July 13, 7:00 PM - "The Ocean Hates You!" Comedy Show with Forrest Shaw - Brickworks Event Center
The Whale Museum and Friends of the San Juans are partnering to host an ocean-themed comedy show with Forrest Shaw at Brickworks on Monday, July 13 at 7 PM. Forrest Shaw, former marine biologist turned comedian, gives a voice to the ocean—and trust me, it has some things to say.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased online here, or at the door for $30.
July 14, 7:00 PM - Summer Lecture Series: Our Local Gray Whales: Children’s Book & Science Chat, The Whale Museum & YouTube
Nora Nickum and Cindy Hansen present “Our Local Gray Whales: Children’s Book & Science Chat”. Join us and meet our local Sounders gray whales! Learn about our annual gray whale visitors to the Salish Sea and discover a new children's picture book highlighting their unusual detour. This event is free and open to everyone! You can watch it in-person at TWM or to livestream, join our YouTube Channel
July 28th, 7:00 PM - Summer Lecture Series: How are Sea Stars Faring in our Salish Sea Menagerie? The Whale Museum & YouTube
Hundred-year-old giant clams, coral kingdoms that rival human cities, jellyfish that glow in the dark, and sea stars with super strength: ocean invertebrates are among the oldest and most diverse organisms on earth, In The Ocean’s Menagerie: How Earth’s Strangest Creatures Reshape the Rules of Life, leading marine ecologist Dr. Drew Harvell passionately explores how these spineless creatures have turned 600 million years of adaptation into a stockpile of evolutionary “superpowers” to thrive in aquatic landscapes around the world. This event is free and open to the public. You can watch it in-person at TWM or to livestream, join our YouTube Channel
July - Summer Marine Naturalist Training
Registration is now open for the 2026 summer sessions of the Marine Naturalist Training Program! There are currently only spots remaining for our hybrid Summer Session, with virtual classes from July 7 to July 11, and optional in-person field trips from July 24 to July 26.
Summer Lecture Archives:
Missed the lecture? Archived talks are available on our YouTube channel:
Mike Rosekrans and Sage Enright, Youth Conservation Corp: Eelgrass Restoration Through Youth Conservation. Watch a recording of the lecture here.
From 2025 Summer Lecture Series:
Dr. Shawn Larson, The Seattle Aquarium: Sea Otter Conservation and Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration. Watch a recording of Dr. Larson's talk here.
Dr. Rob Williams, Oceans Initiative: Bright Extinction and a Vision of Hope: Signs of an accelerating decline in Southern Resident killer whales, and what we can do now to start turning it around. Catch a recording of it on this YouTube Link.
Dr. Mike Kuperberg, The Whale Museum: A Tale of Two Cities (Tallahassee to Washington DC to Friday Harbor). You can catch a recording of this talk here.
Note: all times are listed in Pacific Time.