Navy Day 2024
Saturday, March 9 from 9:30 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.
MORNING PROGRAM
9:00 AM
Museum Opens
9:15 – 9:45 AM
Cook Memorial Theater
Naval Horizon Videos
• “The Science of Seal Tracking” with Monica DeAngelis
• “Seal Whiskers” with Dr. Christin Murphy
9:45 – 10:00 AM
Jacobs Family Gallery
Remarks by Capt. Chad Hennings, Commanding Officer, U.S. Navy, and Amanda McMullen, President and CEO, New Bedford Whaling Museum
10:00 – 11:00 AM
Lagoda / Bourne Building
Go Below Deck on the Lagoda (meet at the Lagoda)
10:15 – 10:45AM
Jacobs Family Gallery
Skeletons of the Deep
Overview of Museum Skeletons, Robert Rocha, Associate Curator of Science and Research
11:00 – 11:45 AM
Cook Memorial Theater
Lecture by Michael P. Dyer: “All Hands, Exploring the Relationship Between the US Navy and the Whaling Industry” Maritime Curator at Mystic Seaport Museum
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Cook Memorial Theater
“Connecting the Dots” NUWC DIVNWPT employee highlight videos, playing on a rotating basis
AFTERNOON PROGRAM
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM
Cook Memorial Theater
“Connecting the Dots” NUWC DIVNWPT employee highlight videos, playing on a rotating basis
12:30 – 1:00 PM
Lagoda / Bourne Building
Go Below Deck on the Lagoda (meet at the Lagoda)
12:30 – 2:30 PM
Harbor View Gallery
The Inflatable Whale
12:45 – 1:30 PM
Cook Memorial Theater
Lecture by Daniel Duane, of the Sensors and Sonar Systems Department, “Biological Soundscapes in Coral Reefs”
1:00 – 2:30 PM
Jacobs Family Gallery
Knot Tying activity, led by Community Boating Center
1:45 – 2:30 PM
Cook Memorial Theater
Lecture by Dr. Kaelyn Gamel, of the Ranges, Engineering and Analysis Department, “Insight from Evolution: Remora Adhesion & the Water to Land Transition”
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Cook Memorial Theater
Naval Horizon Videos
• “The Science of Seal Tracking” with Monica DeAngelis
• “Seal Whiskers” with Dr. Christin Murphy
4:00 PM
Museum Closes
