Press Releases

On Thursday, May 22nd, from 5-7 p.m., the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) will present a seminar entitled, “Do Well By Doing Good—Estate Planning for You, Your Family and Your Community.” It will be located in the Natural History Exhibit at Fort Worden State park.
On Saturday, April 26th at 4 p.m. in the Fort Worden Commons, the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTSMC) will offer “Ocean Acidification: The Other CO2 Problem,” by Dr. Richard A. Feely.
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) invites you to come and view the spring bird migration aboard Puget Sound Express’ Glacier Spirit, a comfortably enclosed motor yacht, beginning Saturday, April 12th and running consecutively for the following three Saturdays. The three-hour trips are scheduled from 1 – 4 p.m. on April 12th, 19th, 26th and May 3rd, departing from Hudson Point Marina in downtown Port Townsend.
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center is hosting two presentations by Varn Brooks in April at the Natural History Exhibit in Fort Worden State Park. The first lecture will be Tuesday, April 8 at 5:15 p.m. on Geology of Northwestern Canada and the second will be Tuesday, April 15 at 6 p.m. on the Natural History of Northwestern Canada.
Join the Marine Mammal Stranding Network training on Saturday, March 29th, from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Marine Exhibit, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC).
Swirling out in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean is a giant, circular, surface current comprised of hundreds of tons of plastic. “Fresh from NE Pacific Gyre” will be the topic discussed by Dr. Marcus Eriksen, from the Algalita Marine Research Foundation in Long Beach CA, in a lecture hosted by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center on Saturday, March 29th at 4:15 p.m. in the Natural History Exhibit.
In an illustrated lecture, Pema Kitaeff will talk about her recent research experiences while diving under more than seven feet of Antarctic ice. The presentation, hosted by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC), will be on Saturday, March 22nd at 11 a.m. in the Natural History Exhibit at Fort Worden State Park.
celebrate the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s 25th Anniversary at the “Tides of March” Benefit Auction on March 1, 2008, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in the Erickson Building. Once there, scrumptious food, fine wines and hearty brews will be served to you, beginning at 5 p.m. Silent auction bidding begins upon your arrival.
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTSMC) received a $54,700 grant from Washington State’s Department of Ecology (DOE) for an 18-month project on Plastic Pollution Awareness for Puget Sound Schools and Communities.
On February 9, 2008, the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) will be hosting its annual meeting at 4 p.m. in Fort Worden’s Building 204, located next to the Commons. Director Anne Murphy will briefly present an organizational perspective and then turn the floor over to lifelong Alaskan and author Charles Wohlforth. His presentation is called, On the Northern Front of Climate Change—What’s Next.
New and experienced docents are welcome to attend two training sessions, Tuesday, January 29th and Tuesday, February 5th, in the NHE from 5:45 to 8 p.m.
Three locally-based businesses have provided over $5,000 sponsoring tuition for hundreds of local and regional students to attend the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s (PTMSC) free winter exhibit on Plastics in the Marine Environment. From February 4th through March 27th, 30 classes of fourth through sixth grade students from public and private schools will come to the PTMSC to learn about plastics in the marine environment and how to create active solutions to address the plastic dilemma.
Catch the wave with the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s fourth annual “Tides of March” Benefit Auction on March 1, 2008 beginning at 5 p.m. with wine and appetizers at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds in the Erickson Building.
Usually when someone thinks of a dock, they think of a place where you tie up a boat or fish. But the 8th graders in Larry McKeehan’s science classes at Quilcene Middle School view docks differently, thanks to a new pilot science program launched by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) this fall called the Northern Hood Canal Dock Monitoring Project, fondly known as the “Docks Project.”
The Port Townsend Marine Science Center is creating a new winter exhibit on plastics in the marine environment which will open in February 2008. Roughly 500 students from across the North Olympic Peninsula will be provided with free programming thanks in part to US Bancorp contributing $2500 toward scholarships for students.