History
The Association was founded following the landmark Challenger expedition during the 1870s. The Scottish Marine Station, as it was known back then, was the first of such "marine stations" set up in Scotland. It grew quickly and just three years later, Millport Marine Station (now University Marine Biological Station Millport) was founded to further the research.
The site that SAMS now occupies was first developed by the Scottish Marine Biological Association in the late 1960's as a replacement for their outdated laboratory facilities in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae.
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