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  • Waters, Woods, and Wildlife Paddle – SOLD OUT

    Friday, August 25, 2023 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

    Grab the sunscreen and sun hat, and join us for a relaxing kayak paddle on beautiful Mariners' Lake!

  • Buggin’ Out in the Bay

    • Mariners' Park

    Story-telling and investigation of Mariners’ Park watershed.

  • Waters, Woods, and Wildlife Paddle – SOLD OUT

    Friday, August 25, 2023 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

    Grab the sunscreen and sun hat, and join us for a relaxing kayak paddle on beautiful Mariners' Lake!

  • Waters, Woods, and Wildlife Paddle

    Friday, August 18, 2023 10:30 AM to 11:45 AM

    Grab the sunscreen and sun hat, and join us for a relaxing kayak paddle on beautiful Mariners' Lake!

  • Love Your Lake: Learn About Mariners’ Lake

    Friday, July 28, 2023 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

    Bring your family for an exciting day of adventure and learning!

  • Adventures in outdoor bronze: Conserving Leifr Eiriksson’s statue

    • Art
    • Collections
    • Conservation
    • Mariners' Park

    Have you noticed our Conservation crew treating the Leifr Eiriksson statue this summer? Work is now complete, so read along with us as we share how we cleaned and recoated him!

  • We don’t wait around in waders: A look back at the second year of B-WET

    • Educational Enrichment
    • Environmental Conservation
    • Mariners' Park

    Year two of the B-WET grant program has been full of excitement. This year has been an extension of year one, engaging with local Newport News high schoolers, their teachers, and local environmental partners.

  • The Mariners’ MilKids Fest

    Sunday, April 16, 2023 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM

    Join us in celebrating all the things that make military children special, and help us bring awareness to the support and resources they need to thrive as ambassadors and mariners.

  • Empowering teachers for the future

    • Educational Enrichment
    • Environmental Conservation
    • Mariners' Park
    • Science

    Through the Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) program, Museum staff and community partners are working with Newport News High School biology and environmental science teachers to give them the tools and know-how to combat any feelings of hopelessness about the state of the environment in their classrooms.

  • Planting the Seed of Environmental Stewardship

    • Educational Enrichment
    • Environmental Conservation
    • Mariners' Park

    High school students from Newport News Public Schools have been assisting The Mariners' Museum and Park with a Mariners’ Lake restoration project called B-WET. Through this program, students gain valuable watershed knowledge and take an active role in becoming environmental stewards.

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