[SEMCO] Meet the Team of the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport

[Bobbie Collins]

*Meet the Ocean Explorium Team at Ocean Voice*
*Tuesday, July 14    7-8 PM*
Admission: $3 adults, $2 seniors/children

Come find out what the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport is all 
about!  As part of the Ocean Voice speaker series, The staff of the 
Ocean Explorium will give visitors an inside look at who the people 
behind the scenes are, what they do, and how they do it.

Meet executive director and shark biologist Mark Smith; education 
coordinator and Massachusetts Marine Educators grant recipient Abbey 
Spargo; volunteer coordinator and fisheries biologist Jen Costa; 
Connecting Oceans Academy co-director and educator Jack Crowley; and 
curator and aquarium design specialist Warren Gibbons. Moderators are 
Simone Bourgeois and Arthur Dutra from Sea Lab, a public school in New 
Bedford.

The Ocean Explorium recently opened full time for visitors. Daily hours 
are 10 AM to 4 PM.  Come see the aquarium exhibits, marine life, Science 
on a Sphere®, and the Discovery Bay children's activity center. 
Admission during regular visiting hours is $6 adults, $4.50 seniors, and 
$4 children.

The Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport is located at the corner of 
Purchase and Union streets in downtown New Bedford. For more information 
or directions visit www.oceanexplorium.org or call 508 994 5400.

Bobbie Collins-Perry
Communications Consultant
Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport
174 Union Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
508 994 5400
bcollins-perry at oceanexplorium.org
http://www.oceanexplorium.org