Children at the touching table at the Visitor Center on the HMSC campus

Visitor Center Now Open - Reservations Required

You will find full details on making reservations and other changes on the VC website.

OSU students visit HMSC facilities

Prospective Student Tours

Spend a term on the coast! We offer an array of hands-on, immersive courses tailored to meet the requirements of several OSU majors.

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While the Visitor Center is now open (reservations required), the remainder of the Hatfield campus is currently closed to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. You can read this plan for resuming operations on the HMSC campus.

Entrance to the Hatfield Visitor Center with large colorful sky in background.

VISITOR CENTER

Rope coiled in a circle laying on the deck of a ship

HMSC RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES

A glass of beer and popcorn on a table next to a sign reading, "Science on Tap.".

SCIENCE ON TAP EVENTS

three submerged humpback whales

MARINE SCIENCE DAY EVENT

OSU students on a tour of the HMSC campus listen to a faculty guide.

TOURS AND EVENTS

A row of computers on desks at Guinn Library at Hatfield Marine Science Center

GUIN LIBRARY

Middle school students work together in a lab and look into microscopes during a lesson on urchins.

K-12 MARINE EDUCATION