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Project Puffin Visitor Center - educating the public on Maine seabird conservation efforts with fun presentations, educational films, books and interactive exhibits

The Project Puffin Visitor Center in Rockland introduces people of all ages to the amazing lives of puffins and other Maine seabirds. The Center celebrates the success of Project Puffin in bringing puffins and other rare Maine seabirds back to historic nesting islands along the Maine coast. At the Project Puffin Visitor Center, visitors can view puffins and other seabirds in real time through a remarkable video system that delivers live video to the Center. Visitors can also learn about the success and challenges faced by Audubon and its conservation partners to restore and protect the seabirds on Maine islands and beaches.

The walls of Project Puffin Visitor Center surround visitors with colorful murals, maps, and other fun educational information about seabird conservation in Maine, plus outstanding photographs of seabirds by Project Puffin photographer Bill Scholtz. Packed with interactive exhibits for people of all ages, Project Puffin Visitor Center features:

Real-time video images and sounds of puffins and other seabirds from remote Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles south of Rockland, thanks to robotic cameras funded by grants from MBNA Foundation and the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund. Visitors to the center can operate the camera remotely from the center changing and zooming in on different views of the colony, burn their own DVDs and print photos using the equipment.

A theater featuring the 20-minute film Project Puffin about exceptional people taking innovative action to bring puffins and other seabirds back to the Maine coast.

Maps and exhibits (including a crawl into puffin burrow and an actual size observation blind for children). The exhibits highlight Audubon's conservation work on Maine seabird islands, and facts about wildlife conservation, seabird adaptations, bird-band reading and birds' life histories.

A gallery exhibiting seabird art and photography and a gift shop featuring nature-related books, videos and clothing, Puffin-themed novelties and gift items, as well as educational material and information about joining and supporting Audubon's work in Maine.

Schedules and other information about seabird-watching boat tours to Maine coastal islands.

Descriptions of residential programs for youth and adults at historic Hog Island Audubon Camp in midcoast Maine.

Finally, you can also get additional information about other Audubon projects as well as Audubon's work for wildlife conservation in Maine.