[4] After several years of development,[5][6][7] the Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building (MSB) was completed in summer 2020.

Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Other exhibits focus on weather, tsunami, commercial fishing, ocean resource management, microscopic sea life, and tide-pool creatures and habitats.

[16] The newly built Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building has been proposed to host year-round body of 500 undergraduate students.

[5][6][7] HMSC hosts multiple research partnerships between Oregon State University and external organizations.

The Northwest Association of Networked Ocean Observing Systems (NANOOS) is a collaboration between Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which hosts oceanographic monitoring data collected at Yaquina Bay.

The OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences operates two research vessels out of the home port adjacent to the center.