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Founders Day

September 17, 2023 @ 10:00 am

Founders Day
Sunday, September 17

10:00am – 7:00pm

Ocean Institute’s annual Founders Day celebrating our Founder, Stan Cummings

Learn about him here: https://oceaninstitute.org/stan-cummings-scholars/

Ocean Institute is excited to open up our doors and welcome anyone and everyone to a day of live music, food, drinks, ocean education, animal encounters, and an opportunity to learn and sign up for all of our future events and programs! 

Special Founders Day Experiences: 

Touch Tanks: 10am-3pm
Visit our Discovery Pool for a chance to touch some special tidepool friends! 
Schooling Fish Feeding: 2:45pm
Watch our husbandry team feed our schooling fish in our tank farm, and learn about what it means to be a part of a school of fish! 
Animal Encounter: 1:00pm
Come meet one of our resident reptiles!
Live Music: 3:00pm-7:00pm
Bar and Food: 10:00am-7:00pm

Pricing: Free for the day!

Details

Date:
September 17, 2023
Time:
10:00 am