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A haunting is growing in our Mill building, but don’t frighten yourself just yet; this happens every year. Join us Thursday, October 23rd, from 6 to 8 pm for fun, spooky activities and our entangled-themed haunted house. There will be…
Dear Sitka Community, The Science Center extends its sympathies to the people whose homes were impacted by the slope failure at Cascade Creek Road last night. We are relieved that there was no loss of life. As we enter the…
Our events for this year’s Sitka WhaleFest are lining up fast and full of excitement. Tickets are now available online, so you can start planning out your Sitka WhaleFest itinerary today. This year we are thrilled to be offering Kayaking…
From Symmetries in the aquarium to Storytelling, our after-school educator Maia Carter has created wonderfully interactive activities. All classes are offered free of charge, transportation from school to the Science Center, and snacks are included. There is still time to…
Plant the Seeds of Science in the next generation! Sprouts is a free, weekly preschool program that takes place every Tuesday morning from 10:30 – 11:30am at the Sitka Sound Science Center during the fall, winter, and spring months. This…
For over ten years, we have watched sea stars dissolve before our eyes. Billions of these beautiful animals have passed away from a pandemic-level catastrophe sweeping across their population from Mexico to Alaska, known as sea star wasting disease. 20…
Our Pink and Chum salmon, which we raised and cared for at the hatchery several years ago, have found their way back home. Once our hatchery salmon reach the smolt stage of their lifecycle (transition from fresh to salt water),…
The 29th Annual Sitka WhaleFest will be November 7th – 9th, 2025 This year’s theme is Entwined. Join us in unraveling the tangled connections of the natural world, revealing how intimately we are bound together on our shared planet.
The month of June has been jam-packed with lots of projects in the hatchery. Now that the crew has released the pinks, chums, and 2023 coho, they are cleaning up equipment and prepping the hatchery for the upcoming return of…
Elongated bodies snake within rock crevices and algae beds in the waters of the North Pacific. A fish without scales, but covered in circular patterns of dark grey, almost bluish skin, slides out of sight and into its den-like home…
