Check out the upcoming events and activities you can join in!
Events
Lecture – Marine Heat Waves and the Ecology of Southern California Kelp Forests
Join us October 4 at 3 PM for the first Future of Oceans Lecture of the season!
Birding Through The Lens: Guided Bird Photography Walks (Morning Session)
If you enjoy watching birds, photographing them, or simply spending time outdoors with fellow nature lovers, join photographer Mike Kalichman for two separate guided bird photography walks in Port Townsend this early autumn.
Each walk offers a different setting and time of day, providing a chance to observe and photograph birds in different conditions.
Registration is limited to 10 participants for each walk. Please register separately for each walk you would like to attend.
All skill levels are welcome. Learn from others, share your techniques, and enjoy the experience of watching and photographing birds in the field.
Mike Kalichman’s bird photography is featured in the PTMSC exhibition Being on the Wing, on view at PTMSC’s downtown Flagship Landing Gallery September 18–November 29, 2026.
Birding Through The Lens: Guided Bird Photography Walks (Afternoon session)
If you enjoy watching birds, photographing them, or simply spending time outdoors with fellow nature lovers, join photographer Mike Kalichman for two separate guided bird photography walks in Port Townsend this early autumn.
Each walk offers a different setting and time of day, providing a chance to observe and photograph birds in different conditions.
Registration is limited to 10 participants for each walk. Please register separately for each walk you would like to attend.
All skill levels are welcome. Learn from others, share your techniques, and enjoy the experience of watching and photographing birds in the field.
Mike Kalichman’s bird photography is featured in the PTMSC exhibition Being on the Wing, on view at PTMSC’s downtown Flagship Landing Gallery September 18–November 29, 2026.
Microscope Fridays
Check out some amazing local flora and fauna thoughtfully curated by PTMSC volunteer Toni Davison. Fridays, 12 – 3 PM at our location on Water Street.
Port Hadlock Repair Event
Join us for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time!
Jefferson County Public Library
(in the Hagen Building)
DIVE! Book Club – Many Things Under a Rock: The Mysteries of Octopuses
Part of our Dive! Into A Book series.
Microscope Fridays
Check out some amazing local flora and fauna thoughtfully curated by PTMSC volunteer Toni Davison. Fridays, 12 – 3 PM at our location on Water Street.
Brinnon Repair Event
Join us for this free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time!
Brinnon Community Center
Microscope Fridays
Check out some amazing local flora and fauna thoughtfully curated by PTMSC volunteer Toni Davison. Fridays, 12 – 3 PM at our location on Water Street.
Marine Science Trivia Night at Finnriver
Join PTMSC at Finnriver Farm & Cidery for a night of marine-themed trivia from 5:30 – 8 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.