The Marine Science Center is a sea turtle and seabird rehabilitation hospital and environmental learning center serving Volusia County. It is a small place with big experiences, offering many interesting exhibits. Guests can enjoy hands-on aquarium exhibits and a popular stingray touch tank for close-up encounters. They can view rehabilitating sea turtles receiving medical care on the Turtle Terrace and visit the seabird rehabilitation sanctuary. The facility is a rescue and rehabilitation center where animals look well taken care of. Informative daily presentations and lectures are incredible, educational, and hands-on. The dedicated, engaging, professional, and very knowledgeable staff is great with kids and very helpful. It is a clean, great organization and an awesome, delightful, essential, and inspirational experience for both young and old. A visit includes exploring a nature trail and a nice gift shop, easily filling 1.5 to 2 hours. The low price offers good value, and a season pass pays for itself.
Love this place!!! Wonderful for families, friends and friends of course children!!! Very interesting and interactive with the stingrays you get to touch and a (sign up in advance) monthly children activities, crafts and animals.
May 2026
Lots of fun. Educational. Great store. Great price. They do great work. Great, friendly staff. Lots of new fun. Class on sea horses. Talked to owls and hawks
May 2026
Relatively small, but really great science center. The staff are knowledgeable and kind. The science center is well laid out and has some great educational exhibits and the center is doing some great public outreach and science education.
