Discover the wondrous sea creatures of a tide pool. Explore the scales of a shark. Imagine being an oceanographer. Experience all this and more at the Ty Warner Sea Center located on Stearns
Wharf. Owned and operated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, the Sea Center
fulfills the mission of the Museum to inspire a passion for the natural world.

Visitors of all ages can enjoy interactive exhibits, opportunities to work like scientists, a theater showcasing the wonders of the Santa Barbara Channel, hands-on close encounters with sea creatures, interactive touch screens, and a shark touch tank. Also children may crawl through a 1,500-gallon tide pool tank to see ocean life from a different perspective. The Sea Center is an engaging, interactive marine education facility for adults and children to discover the fun in science and the wonders of the natural world.