NAVY DAY
Saturday, March 18
10:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Navy Day, hosted with Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport, offers a full schedule of fun and educational opportunities for the public to experience the Navy’s role in environmental preservation, marine mammal protection, and underwater research, as well as the Museum’s extensive historical collection.
Explore whale ecology, learn from NUWC scientists, and marvel at massive whale skeletons. Board the world’s largest ship model, go on a scavenger hunt, climb inside a life-sized inflatable whale, and more!
Admission to the Museum on Navy Day is free for all valid Department of Defense identification card holders, veterans, and their families.
A full program schedule is coming soon.
Schedule of Events
9:00 AM Museum Opens
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Go Below Deck on the Lagoda (meet at the Lagoda)
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM Exploration Stations (Jacobs Family Gallery)
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM Naval Horizon Videos (Cook Memorial Theater):
“The Science of Seal Tracking” with Monica DeAngelis
“Seal Whiskers” with Dr. Christin Murphy
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Knot Tying activity, led by Community Boating Center (Jacobs Gallery)
10:45 AM Remarks by Division Newport leadership and Dr. Naomi Slipp,
Chief Curator New Bedford Whaling Museum (Jacobs Family Gallery)
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM Lecture by Dr. Christin Murphy: “Feeling Your Way to Food: Do Whiskers Help North Atlantic Right Whales Forage?” (Cook Theater)
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM Go Below Deck on the Lagoda (meet at the Lagoda)
12:45 PM – 1:15 PM Lecture by Thomas Hansen: “Robots Inspired By Nature”
(Cook Memorial Theater)
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Exploration Stations (Jacobs Family Gallery)
1:45 PM – 2:30 PM Lecture by Dr. Lauren Freeman: “The Not So Silent World: How Animals Use Sound in the Ocean” (Cook Memorial Theater)
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Naval Horizon Videos (Cook Memorial Theater):
“The Science of Seal Tracking” with Monica DeAngelis
“Seal Whiskers” with Dr. Christin Murphy
4:00 PM Museum Closes
