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Your Life-Saving Gift Will Be Matched

Found with his flippers tucked tightly against his body, California sea lion Pockets looked like a sick child with a bellyache.

Pockets was battling a potentially fatal bacterial disease, leptospirosis. We've rescued nearly 500 sea lions affected by this year's intense outbreak.

With your matched gift, you’ll not only help provide the meals and advanced medical care needed to help a sea lion like Pockets recover, but also support our researchers in learning more about this disease.

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  • Youth, Adults & Families

Educational Programming For All Ages

The Marine Mammal Center's innovative and diverse public learning programs foster enthusiasm for marine science and a sense of responsibility for ocean health through a dynamic connection to marine mammals.


Interested in Visiting?

Our Sausalito hospital and visitor center is now open to the public. Visit the world’s largest marine mammal hospital to see animal care experts providing life-saving care to patients so they can be released back to the wild.


Plan Your Visit

child pointing at patient pens
photo by Elena Graham © The Marine Mammal Center
student looks into microscope
photo by Elena Graham © The Marine Mammal Center


Bring Your Students to Our Hospital

Enhance your curriculum with an interactive school tour of our hospital in Sausalito, California. Our guided tours focus on the Center's mission and work, including topics such as what we feed our patients to how we diagnose diseases. All of our school programs align with the Next Generation Science Standards.

Learn more about field trip options

Have Questions?

Contact us at edu@tmmc.org.

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