BC Field Trips organizes many instructional and educational programs for school-aged children at the Centre.
The Centre is housed in the original building used as the western terminus of the British Empire's worldwide undersea cable called the All Red Line.
[2] The Centre also lends continued logistical support for Folger Passage and Barkley Sound with Ocean Networks Canada.
[3] In April 2016, Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre and the Huu-ay-aht First Nations partnered with the Hakai Institute to launch a drone.
[4] On July 1, 2018, Dr. Sean Rogers, a biology instructor at the University of Calgary, was named director of the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre for a five-year term.