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The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean
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Building the Sant Ocean Hall: Interviews with the Exhibit Team

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The Sant Ocean Hall is the National Museum of Natural History's largest exhibit, providing visitors with a unique and breathtaking introduction to the majesty of the ocean
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The Smithsonian's Sant Ocean Hall

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Caribbean reef sharks swim over a coral reef in the Bahamas.
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Caribbean Reef Shark

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The currents of the North Pacific gyre collect trash—mostly bits of microscopic plastic—into what are known as "garbage patches."
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

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These Smithsonian field stations enable scientists worldwide to conduct long-term studies on mangrove ecosystems.
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Location of Smithsonian Field Stations

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A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
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National Marine Sanctuaries Map

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Participants in the challenge must first set a compass bearing in the direction they are headed to properly navigate underwater.
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SCUBAnauts Splitting The Sign

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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive
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Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Interactive

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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In the Arctic, the Times, They Are a-Changin: You Can Pitch in to Understand How

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This whale is entangled in fishing gear. The inset shows how special fishing lines allow whales to escape such accidental entrapments.
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Fishing Gear Solutions

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Members of the Tlingit Nation celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall.
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Celebrating in Washington

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Scaffolding and supports support a life-size model of a right whale in the national Museum of Natural History.
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Work Site for Building the Model of Phoenix

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