The origins of the museum, explains its deputy director general, Lin Chung-hsiao, go back to the time when martial law was lifted, the opening of the sea to public access became a topic of debate and various segments of society began to take marine education seriously.
海生館的緣起，據副館長林忠孝表示，解嚴後，海洋開放成為話題，海洋教育也受到各界重視。