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Upcoming exciting events and Education Programs. Join Westport Aquarium and their fabulous community partners for these wonderful programs:
We will be bringing supplies to make Decorator Crab puppets, and we will bring a mini crab tank to this fabulous event at the Westport Timberland Library from 11-12 noon on February 24th 2024
More events in the works:
Marc will be at Schaeffer State Park on: March 29 2025 1-3pm Doing a bigfoot presentation and history of Ape Canyon in Mt. Saint Helens He has a new movie coming out The Siege of Ape Canyon created by Small Town Monsters. We are in the process of planning a date to watch it in a movie theater or two. stay tuned. When we have the Movie Theater date we will post it here. It will also be available for streaming soon. Join Us April 18th 2025 From 6pm-8pm for the 250 year commemoration of Paul Reveres Ride. We will have free candelight tours of the aquarium and you can make a special commemorative print on our c. 100 year old Willits Canoe Company printing press. All around the United States on this weekend people will be commemorating this event by putting two candles in their windows the same way Paul Revere did 250 years ago in the Old North Church in Boston to notify the people of the British coming via The Charles River, by the end of the next evening, according the the NPS.GOV website, the revolutionary war began. We are excited to announce that we have a c.100 year old Willits Canoe Company Printing Press on loan from Foss Waterway Seaport Museum, and we are taking it to schools, museums and libraries across the state in the next three years leading up to America 250 in 2026. Visitors are invited to try making their own print with the Printing press and we are teaching visitors how to make their own picture stamps that can be loaded into the press. So far we have visited over 14 libraries, museums and schools in Washington State and Oregon, and over 1000 people have made prints on the press! If your Museum, School or library would like us to bring the printing press to you let us know. Email us at [email protected] More events coming soon..... |
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adults $8.00
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The Westport Aquariumis Washington state's oldest public aquarium, built in 1955, has a year round display of fish from the local pacific waters, including a touch tank, hands on interpretive exhibits and much more. The aquarium always has free crafts at a craft table for all ages to enjoy in the gift shop too.
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SUPPORT YOUR AQUARIUM!!!!
The Westport Aquarium is not only the State's oldest public Aquarium, it is one of the few remaining private family run Aquariums on the West Coast. The Westport Aquarium is not Non-Profit. It thrives solely on the proceeds from Aquarium admissions and generous support from YOU!
Click the SUPPORT button below to find out what's being done to preserve the marine environment and this important historical resource and to find out how you can help. We have some new projects on the wish list! We are building a fort inside the whale skeleton so people can go inside the whale. We want to build a low budget tunnel tank...wait til you see our idea!...and we have new hopes for the duck facilities! Your support to get these projects done would be fantastic! !!! SUPPORT !!! |
AND YET ANOTHER REASON....THE WESTPORT AQUARIUM, SINCE 1955, HAS RECEIVED ITS MULTITUDE OF FISH FOR DISPLAY FROM THE LOCAL CHARTER AND COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN. VISITING THE LOCAL SEA LIFE ON EXHIBIT, YOU ARE ALSO SEEING THE LOCAL FISHING INDUSTRY ON DISPLAY AS WELL. WESTPORT, WASHINGTON ENJOYS ONE OF THE LARGEST FISHING COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST COAST. THE AQUARIUM WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT IT.
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