The Blue Whale Story opens at the Saint Louis Science Center
Saturday, May 23, 2026
The Saint Louis Science Center’s newest exhibition, The Blue Whale Story, shares the life story of the largest creature to have ever lived on Earth. Combining life-size models, scientific discovery, hands-on interactives, and compelling storytelling, The Blue Whale Story is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to stand alongside an ocean giant.
Produced and circulated by the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto, Canada, The Blue Whale Story reveals the immense size, majestic beauty and critical vulnerability of blue whales.
Designed to be both awe-inspiring and thought-provoking, the exhibition provides a deeper understanding of these elusive creatures and their impact on the surrounding ocean. Featured display items include:
- A life-sized replica of “Blue,” an 80-foot long, female blue whale skeleton.*
- The world’s only full-scale blue whale heart model.
- A full-scale model of a blue whale jaw.
- The “Whale Sound Chamber” that projects surround-sound whale calls to learn how these animals communicate.
- “License to Krill,” an exciting game of survival, where participants dodge dangerous obstacles and “dive deep” to capture and eat krill (the predominant part of the blue whale diet).
- A display on whale evolution from a 4-legged, wolf-sized and deer-like mammal (Pakicetus) that lived on land 50 million years ago to the modern-day ocean giant.
- Displays highlighting the devastating impact of commercial whaling in the 19th and 20th centuries and the current science and preservation efforts to help whale populations recover.
- Presentations on active whale-focused research underway in St. Louis that inspire improvements to marine life and waterways around the globe.
The Blue Whale Story opens Saturday, May 23 and runs through Janyar 10, 2027, at the Saint Louis Science Center.
For more information and tickets, visit slsc.org.
