Andrew
09-25-2003, 12:33 PM
EXHIBIT NEWS: SARDINES, ANCHOVIES, SEA SLUGS AND SHARKS
Look for a new school of Pacific sardines circling in the Kelp Forest Exhibit. They were moved from the Outer Bay galleries. Swimming with them is a school of northern anchovies.
In the Octopus and Kin gallery, we've added ten sea slugs (nudibranchs) to the two-spot octopus display. We're hoping that they will eat the anemones in the exhibit--anemones that, in this exhibit at least, are considered pests. Other additions to the same exhibit include eight bluebanded gobys.
For shark fans, you'll want to check out the slough end of the Sandy Shore aviary, where you'll now find a female young-of-the-year brown smoothhound shark. She is one of the seven species of sharks and rays that frequent Elkhorn Slough. Visit Exhibit Updates on our web site to learn about these additions and other new arrivals.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi_exhibits/vi_ex_update.asp>
AT THE AQUARIUM: ANOTHER AWARD FOR "JELLIES: LIVING ART"
If you haven't seen "Jellies: Living Art" yet, here’s another reason to put it on your must-see list: It has just received a major exhibit award from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). The AZA, which represents more than 200 elite aquariums and zoos in North America, honored "Jellies" with a 2003 Significant Achievement award for new aquarium and zoo exhibits.
It’s the second time "Jellies" has been honored this year. It also received the 2002-03 Excellence in Exhibition Award from the National Association for Museum Exhibition. That’s the highest exhibit award presented through the 3,000-member American Association of Museums.
If you have visited before, stop by the "tank of the month" display near the upside-down jellies next time you come. There are often new animals on display. And we've replaced paintings by Ray Troll and Pegan Brooke with new works by James Wille Faust and Dan Ramirez.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/se_jla.asp>
BEHIND THE SCENES: WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ENTRY
Expect dramatic changes next time you visit. In early September, we started construction on a new main entry and ticketing lobby. We're also building an overhead bridge to connect the second floor of our original galleries with open ocean exhibits in the Outer Bay wing.
None of the construction will affect your access or experience. All of our exhibit galleries will be open and humming throughout construction. The biggest change? You'll enter the aquarium via Hovden Way. We've installed temporary ticket kiosks until our new lobby opens in May 2004.
Highlights of the project will be an indoor ticketing lobby and a light-filled atrium around the historic cannery boilers with better interpretation of Cannery Row history. Inside, the skywalk and other changes will make it easier to get around the aquarium on busy days. (Look up when you visit: You'll notice that we've already moved the orca and gray whale models to make room for the skywalk.)
More news about the project, including artist's renderings:
<http://www.mbayaq.org/aa/newprojects.asp>
UPCOMING EVENTS: DIA DE LA FAMILIA, HALLOWEEN, MEET THE PENGUINS
This Sunday is your last chance to take part in special Dia de la Familia programs. We're offering free admission all day for children age 12 years and younger; a craft room with free children’s activities; live entertainment for all ages; and information booths from community organizations. We'll present a bilingual Kelp Forest feeding narration at 4 p.m. and bilingual, hands-on programs about rocky shore sea life throughout the day.
Musicians will entertain on the Great Tide Pool deck in the afternoon.
For members, get your costume ready for our annual Halloween Dance Party on Saturday, October 25 (from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.). In the early evening, we'll have trick or treating, storytelling and magicians for kids. Later, there will be a DJ dance. There’s an optional Halloween dinner, too, with sittings at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. There is a fee for the party and for dinner, and advance reservations are required.
Also on Saturday, October 25, drop by our neighbor, Hopkins Marine Station, during its annual open house. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stanford University’s marine lab will offer short lectures on marine research topics, tuna feedings in the Tuna Research and Conservation Center (a joint project of the aquarium and Hopkins), and demonstrations and displays in the Hopkins research labs. It’s all offered free to the public. Note: Limited onsite parking is reserved for the disabled. For more information, visit <http://www-marine.stanford.edu/>.
Upcoming Events
Meet the Penguin--Mon.-Wed., Nov. 24, 25, 26
Our online calendar has details and more events.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi_aquarium/vi_aq_whatsnew.asp#calendar>
CELEBRATION: OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
On October 20, 1984, the fish came back to Cannery Row. We're just starting our 20th anniversary year, and we'd like you to help us celebrate.
What are your favorite memories through the years? Did you first visit the aquarium as a child? What do you remember about the experience? And what’s it like coming back now? Are you like the couple who proposed on our Great Tide Pool deck, and today bring their three children for visits? Or like the proud grandmother whose granddaughter is studying marine biology, thanks to early trips to the aquarium? Did you begin studying marine biology yourself, or get active in ocean conservation? Did a visit inspire a poem, a painting, a piece of artwork?
Send us your favorite stories, photos, even video to: 20th Anniversary Memories, c/o Membership, Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940; or to memories@mbayaq.org. We'll feature some of your memorable moments in a 20th anniversary section we're creating for our web site.
We won't be able to return original photos, video or artwork, and we probably won't be able to acknowledge all your comments and submissions. We'd love to hear from you.
(Source: MBA's "Sea Notes" newsletter/press releases)
Look for a new school of Pacific sardines circling in the Kelp Forest Exhibit. They were moved from the Outer Bay galleries. Swimming with them is a school of northern anchovies.
In the Octopus and Kin gallery, we've added ten sea slugs (nudibranchs) to the two-spot octopus display. We're hoping that they will eat the anemones in the exhibit--anemones that, in this exhibit at least, are considered pests. Other additions to the same exhibit include eight bluebanded gobys.
For shark fans, you'll want to check out the slough end of the Sandy Shore aviary, where you'll now find a female young-of-the-year brown smoothhound shark. She is one of the seven species of sharks and rays that frequent Elkhorn Slough. Visit Exhibit Updates on our web site to learn about these additions and other new arrivals.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi_exhibits/vi_ex_update.asp>
AT THE AQUARIUM: ANOTHER AWARD FOR "JELLIES: LIVING ART"
If you haven't seen "Jellies: Living Art" yet, here’s another reason to put it on your must-see list: It has just received a major exhibit award from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA). The AZA, which represents more than 200 elite aquariums and zoos in North America, honored "Jellies" with a 2003 Significant Achievement award for new aquarium and zoo exhibits.
It’s the second time "Jellies" has been honored this year. It also received the 2002-03 Excellence in Exhibition Award from the National Association for Museum Exhibition. That’s the highest exhibit award presented through the 3,000-member American Association of Museums.
If you have visited before, stop by the "tank of the month" display near the upside-down jellies next time you come. There are often new animals on display. And we've replaced paintings by Ray Troll and Pegan Brooke with new works by James Wille Faust and Dan Ramirez.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_se/se_jla.asp>
BEHIND THE SCENES: WE'RE BUILDING A NEW ENTRY
Expect dramatic changes next time you visit. In early September, we started construction on a new main entry and ticketing lobby. We're also building an overhead bridge to connect the second floor of our original galleries with open ocean exhibits in the Outer Bay wing.
None of the construction will affect your access or experience. All of our exhibit galleries will be open and humming throughout construction. The biggest change? You'll enter the aquarium via Hovden Way. We've installed temporary ticket kiosks until our new lobby opens in May 2004.
Highlights of the project will be an indoor ticketing lobby and a light-filled atrium around the historic cannery boilers with better interpretation of Cannery Row history. Inside, the skywalk and other changes will make it easier to get around the aquarium on busy days. (Look up when you visit: You'll notice that we've already moved the orca and gray whale models to make room for the skywalk.)
More news about the project, including artist's renderings:
<http://www.mbayaq.org/aa/newprojects.asp>
UPCOMING EVENTS: DIA DE LA FAMILIA, HALLOWEEN, MEET THE PENGUINS
This Sunday is your last chance to take part in special Dia de la Familia programs. We're offering free admission all day for children age 12 years and younger; a craft room with free children’s activities; live entertainment for all ages; and information booths from community organizations. We'll present a bilingual Kelp Forest feeding narration at 4 p.m. and bilingual, hands-on programs about rocky shore sea life throughout the day.
Musicians will entertain on the Great Tide Pool deck in the afternoon.
For members, get your costume ready for our annual Halloween Dance Party on Saturday, October 25 (from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.). In the early evening, we'll have trick or treating, storytelling and magicians for kids. Later, there will be a DJ dance. There’s an optional Halloween dinner, too, with sittings at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. There is a fee for the party and for dinner, and advance reservations are required.
Also on Saturday, October 25, drop by our neighbor, Hopkins Marine Station, during its annual open house. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Stanford University’s marine lab will offer short lectures on marine research topics, tuna feedings in the Tuna Research and Conservation Center (a joint project of the aquarium and Hopkins), and demonstrations and displays in the Hopkins research labs. It’s all offered free to the public. Note: Limited onsite parking is reserved for the disabled. For more information, visit <http://www-marine.stanford.edu/>.
Upcoming Events
Meet the Penguin--Mon.-Wed., Nov. 24, 25, 26
Our online calendar has details and more events.
<http://www.mbayaq.org/vi/vi_aquarium/vi_aq_whatsnew.asp#calendar>
CELEBRATION: OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY
On October 20, 1984, the fish came back to Cannery Row. We're just starting our 20th anniversary year, and we'd like you to help us celebrate.
What are your favorite memories through the years? Did you first visit the aquarium as a child? What do you remember about the experience? And what’s it like coming back now? Are you like the couple who proposed on our Great Tide Pool deck, and today bring their three children for visits? Or like the proud grandmother whose granddaughter is studying marine biology, thanks to early trips to the aquarium? Did you begin studying marine biology yourself, or get active in ocean conservation? Did a visit inspire a poem, a painting, a piece of artwork?
Send us your favorite stories, photos, even video to: 20th Anniversary Memories, c/o Membership, Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940; or to memories@mbayaq.org. We'll feature some of your memorable moments in a 20th anniversary section we're creating for our web site.
We won't be able to return original photos, video or artwork, and we probably won't be able to acknowledge all your comments and submissions. We'd love to hear from you.
(Source: MBA's "Sea Notes" newsletter/press releases)