WE ARE OPEN!
We are open SATURDAYS from 10:00 until 4:00
We are still under construction, but please come and see us as we continue to grow. Admission is free.
Every Saturday we have a variety of activities for children and adults, including engaging learning opportunities and interactions with living marine creatures. A special tour of the amazing "Sphere" will take place every hour on the hour. Different programs will be offered every session and every week. Session times are as follows: 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:00 PM, 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM.
We are open THURSDAY evenings at 7:00 PM for our Ocean Voice speaker series
Featured Articles
The OE on YouTube!
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 06/24/2008
- Explorium Journal
Learn more about what is taking shape at 174 Union Street, Downtown New Bedford! Watch this clip of Mark Smith, executive director of the Ocean Explorium on YouTube... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CfuyibtFA8
The Ocean Explorium is open every Saturday from 10am - 4pm!
(last tour begins at 3pm)
The World is Watching
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 06/16/2008
- Explorium Journal
The Ocean Explorium makes front-page of the Standard-Times! Go to http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080616/LIFE/806160304 for the full story!
Volunteer at the Ocean Explorium
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 05/15/2008
- Explorium Journal
If you love the ocean, and are passionate about learning, we have something in common! If you are intrigued with our world, and are curious to find out more, we have an opportunity you won’t want to miss!
Volunteer at the Ocean Explorium!
Volunteers play an important role in what we do at the Ocean Explorium. As a non-profit organization, we depend on volunteers to help us deliver a unique and memorable experience to our community.
HAPPENINGS
Do you enjoy working with people? From Community Outreach to events at the Explorium -- we are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us on the front lines! You may be asked to "meet and greet" guests or "lift and load" for events. Tell us how you can help and if you are available on weekends and evenings!
ADMINISTRATION
Do you have one or two days to assist our administrative efforts at the Ocean Explorium? Our hours are Monday - Friday, 9-5.
Click on VOLUNTEER tab, to complete an application!
Unlocking the Earth's Mysteries
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 04/7/2008
- Explorium Journal
Unlocking the Earth's Mysteries: An In-Depth Look at the Earth's Crust.
On April 3, 5 and 10, a dozen teachers participated in another successful teaching institute. The goal of the institute: to use the Science on a Sphere to assist teachers in the development or augmentation of Earth science curriculum.
Environments and Ecosystems
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 03/27/2008
- Explorium Journal
Instructors gather at the Ocean Explorium
for an intensive institute on Environments
and Ecosystems using the Science on a Sphere.
Recent Articles
Thank you
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 07/16/2008
- Explorium Journal
We would like to thank our generous supporters!
On Summerfest Saturday, the Ocean Explorium welcomed approximately 700 visitors through its doors! As the Sphere stirred imaginations, local vendors demonstrated ocean technologies used in
- Tor Bendiksen of Reidar’s Manufacturing for the loan of scale models of Groundfish and Mid-Water nets.
- Paul Cabral of Euro Gear for display of various fishing net materials.
- Brad Harris of SMAST for demonstrations of the SMAST Video Survey Pyramid.
OCEAN VOICE Speaker Series
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 07/10/2008
- Explorium Journal
Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Ph.D., assistant professor at the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) of the
Mid-Atlantic. Sea Scallops, one of the most valuable fishing industries in the
TO SURVEY A SEA SCALLOP
“Using Technology to forward fisheries science, the sea scallop example”
THURSDAY, JULY 17 7PM
Free Admission
See the Sphere
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 07/2/2008
- Explorium Journal
See the Sphere on Summerfest Saturday!
July 5, 10-4 (last tour at 3pm)!
The Ocean Explorium will open its doors every Saturday from 10-4pm (last tour begins at 3pm) and Thursday evenings for a Speaker Series, while continuing construction.
The Ocean Explorium currently features the Science on a Sphere®. This magnificent blue marble floats in space, clearly demonstrating environmental issues that effect planet Earth, in three-dimensions. Developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Sphere is a dramatic way of understanding our planet.
The Ocean Explorium offers FREE ADMISSION while under construction and hopes citizens of the greater
