Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is pleased to invite you and up to three guests for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the world’s leading ocean science and engineering nonprofit based on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. WHOI is just 90 minutes away from Boston by car. The VIP tour is an immersive, 3-4 hour experience, with options for shorter experiences available upon request.
Highlights include:
- The Deep Tech Collaborative at the David Center for Ocean Innovation - see our underwater vehicles and sensors in development, and meet leading ocean science engineers
- Room 71 - WHOI’s experimental creative studio—for an eye opening introduction to WHOI and the ocean
- Marine Research Facility - meet leading ocean scientists studying ocean wildlife and ecosystems from apex predators to coral reefs
- Seafloor Samples Lab - see our national archive of samples and cores from nearly 100-years of ocean exploration
- WHOI dock and historical buildings - see the titanium sphere from the original Alvin submersible that took scientists to see (for the first time) sights ranging from new forms of life on deep-sea vents to the wreck of the Titanic