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Alaska SeaLife Center


TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 25 attractions in Seward
Traveler Description: Built in 1997 mainly by funds from Exxon Valdez oil spill fines, the Alaska SeaLife Center is a not-for-profit working towards public education... more »
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Attraction type: Aquarium, Nature center
Activities: Leisure education, Viewing wildlife
Address: 301 Railway Avenue
P.O. Box 1329 Seward, AK 99664
Tel: (907) 224-6300
Fax: (907) 224-6320

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5 of 5 stars
frogger10   1 contribution
Minneapolis
Oct 12, 2009

It is great for adults and childern both and great things to be learned about alaska sealife. more

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4 of 5 stars
2Alaska09   6 contributions
United States
Sep 12, 2009

A nice place to spend a rainy day in Seward. We took a “Marine Mammals Behind the Scenes” tour that was very interesting. Our guide spoke about the rehabilitation program at the center and then we went outside (dress for the weather!) where a trainer spoke about the seals. She showed how they train the seals and how they care... more

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4 of 5 stars
MontanaVoyager   47 contributions
Bozeman, MT
Sep 9, 2009

The Alaska SeaLIfe Center is the kind of place you would normally expect to find only in a larger city like Seattle or Tokyo. The quality of the building and exhibits are world class. Two of my favorite areas in the center were the "petting" area where you could touch some of the sea creatures under the watchful eye of... more

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5 of 5 stars
travelinmom12   10 contributions
florida
Jul 27, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

multi-level facility that has small to very large native animals including a touch tank with sea stars to the highly endangered steller's sea lions and a large exhibit on salmon. has behind the scene tours for an extra fee. loved the bird display - you can get up close and personal with the puffins! plan on several hours to see... more

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1 of 5 stars
LadyMacEsq   6 contributions
Warrenton, Virginia
Jul 24, 2009
2
people found this review helpful

I had a coupon book and AAA and got in for about half the cost. We were really excited going in.... until we got there and found that sea lion exhibit was closed and the seal exhibit was closed - all until further notice. There was no sign indicating any of this before we went in. Had there been, we... more

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5 of 5 stars
whitebelt   6 contributions
Coral Gables, FL
Jun 27, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

I really wanted to see puffins on our trip to Alaska, and it was a pleasant surprise that the puffin "exhibit" at the SeaLife Center would be so perfect! You can visit with puffins (and other sea birds) in a small, outdoor open area above their water tank. It fits about twenty people with about six or eight people at... more

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4 of 5 stars
MindyBMind   24 contributions
Overland Park, KS
Jun 19, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

I could have spent all day watching the puffins!!!! Make sure you get to see all the tanks at all the levels. It's mesmerizing. I loved being able to touch all the sea creatures in the touch tanks. Take a little stroll on the sidewalk by the water... we saw some otters out there, too. Don't miss out on buying... more

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4 of 5 stars
ColoNative19   5 contributions
Louisville, CO
Jun 15, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

We got into town early enough to book our Glacier trips for the next day and ended up walking down to the SeaLife Center. It was a light but steady rain and the Center was a great place to get a taste of the marine life without standing in the rain. We loved the Sea Otter and could have watched... more

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4 of 5 stars
merf05   39 contributions
Indiana
Jun 11, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

In August of 2008 we visited the Center while vacationing in Seward. This isn't anything like SeaWorld or large aquariums. The center is for rehabilitation of animals and research. A couple of hours was plenty of time to go through all the educational exhibits and view the animals (some up close). At the time, my six-month old loved watching the... more

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2 of 5 stars
Birddog7   1 contribution
San Diego CA
May 11, 2009
1
person found this review helpful

This facility, which used to be one of my favorites on my annual trek to Alaska, is really starting to look run down. The outside wall is mildew stained and dingy and the inside has wornout carpets and dirty floors. In the past I have been there and it was spotless. Gone are clean bathrooms and clean floors and friendly... more

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Alaska SeaLife Center Address

301 Railway Avenue, P.O. Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664
Tel: (907) 224-6300 Fax: (907) 224-6320