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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Right Whale Day starts spring vacation week, April 15-19<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>(NEW BEDFORD, Mass.) – A week of fun and learning activities is planned for spring vacation at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, April 15-19.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monday, April 15 is Right Whale Day, when the museum offers free family activities focused on the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale starting at 10:00 a.m. under the massive right whale skeleton on permanent exhibit in the Jacobs Family Gallery. Walk inside a life-sized inflatable right whale and stand next to a life-sized inflatable right whale calf for a photo. Challenge yourself in the coastal obstacle course as you attempt to survive the dangers right whales face in their migrations. Test your observation skills by identifying individual whales based on their markings. Learn to draw a right whale with author/artist, Peter Stone. Enjoy a slice of “right whale cake” at 1:35 p.m. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Right Whale Day schedule of activities: 10:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m., Right Whale Obstacle Course (presented by the museum’s high school apprentices), museum plaza; 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Go Inside the Inflatable Whale (presented by Whale and Dolphin Conservation); 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Make Right Whale Magnets & Whale Origami (presented by the New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance); 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Right Whale Crafts & Learning Activities (presented by the museum docents & high school apprentices); 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., Inflatable Right Whale Calf, Right Whale Info & Photo-Op with the Right Whale Calf (presented by the NOAA Office of Education); 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Right Whale Identification Activities, (presented by the museum volunteers); 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., “Waltzes with Giants” readings with author/artist Peter Stone; 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., learn to draw right whales with Peter Stone; 1:35 p.m., Right Whale Day Cake.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tuesday, April 16, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: “Moby-Dick Highlights Tour” Docents bring the characters and action from Herman Melville’s great American novel to life through a tour of the Museum’s collection. Tour leaves from the front desk. Regular admission rates apply.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vacation Week Activities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From Tuesday, April 16 through Friday, April 19 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Free crafts and family activities – Create your own scrimshaw (using soap and shoe polish), throw a harpoon with our family-friendly harpoons and target rings, and more; 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Participate in a 45-minute highlights tour with a Museum Docent. Tours leave from the front desk. (Regular admission rates apply); 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: Film “Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship” Cook Memorial Theater. “Ocean Frontiers” is an engaging, inspirational film that features four very different, but equally important success stories of ocean stewardship, including one that is taking place in Massachusetts Bay; 11:00 a.m. to Noon: Go below deck on the Lagoda! (Regular admission rates apply); 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Participate in a 45-minute highlights tour with a Museum Docent (regular admission rates apply).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>On Friday, April 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.: All aboard the Lagoda! Join the crew of Captain C. Weade on board the Lagoda for an adventure on the high seas! Travel the world, interact with new cultures, learn the ropes of a whaleship, and go a-whaling. (Regular admission rates apply). Children must be accompanied by an adult.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Also throughout vacation week – Casa dos Botes Open House: See master boat builder Joćo Tavares and his volunteers at work on a half-size model of an Azorean whaleboat. Casa dos Botes is located on North Water Street, one building north of Union Street). Hours: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Monday-Wednesday-Friday; 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday & Thursday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>New Bedford residents are admitted free through April 30, courtesy of BayCoast Bank.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The New Bedford Whaling Museum is the world's most comprehensive museum devoted to the global story of whales, whaling and the cultural history of the region. The cornerstone of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, the Museum is located at 18 Johnny Cake Hill in the heart of the city's historic downtown. For events: <a href="http://www.whalingmuseum.org/" title="blocked::http://www.whalingmuseum.org/">www.whalingmuseum.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Robert C. Rocha, Jr.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Science Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Bedford Whaling Museum<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>18 Johnny Cake Hill<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>New Bedford, MA 02740<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(508) 717-6849<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>rrocha@whalingmuseum.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word;"><p>This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. 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