The Marine Mammal Center

The Marine Mammal Center is nestled in the Marin Headlands in the beautiful Golden Gate National Recreation Area, just minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge and west of Sausalito. We offer educational programs and tours plus numerous exhibits and public viewing areas where visitors can see our volunteers and staff in action and learn more about our marine mammal patients. Admission is FREE. Docent-led tours and audio tours are an inexpensive way to learn about the Center's work and about the ocean and its inhabitants. Docent-led tours should be booked online ahead at: http://www.marinemammalcenter.org/visiting-us/docent-led-tours.html. Gift shop on site and proceeds benefit the Center.

Since 1975, over 16,000 animals, such as elephant seals, sea lions, sea otters, harbor seals, fur seals, dolphins, harbor porpoises and the like, have been rescued and treated at our hospital facility. Each year marine science education programs and events reach over 100,000 school children and members of the general public, helping to foster a sense of responsibility and connection to the marine environment. Our science program increasingly provides vital information on our sick and injured patients - what diseases they suffer from, how their immune systems work, and most important of all, how they are affected by changes in their environment.