The Great Northwest Oregon Coast Aquarium

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The Oregon Coast Aquarium features mammals and fish found along the Oregon coast
 
Fish themed art show was on exhibit... ...along with a fine collection of star fish
 
A special turtle exhibition was taking place
 
A couple of the real ones...strange yet beautiful
 
Murals leading into the Deep Sea exhibit
 
You walk through a plexiglass tube with sharks swimming above
 
Dinner time for Jaws!
 
The amazing translucent jellyfish
 
Always fun to see the cute otters at feeding time

MARK HATFIELD SCIENCE CENTER
The Hatfield Marine Science Center is a facility run by Oregon State University. The exhibits are more academic but there's some cool stuff at the Center. Skull of a female killer whale -- you can tell its age by counting the rings on the tooth
 
Skull of a walrus A handsome wolf eel

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