MaST Center Aquarium

Great experience at this amazing place the staff is friendly and all the marine life that they have is amazing we got to see rhe octopus.they have tours on Saturday after 10 am

This a very good place to take your family to. Did you know the Sound actually has seahorses and has some colorful sealife? That is what I learned by going here.

Great place! Love seeing all of the exhibits of our native species in the Puget Sound. Fun for all ages. Thank you to the volunteers that make it even more enjoyable.

What a fun aquarium! I love the younger kids who take the time to show off their passion and education as you walk through this building! The staff members are so educated, friendly, and inspiring! Thank you for taking the time to tell us fun facts and show us the beauty of the ocean. I’m glad you guys are in our community and help out that aquarium! I enjoyed this little gem.

We had a great time with two kids: 2 and 10 year olds. Great learning experience to see fish and other inhabitants of the Puget Sound. Kids loved touching the starfish, moon snail, anemones. You may consider supporting the MaST with your donation.

Great local aquarium in the summer. Very friendly volunteer that provide interesting info on marine life in Puget sound.

Small aquarium with a few touch pools of local sea life, a grey whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling and some other marine animal skulls. We had a great time and the volunteer staff were all knowledgeable, helpful, and friendly. We were there with kids ages 2-11 and all enjoyed themselves. We will definitely return.

Love this place!! Great for my special needs son..Just big enough to enjoy and yet small enough he doesnt get overwhelmed... Free on Saturday and Thursday afternoon.

For a tiny local aquarium it was wonderful. Lots of animals and friendly staff. We had a great time.

Small space but great knowledgebase. The docents knew their stuff. Great to see the feeding of the creatures. Fun little outing. Quick and easy, couple of great touch tanks. The Moon Snail was pretty cool! Skatie the skate.

This is a very fun place to visit. It is very educational the volunteers are very helpful to answer all of your questions. It is great to see all of the different types of marine life and it is free to the public.

Small but a fun place. As feeding time kids can feed some of the marine creatures. There is a tank where you can touch marine life. Enjoyable for adults and the kids seemed to really love it. Very friendly and knowledgeable volunteers.

Amazing experience! Went for a field trip for my daughter and we explored the low tide. Saw star fish and sea cucumbers and all kinds of other stuff. Then we went into the aquarium which was in a small building and there were a few touch tanks. Very cool place

Super cool and fun. My lil sister adored it!

MaST is free, educational and quite fascinating. Although they are only open two days a week, it is definitely worth the trip. My daughter has volunteered here for many years, and it has helped her turn her love of the sea into a tangible goal of being a marine biologist.

Great little aquarium in Redondo Beach that was perfect for a toddler and for adults alike. We went on Saturday when it is free between 1000 and 1400. This great for those of us a budget and small enough to not be overwhelming for a little one. The best part was the volunteers were students from Highline College and those at middle or elementary school. We really appreciate the enthusiasm of the volunteers. They also do a live dive and simulcast to the TVs in the aquarium.

Amazing on a hot day

Marine Science and Technology Center (MaST) is part of Highline College. It is a great place to take the kids for an education on local marine life. Volunteers were eager to share their knowledge. There are two buildings, one with skeletal remains of some impressive sea creatures, and the building at the end of the dock has local sea life in tanks. There are two touch tanks. There is plenty of free parking on nearby streets and also a paid lot across the street.

The volunteers are all friendly and knowledgeable! The exibits and sea life are amazing to see! And it is free!

Great place to visit, its free but runs in your generous donations!

Great volunteers. Learn about our local marine life. Dont forget to make a donation! Such a wonderful and educational gem in Federal Way.

This place is great! Lots of local marine life to see in the aquarium and very knowledgeable volunteers to educate you on the animals and their environment. The touch tanks are always fun to explore and the gallery has skeletons and other specimens to see and learn about. Their monthly and seasonal events are pretty fun, too. Definitely worth a visit, especially because its free!

It was a great place my 6 year old grand daughter love it the workers were very helpful informative and very nice and being free on Saturday was an added bonus will be going back

Awesome free aquarium! Friendly and knowledgeable volunteers! Kids love the touch tank and seeing the wolf eel!

I have been here several times. It is wonderful free entertainment for kids and adults alike :) they have lots of fish to look at in aquariums in little tidepools for touching and exploration :-) they are also located by the the boardwalk at Redondo as well as a fishing pier. You could easily spend hours of peaceful exploring and beach combing. The view is spectacular

Jessica is the BEES KNEES. With a marine biology degree, this chick knows her stuff. Go visit her today! The aquarium is free!

Great people. Very educational and fun to visit. The aquarium has had a big makeover and looks great. It is free to tour and makes a good fun destination for anyone.

Nice little aquarium owned by Highline College. Visited for Squid-a-Rama and had a nice time. Actually built over the water.

This place is wonderful. I am so glad it is around. Great place to check out our local underwater wildlife.

This is a hidden gem. Great displays staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Minimal hours means you need to plan your visit

Fun and free for our two year old to go and touch some sea creatures

Friendly volunteers educational and fun place to visit with your family

I was surprised at how many really good exhibits they have for such a small place. Its well worth taking the kids to

This small aquarium NEVER disappoints. Great displays, knowledgeable people, kid friendly! What a GEM!

Excellent place to take young kiddos. It is small and very informative. The staff is run by student of the program, and they are all very nice and helpful. Be sure to give them a small donation, even though it is technically free.

Small but great place. Price is free and the volunteers are super helpful. If you are looking for a cheap (its free) place to bring the kids you cant go wrong. They have a few tanks and touch ponds, and check the calendar for special events.

Marine science and technology center located on Redondo beach next to Saltys. Partially financed by Highline community College is free to the public from 10-2 on Saturdays and 4-7 on Thursdays. They have 2 open marine tanks for kids and adults to explore with a variety of marine life out of Puget Sound. There is 3-4 other big tanks with various marine life. The tanks are kept fresh with water piped right out of Puget sound. Fun place for families to explore.

Great little free aquarium staffed by college students who are very helpful. Love this place. Go a couple times a month.

Staff are awesome, volunteers are nice, and everyone seems like they love to be their.

Excellent experience! Great touch pools and adorable wee octopus!!!

Pretty cool my family enjoyed it

Friendly staff. Beautiful views. Clean aquarium and really cool sea creatures!

Only open for a couple hours 1 day a week but it was a very informative and exciting couple of hours!

Its a wonderfully educational and fun way to spend a few hours every Saturday!

Educational & super fun art display, currently from the Shrimp Whisperer.

It is okay aquarium. It is small. My son liked it though.

Great native marine life exhibits. Informative staff. Worth a Saturday morning visit!

Nice little aquarium to bring the kids. Can touch some of the animals and enough others to look at. Volunteers are friendly and knowledgeable. Fun to walk down on the beach afterwards too. Parking is across the road... $1 for an hour or $2.50 for 2 hours. The machine takes cards and cash but DOES NOT give change. And after trying like a dozen times to get my card to work I ended up having to pay $10 for an hour of parking which is really annoying. Bring some $1 bills incase the card reader isnt working! Lesson learned. :-/

Cool place with knowledgeable volunteers.

Kids can have fun and learn about the ocean species.

Great location for outdoor outing and exposure to the undersea life in the Sound. Very good for kids.

Highly recommend to anybody! Make sure to be there at 12:00 when they feed the animals so you can see the wolf eel and octopus well!

Gus is a great teacher. This place also has really nice fish tanks.

Very cool! As a part of the collage it feels more used, the density of life in the tanks is staggering.

The underwater dive is very educational and cool Coolio Coolio

The most amazing place for anyone to learn about our local marine animals. Inside youll be able to see a real gray whale squleton among other marine mammal squeletons that are hanging from the ceiling. Youll be able to learn about their habitad and also how they ended up at the aquarium. This place is also part of highline community college, it has its own laboratory. In there they come jelly fish and you are able to see many of them at the aquarium located at the end of MasTs dock. The aquarium has over 250 marine creatures, some from collection dives and many others that come in naturally through the pipes. Theres touch tanks and theres is a beautiful view. They have the best sunsets and the best informational events. Super friendly staff, the best people I have ever met. They are very knowledgeable on their field and they are more than happy to help you. Dont miss out on this experience.

Small aquarium free to public on Saturdays.

What a cool place!

Wonderful little aquarium with touch tanks and knowledgeable, enthusiastic employees and volunteers.

Great for adults and kids.

Wed like very much the aquarium especially when its free

Neat place and free.

Great experience friendly volunteers very informative

Go there when the have it for free. I saw a whale skelton it was huge..

I got to see the pretty star fish

Small nice place

Very cool place.

So many things to touch

Amazing views!

I love it

It was meh

Lot of fun!

Nice place, friendly service

Awesome for kiddos.

Local hidden gem to learn about Puget Sound.

Beautiful

Fun free place!

Very informative place to go to

Community Supported and run by volunteers.

Highly informational and the staff is super friendly