About Us

The Seacoast Science Center, located in Odiorne Point State Park in Rye, NH is a flagship institution in the region's cultural economy. A popular destination for families and students to learn about coastal environmental history, the Center's mission is: to create connections to nature through personal experience. That mission is met by providing engaging and interactive programs and exhibits. Each year, over 60,000 people visit the Center, 15,000 of whom are students from throughout New England.

Our programs use the natural and environmental history of Odiorne Point State Park. Center exhibits interpret both local and globally significant issues. The Center's exhibitions interpret four themes: the Gulf of Maine, New Hampshire's Coastal Connection, Changes to the Sea and Sky and Working Under the Sea. Through these exhibitions and their supporting programs, visitors and students attain a sense of the natural history of the park's seven habitats and how people have interacted with those habitats over time.