The Roundhouse Lab and Aquarium is run by Oceanographic Teaching Stations (OTS). OTS is a 501 (c)(3) non profit corporation that provides marine science classes to public and private grades K-12 in the Roundhouse and at the shoreline and tidepools. Both local schools and schools from the entire Los Angeles County participate.

In addition to our classes, the Roundhouse is open to the public 7 days a week free of charge.  We operate solely on donations, corporate sponsorships, and grants.

OTS is equipping the Roundhouse Aquarium to make it one of the finest aquarium/classrooms on the Santa Monica Bay.  There is no federal, state, city or county funding available for equipment or maintenance. We have three full time and three part time paid employees, the rest are volunteers. 

Please help us maintain a marine science landmark, or sponsor a class or an outreach program for your school or a low-income district school. Your donations are tax deductible and donations over $100 are recognized on a plaque in the aquarium. 

We also need sponsors for our tanks.  Tank sponsorships provide support necessary to care for the animals in the tank throughout the year.

If you would like to make a donation, please send it to:

Click here to Download the donation card form, fill it out and mail it in with your donation to the above address. 

You can also support the aquarium by the following methods:

Use www.goodsearch.com to search the internet.  Please choose Oceanographic Teaching Stations - Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab and Aquarium as your charity.

be sure to select Roundhouse Aquarium as your selected affiliate!

Purchase Roundhouse shirts, mugs, and more at http://www.cafepress.com/roundhouse_ots 20% of the cost goes to support the Roundhouse.

Bring in your old inkjet cartridges and cell phones and recycle them in the aquarium.  The Roundhouse will send them in and get a donation based on the number of cartridges and cell phones collected.

Find us on facebook, and donate to our Cause by clicking here

Purchase fine art photography...Eric Martin, the Roundhouse co-director/teacher/aquarist, is also a fine art photographer whose photography of ocean creatures is outstanding. Cody Martin, a Roundhouse volunteer, has captured some award winning images of ocean creatures as well. Their photography is offered for sale through this website and all funds received go to support the operations of the Roundhouse Aquarium. Please follow this link to see the images. Fine Art Photography

 

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