VIMS Events

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Acuff Center
VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour July 29
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Acuff Center
VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 5
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Fish Collection
VIMS "Fishy Friday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 9
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Acuff Center
VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 19
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Fish Collection
VIMS Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 23
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Pawpaw tree
VIMS @ 4th Annual Pawpaw Festival! August 24
10am - 4pm Historic Endview, 362 Yorktown Rd, Newport News, VA 23603 View Full Event
Acuff Center
VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 26
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Fish Collection
VIMS "Fishy Friday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour August 30
10am - 11:30am VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center View Full Event
Osprey
CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Predators of the Skies September 18
6pm - 8pm VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab View Full Event
Sponge
Marine Life Day at VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory September 21
12pm - 4pm VIMS - Seawater Facility (Eastern Shore Laboratory) View Full Event
Copepods
VIMS @ York County's 5th Annual BugFest! September 28
10am - 2pm Grafton Middle School, 405 Grafton Dr, Yorktown, VA 23692 View Full Event
oysters
VIMS @ 67th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival! November 1 - November 2
Downtown Urbanna, VA View Full Event
VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Monday, July 29
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include the VIMS' Visitor Center, Acuff Center for Aquaculture, and Shellfish Pathology Lab.

VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Monday, August 5
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include the VIMS' Visitor Center, Acuff Center for Aquaculture, and Shellfish Pathology Lab.

VIMS "Fishy Friday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Friday, August 9
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include a visit to VIMS' Visitor Center, Fish Collection, and Multispecies Research Group Lab.

VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Monday, August 19
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include the VIMS' Visitor Center, Acuff Center for Aquaculture, and Shellfish Pathology Lab.

VIMS Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Friday, August 23
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! These 90-minute guided tours include a visit to VIMS' Visitor Center and two additional research laboratories/facilities.

VIMS @ 4th Annual Pawpaw Festival!
Saturday, August 24
10am - 4pm
Historic Endview, 362 Yorktown Rd, Newport News, VA 23603

Celebrate one of Virginia’s native fruits at the 4th annual Pawpaw Festival. Come enjoy free tastings, raffles for pawpaw saplings, educational booths and talks by local nonprofits and researchers, live music, food, and children’s activities.

VIMS "Mollusc Monday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Monday, August 26
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include the VIMS' Visitor Center, Acuff Center for Aquaculture, and Shellfish Pathology Lab.

VIMS "Fishy Friday" Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Friday, August 30
10am - 11:30am
VIMS - Watermen's Hall, Visitors Center

Reserve space on one of our behind-the-scenes tours to learn more about VIMS and the ongoing research activities around campus! This 90-minute guided tour will include a visit to VIMS' Visitor Center, Fish Collection, and Multispecies Research Group Lab.

CBNERR-VA Discovery Lab - Predators of the Skies
Wednesday, September 18
6pm - 8pm
VIMS - Catlett-Burruss Research and Education Lab
From eagles and osprey; to cormorants, pelicans, and heron; birds flock to the water of the Chesapeake Bay to hunt and feast. Michael Academia, from the Center for Conservation Biology, will talk about his work with osprey in the lower Bay. See you there!
Marine Life Day at VIMS' Eastern Shore Laboratory
Saturday, September 21
12pm - 4pm
VIMS - Seawater Facility (Eastern Shore Laboratory)

Join us for a free, fun, and educational day showcasing marine science research at the VIMS Eastern Shore Laboratory. We will have touch tanks, creatures under microscopes, activities and crafts, and opportunities to interact with our scientists!

VIMS @ York County's 5th Annual BugFest!
Saturday, September 28
10am - 2pm
Grafton Middle School, 405 Grafton Dr, Yorktown, VA 23692
Join VIMS from 10am to 2pm on Saturday, September 28, 2023 for insect displays, local experts with bug facts, Bug Talks, crafts, activities and more! VIMS' exhibit will focus on the "bugs" of the sea: zooplankton and other marine invertebrates!
VIMS @ 67th Annual Urbanna Oyster Festival!
Friday, November 1 - Saturday, November 2
Downtown Urbanna, VA

Join VIMS at the 67th annual Urbanna Oyster Festival to celebrate all things oyster-related! VIMS' exhibit will focus on our critical role in supporting the shellfish industry, genetics and breeding programs, and more!