Test Your Senses
Do you have strong eyesight? A keen sense of smell? Powerful hearing? Put all five of your senses to the test with our interactive experiments and find out just how perceptive you are.
Events Calendar
May 2026
Robot Buddies
Get ready to make new friends – of the robotic kind! Step into a world of coding, competition, and robot craft construction. Join us from 11 am – 1 pm to drive real robots brought by OlyRobots, Olympia High School’s FIRST Tech Challenge Club.
The World Beneath Your Feet
The underground world is filled with caves, burrowing animals, and 12% of the freshwater on Earth. Enjoy an edible aquifer while you play games and make crafts exploring life beneath our feet!
Holiday Closure
The WET Science Center is closed May 23 for Memorial Day weekend.
Beat the Heat!
What does a warming climate mean for us? Find out through crafts and hands-on experiments, like building a greenhouse in a jar and using sunlight to make art. Join us and Thurston Climate Action Team at 11:00 am or 2:30 pm for a presentation on staying safe in hot weather, […]
June 2026
Native Plant Tea Party
You are cordially invited to our tea party where we’ll sip, savor, and celebrate the wonders of native plants. Taste teas brewed with native plants, and make some stylish crafts so you can take the tea party with you.
A Peek into Cleaning Wastewater +Tour
Ever wonder what goes on inside a wastewater treatment plant? Well, now is your chance to find out! Join us for hands-on activities all day, or at 10:30 am for a tour of LOTT’s wastewater treatment plant to learn how waste is transformed. Tour participants must be 10 or older […]
Holiday Closure
The WET Science Center is closed June 19-20 for Juneteenth.
Puget Sound Under a Microscope
Puget Sound may look like mere water, but a single drop contains thousands of plankton, such as baby barnacles, sea sparkles, and teensy tuna! Join us and Puget Sound Estuarium staff to peer through a microscope and enjoy hands-on activities celebrating the microscopic life of the Salish Sea.
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