaries and their wild life in PNW.

Experiencia fantástica: We loved it. It's small, but mighty! My son loved the microscopes and I enjoyed visiting with their staff/volunteers.

Experiencia fantástica: Awesome experience! The intern was great!

Experiencia fantástica: Fun and educational exhibits

Experiencia positiva: Lots of things to check out and do in a very small setting. My only issue was that the volunteers were following us closely and not giving my family much space to explore on our own.

Experiencia fantástica: Wonderful place to learn about the biodiversity in the local estuary. Adorable animals, especially Rocky the rockfish!

Experiencia fantástica: Surprisingly, the stars of the Estuarium are the newts and not the starfish. I enjoyed myself and will definitely go back!

Experiencia fantástica: Very cool. Spent 30 minutes here with the kids.

Experiencia fantástica: Great place to gain perspective on Puget Sound and what's going on in the ocean environment. Staff was very knowledgeable and friendly!

Experiencia fantástica: Small aquarium with live exhibits and specimens, perfect for kids. Very educational. The staff was so patient and friendly.

Experiencia positiva: Super informative about the aqua life in the Puget sound! Also the lady who was working the day we visited was very friendly and helpful! Warning though, it is a small exhibit so I would keep that in mind when making plans, etc!

Experiencia fantástica: Lovely little place - the kids had a wonderful time looking at the tanks and exhibits. The young woman working there was very knowledgeable and informative and my daughter had a great time asking questions. Will go again!

Experiencia positiva: Small scale but awesome staff and some pretty cool exhibits.

Experiencia fantástica: This place is super cute and a joy to walk around! I love going here. It's small, but really soothing. Very Olympia.

Experiencia fantástica: Nice place great for the kid's to visit and learn about our sea and marine life we have in our beautiful city.

Experiencia fantástica: So fun, can't wait to go back even he's a bit bigger

Experiencia fantástica: Staff was super friendly and the content is really educational! Small but cheap and several stations for kids to be entertained.

Experiencia positiva: Little aquarium.

Experiencia fantástica: Small facility but volunteers are highly educated about what there is. Their events are really where they shine, with Pier Peers out on Boston harbor, and meet the beach events letting kids get hands on with wildlife and learning.

Experiencia positiva: Very small. Not much to see. The staff was nice and informative. The presentation was dull. Lost kids attention ...

Experiencia fantástica: Educational

Experiencia fantástica: Its amazingly funny because we were looking at fish

Experiencia fantástica: Lots of fun for the whole family

Experiencia fantástica: Great place owner is very knowledgeable, affordable to get in and you will learn a lot

Experiencia positiva: Lovely tour guide and interesting exhibits but very small!

Experiencia fantástica: Interesting place, providing a look into what is living in the neighborhood.

Experiencia fantástica: PS. Do t do us wrong again. Want USA

Experiencia fantástica: Good information

Experiencia fantástica: Great place for kids!

Experiencia fantástica: An awesome organization worthy of support. The exhibits are small but worth a look if you're in the area.

Experiencia positiva: The staff is wonderful. It's a very small setting with some great information, and they really do great things for our ocean and beaches. But the drug addicts and vagrants that surrounded the Olympia downtown business is horrible. Doesn't feel like a safe at all.

Experiencia positiva: Great place to bring children.

Experiencia positiva: Okay space with knowledgeable staff and some activities for kids. Don't plan on spending a lot of time here. 2 rooms and minimal aquarium space.

Experiencia fantástica: Very small, and not really an aquarium, but educational. The staff was very knowledgeable and was even able to identify a fish i had seen while scuba diving based on my very vague description.

Experiencia fantástica: Not only a great education for children but also adults for the multitude of estuaries that surround Puget Sound.

Experiencia fantástica: Fall thru on a weekend between 11am and 4ish pm for some awesome hands on exhibits, live marine life and informative chats with interpreters. A must see if you're in the OLY/TAC area

Experiencia fantástica: Small discovery center with several tanks. The staff member that took us through was so knowledgeable and made everything fun and informative! We had fun! Thank you!

Experiencia positiva: Small local place, nice education and a very good service!

Experiencia fantástica: Saltwater tanks and Estuary education! A wonderful place for children and scientist of all ages too. Look for the Discovery Speaker Talks during the fall/winter for additional Puget Sound Science Education at LOTT.

Experiencia fantástica: Great place for learning. Employees/volunteers really care about their work.

Experiencia positiva: Great educational event for the whole family.

Experiencia fantástica: Great place I rate it 8/8

Experiencia fantástica: South Sound Estuary Association is a wonderful organization, and their estuarium is really cool. I love all the critters and the mural.

Experiencia fantástica: my kids loves it here .... easily accesable

Experiencia fantástica: Fun weekend outing for the family

Experiencia fantástica: What a special place! I've been to aquariums before, but the Estuarium teaches about all the unique things that happen where fresh water meets the sea. It's a small, community run science and education center. They have two two hundred gallon saltwater tanks with colorful sea anemones, sea stars, the feistiest crabs I've ever met, and a family of pipe fish--the local relatives of sea horses who spend their lives swimming vertically. There are lots of other activities and displays for all ages, from coloring sheets to a squid in a jar, to microscopes where you can watch live plankton. The Estuarium is headquarters for the SSEA's many education programs that happen out at Boston Harbor (Pier Peer) and at local beaches throughout the summer. If you're in Olympia on the weekend, the Estuarium is worth a visit.