Our WINTER HOURS (January, February & March) are Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 1 to 5pm.
Friday, February 12, 1-3 pm & 6:30-8:00 pm
Cribbage FRIDAYS!
now on the 2nd Friday of each month, with both afternoon & evening sessions. Beginners welcome!
Free for NLMS members, $3 all others.
Thursday, February 18, 6:30-8:00 PM
Third Thursday lecture:
Three's a Charm: A Casualty of the 1938 Hurricane?
Join diver and shipwreck sleuth Mark Munro for a thrilling talk about his investigation of a shipwreck in Fisher's Island Sound.
Admission $8, members FREE.
Saturday, March 13, 10AM to 5 PM
Oyster Excursion
See aquaculturist Don Bell's collection of all things Oyster and hear John M. Kochiss, author of Oystering from New York to Boston, on this special oyster excursion. We also will visit the local maritime museum at Dundon House in Captain's Cove, Bridgeport. Pack your own lunch. We will take a van or carpool (depending on the number of people) to Mr. Bell's Trumbull home. Space limited. Call to register: 860-447-2501. Fee $35, $25 for members.
Special exhibits:
Two Small Boats by David McCulloch
Our favorite small-boat builder, David McCulloch of Old Lyme, has brought in two of his hand-built boats--perfect, by the way, for birding in the marsh! The 14-foot paddle canoe, designed by Jon Persson of Essex, weighs 39 pounds. The 12-foot kayak, with a heat-shrunk aircraft dacron cover, is David's own design and weighs just 20 pounds!
Bird Photographs
by Hank Golet of Old Lyme.
Montesi Ship Models
On view in our Lower Level Dan Wolverton Ship Model Gallery.
The Awesome Oyster
- extended through April 18, 2010 -
What animal survives being frozen; changes gender several times in its lifetime; has no eyes, no ears, no head? Why it’s the Oyster and it’s awesome. What’s more, it’s also Connecticut’s state shellfish! Based on a book by Penny Parsekian, the exhibition is illustrated with artifacts on loan from Steve Jones, Don Bell, J.D. Diaz-Saavedra, the Whitney Library of the New Haven Museum & Historical Society, Mystic Seaport, Pine Point School, Noank Shellfish Cooperative, Harry Smith, and from our own collection.
Graphic novelist Jon Buller will teach an introductory workshop
& an intensive series of four classes on cartooning beginning in March. Sign up NOW!
