About this event:
Celebrate our relationship to the oceans at the National Maritime Museum. This free family-friendly one-day festival includes music and workshops, and has a special focus on ocean plastics.
This event is suitable for: All ages
This event costs: FREE
Between the live music, character actors, workshops, digital interactives, participatory dance, prizes, and ‘ask an expert’ there will definitely be something for everyone. Informally celebrated since 1992, World Oceans Day was officially recognised as a UN day since 2008.
Play with three brand new ship interactives, one of which is the RRS Sir David Attenborough
Metronomes Steel Orchestra will play sets throughout the day
Meet Kwazii from Octonauts!
Future archaeologists will be able to tell much from plastic rubbish what we throw away now.
Join artist Jo Atherton for her Museum of the Future
Take part in artist and choreographer Bethan Peters’s participatory dance themed around microplastics and the human body
Come up with an invention to help save the environment with artist Jenny Staff
Test your preconceived ideas about the maritime environment with our 20 questions, and win a badge
See a time-lapse film shot from a container ship
Walk underneath a giant kelp forest on Great Map, commissioned by artist Alex McKenzie
Ask a marine environment expert
Location: National Maritime Museum
9th June | 10.15am–4.45pm
Admission: Free
Details are subject to change so please make sure you check with the venue before setting out. Thanks!
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