The Oceanarium Needs You! This year, the Oceanarium welcomed nearly 14,000 visitors. Our second annual Maine Ocean Festival and other events were great successes, Perhaps most importantly, our marine educators hosted 563 students in over 20 educational programs we subsidize to keep costs low for Maine schools. As we say farewell to 2024 and we …
The Oceanarium and Education Welcomes the Author and Illustrator of The Secret Bay The Oceanarium and Education Center partnered with Island Readers and Writers to organize “Explore The Secret Bay: Nature Writing & Art” with author Kim Ridley and illustrator Rebekah Raye of The Secret Bay. On Wednesday, July 30th, …
Thank YOU For Making the 2024 Maine Ocean Festival Such a Success The Oceanarium and Education Center would like to say thank you to all the vendors, speakers, performers, volunteers, Oceanarium staff, organizers, and the more than 400 attendees for making our second annual Maine Ocean Festival a success! We …
Once The Mount Desert Oceanarium, now the Oceanarium and Education Center is a nonprofit education center striving to offer place-based education and conservation opportunities. The Oceanarium and Education Center is committed to the continued restoration and improvement of the center and surrounding tidal salt marsh. We look forward to opening …
The Maine Ocean Festival came into existence when the staff at the Oceanarium brainstormed about creating our first annual fundraiser to support our mission of providing educational exhibits and programs for all ages on local ecology, marine biology and research, citizen science, dark skies, fisheries and aquaculture, and STEM education …
Thanks to All For Making the 2023 Maine Ocean Festival Such a Success The Oceanarium thank all the sponsors, vendors, speakers, performers, volunteers, Oceanarium staff, organizers, and the more than 350 people from near and far who attended for making this year’s inaugural Maine Ocean Festival such a success. We …
Oceanarium and Education Center opens on May 17 By Malachy Flynn, May 12, 2023, Updated May 12, 2023 “Gideon Wallace, an aquarist at the Oceanarium and Education Center, holds a sea star in the touch tank.” Mount Desert Islander Article
The Maine Ocean Festival came into existence when the staff at the Oceanarium brainstormed about creating our first annual fundraiser to support our mission of providing educational exhibits and programs for all ages on local ecology, marine biology and research, citizen science, dark skies, fisheries and aquaculture, and STEM education …
Welcome back to the Oceanarium The Mount Desert Oceanarium has been recreated as the Oceanarium and Education Center, dedicated to place-based education and conservation. We will be opening in May 2023. fun@theoceanarium.org (207) 200-5465 We are currently in the process of building out this website, which will also include a …
