We offer two different types of visits to groups of 12 or more people. Find details about Self-Guided Explorations and Reserved Tours below.
If scheduling a school group visit, head over to School Programs.
Reserved Tour
Reserve a private tour guide to lead your group on a 30-minute outdoor tour to experience spectacular coastal views and discover why science matters. Explore how science sparks innovation and leads to solutions for the Santa Cruz community and beyond. You’ll also marvel at a humongous blue whale skeleton whose restoration is sparking climate-friendly innovations sure to inspire. Before or after your tour, explore the Seymour Center’s exhibits, aquarium tanks, shark pool, and seawater touch table. Learn more.
Self-guided Exploration
Customize your group’s own experience with a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. Live animals spark your group’s curiosity to wonder like scientists. Helpful volunteers invite you to explore silky sea stars and touch a shark. Enjoy aquarium displays, interactive exhibits, touch pools, and outdoor exhibits. Your group will transform into ocean scientists for a day to remember. Learn more.