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Catching Joy and The Blue Bunny Support NMLC’s Efforts to Save the Seals!
Catching Joy and The Blue Bunny bookstore in Dedham Square teamed up to support the National Marine Life Center’s efforts to “Save The Seals” at a special event on August 25, 2010. Joy read stories about ocean life and the kids made simple and adorable seal puppets. Joy told the story about “Shitake”, the sick […]
Artist Profile: Kate Walls
“Kate Walls is a Cape Cod artist whose work reflects the beauty of her native surroundings. Her landscapes, floral and wildlife scenes are done in several mediums in a painterly realistic style. “Kate is a juried artist member at the Cape Cod Art Association, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth Art Guild and Cape Cod Waterworks. […]
My Summer at NMLC by Lianna Montgomery
I spent my summer at the National Marine Life Center as an education intern and I had a lot of fun! Last week ended my summer at NMLC and I was sad to go but I had such a great time. I learned a lot and met so many great people. My duties as an […]
Sunset Cruise on the Island Queen
Time to set sail! The Falmouth Young Professionals are sponsoring a sunset cruise to raise funds for the National Marine Life Center. Eat, drink, and be merry aboard the beautiful Island Queen as you take a leisurely cruise around Falmouth harbor and Vineyard Sound. There’ll be food, music, raffle prizes, and a cash bar. Most […]
Recycled Rope Makes a Great Doormat!
A few months ago, I was in Bar Harbor, Maine for the Northeast Region Stranding Conference. (Great conference and awesome group of people, by the way!) While there, I visited the Bar Harbor Whale Museum. It’s a fabulous place with lots of hands-on displays, beautifully articulated skeletons, and information on marine mammals and whale research […]
Laundry Room Operational!
Sometimes it’s the little things…. This week we got the laundry room in our new marine animal hospital up and running! Village Plumbing had already completed the water connections while Glynn Electric hooked up the lights. All that was left was for us to set our new (to us) washer and dryer (generously donated by […]
Local Artist Donates Painting to NMLC
Audrey Forge is local artist and long-time supporter of the National Marine Life Center. When she heard about NMLC’s Art for the Seas, she quickly signed up to help organize the event. To promote the auction, she donated a giclee print on view in NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center. Tickets to win the print are […]
Black Backed Gull Release
Today the National Marine Life Center had participated something outside our normal daily activities of education programs and turtle care. At roughly 3PM , the NMLC crew took a brief moment out of busy schedules to celebrate a quick and joyous moment to release our Black Backed Gull friend. Our gull friend, formerly known as Winger, was spotted […]
Artist Profile: Ken Carson
“Ken Carson received his BA Degree from Marietta College in 1972. He taught art in the Bourne school system for 35 years. During this time,1985-1998, he was the Assistant Director and the Director of the Market Barn Gallery located in Falmouth MA. Ken has studied with John Bruce, Beverly Edwards, Sig Purwin and Claude Croney. […]
Artist Profile: Kathryn Kleekamp
“Before moving to Cape Cod, I enjoyed a 30-year career as a clinical microbiologist. I rather imagine all those years of looking through a microscope have given me the ability to paint the fine details most people seem to enjoy in my work. “I’m primarily a realistic painter. My goal is to capture an image […]
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Our entangled grey seal, Salty (Salted Caramel) has been released! There are a few easy identifiers should you see her in the wild, starting with
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Salted Caramel has left the building! Tonight we released our juvenile grey seal, Salty. Salty was severely entangled in fishing gear and admitted to our
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Mondays are better when you're in the pool! Cherry Garcia continues to do well. He is still undergoing treatment for the abscesses in his rear