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Marine and Paleobiological Research Institute
PO Box 1016
Vineyard Haven, MA 02568
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An opportunity to support MPRI is made possible by Feiner Real Estate www.MVRE.com. Mr. Feiner's "Client's Choice" program will donate to a not-for-profit Vineyard organization chosen by the buyer or seller, 10% of the profits from the property sale. This is a very generous community service by Mr. Feiner.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, MPRI was not able to hold any events in 2020 but below is a summary of our past events.
2019 EVENTS:
In October, our annual National Fossil Day took place at the Oak Bluffs Public Library. See pictures from this event on the Oak Bluffs Library's Facebook page here.
In May, we took fossil programs for seniors to Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and in June to The Anchors Senior Center in Edgartown in collaboration with the Martha's Vineyard Center for Living and in collaboration with the MV Museum.
In April, Susie Bowman
and Fred Hotchkiss presented
Horseshoe Crabs: A Story of Beach Trysts and Blue Bloods,
a free lecture and slide show about lives and history of horseshoe crabs and opportunities to be involved in the Horseshoe Crab Citizen Science Survey Project -- at the West Tisbury, Edgartown and Oak Bluffs libraries
In March, we visited two 8th grade science classes of Mrs. Connie Alexander in Tisbury, bringing a range of fossils for study and discussion.
In March, we brought touchable fossils to preschoolers at the Island Children's School in West Tisbury.
In February, we visited the 7th grade science classes of Ms. Lea Dorr in Oak Bluffs as they studied geology and the history of beach pebbles found on the Vineyard.
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