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Submitted by The Whale Museum

“We love our Community! We love our Museum! We want to get the two of you together.” says Friday Harbor’s Whale Museum. Islanders are invited to a “Free Weekend” at The Whale Museum.

All admission fees will be waived during the weekend of Feb. 12 – Feb. 14 during daily hours 10a.m.– 4 p.m.

Self-Guided Tour Maps will be available to help guests navigate through the exhibit hall.

A special meet and greet will be held at 3p.m. on Feb. 12. with The Whale Museum’s new Curator Rebekah Cousins and new Visitors’ Experience Manager Emily Volkmann.

Cousins holds a Master of Arts Degree in Museum Studies from Syracuse University and joins us from the Southern Oregon Historical Society where she served as an Exhibitions Intern.

Vokmann holds an M.S. in Arts Management with a certificate in Museum Studies from the University of Oregon and joins us after working with the Pratt Museum and the Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network.

The Whale Museum is located in Friday Harbor at 62 First St. N. Founded in 1976, The Whale Museum’s mission is to promote stewardship of whales and the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research. In addition to providing exhibits, the Museum also provides programs including the Marine Naturalist Training, Orca Adoption Program, SeaSound Acoustics Program, Soundwatch, San Juan County Marine Mammal Stranding Network, and the Whale Hotline. The Whale Museum can be found on-line at www.whalemuseum.org.

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