Visit Ecomare

When you are on Texel, you naturally want to see seals. In Ecomare you can do that up close! There is a seal sanctuary, a marine aquarium, a nature museum and a bird sanctuary. Don't forget to visit the pristine dune area in the backyard of this museum. Various nature excursions are also organized through Ecomare.

Organizer: Ecomare natuurmuseum & zeehondenopvang Texel
Location: Ruijslaan 92, 1796 AZ, De Koog
Opening hours: open daily (except Christmas Day and New Year's Day) from 9.30 am - 5 pm. The ticket office closes at 4.30 pm
Age: all ages

Corona measures: Ecomare is closed. For after that applies: Ecomare adheres to the corona guidelines. Buying tickets with a time slot on the website in advance is mandatory, even if you already have an entrance ticket (free entrance ticket, Texel museum pass and Museum card). In the latter case, you only buy a time slot for 50 cents. House rules also apply, which can be found on the Ecomare website: www.ecomare.nl