The Sealarium
Meet the seals of the Wadden Sea
Come see the seals being fed
Every day, you can watch the seals being fed at the sealarium.
During feeding time, you’ll get up close to the seals and learn more about how they live, what they eat, and how we care for them here at the museum. It’s a great opportunity to get to know the seals better—both as animals in the sealarium and as part of the natural environment of the Wadden Sea.
Feeding isn’t just about the fish. The animal keeper also use feeding sessions to train the seals and give them small challenges in their daily lives. This keeps the seals mentally stimulated, and it makes it easier to care for them properly when, for example, they need to be examined or see the veterinarian.
The seals are being fed
every day at 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Get up close and personal with the seals
When you visit the museum, you'll naturally get up close to the seals.
From the large windows, you can look right into the sealarium, where the seals often swim close to the glass and look out at you. If you continue walking around the sealarium, you can also see them when they’re up on land.
At the Sealarium, you can meet the gray seals Rasmine and Else, the harbour seal Arn, and Gaia, who was born here in February 2023. Gaia is the offspring of the gray seal Else and the harbour seal Arn, which makes her something truly special — namely, a hybrid seal.
Meet Gaia—a very special seal
Gaia is a seal you won't find anywhere else in the world.
She was born in Sealarium in February 2023 and is the offspring of Else, a gray seal, and Arn, a harbour seal. Therefore, she is a hybrid seal—half gray seal and half harbour seal.
Gaia is the only known hybrid seal of her kind in a zoo anywhere in the world. That is why she is also of interest to researchers and can provide new insights into seals living in the wild.
Learn more about the seals of the Wadden Sea
The seals at the Sealarium are closely connected to the natural environment just outside the museum.
Both harbour seals and gray seals live in the Wadden Sea. Here, they hunt in the sea, rest on the sandbanks, and play an important role in nature. The gray seal is Denmark’s largest predator, and seals can tell us something about the health of the sea.
Museum Vest also works with seals outside the museum through research, emergency response, and annual censuses in the Wadden Sea.
If you’d like to learn more, you can explore the seal exhibition next to the Sealarium. There you’ll find photos, facts, and short stories about the seals in the Wadden Sea.
