After Dark: Decoding Whales and Dolphins

About this event

Discover the hidden world of whales and dolphins. Experience talks, hands-on activities, and immersive installations that celebrate these incredible creatures.

Featured Activities:

• At 7:00 pm, join marine biologist Laela Sayigh as she reveals the surprising ways dolphins communicate with their babies: signature whistles and specially adapted sounds that'll make you rethink these ocean geniuses

• Ready to play? Challenge your crew to cetacean trivia with NOVA (bragging rights included), and then craft your own salmon hat in the Maker Hub, a cultural trend orcas started in 1987 and revived in 2024

• Crack the code with the New England Aquarium , as they reveal how baleen, blubber, blow, and behavior uncover the secrets of large whales

• Prepare to be blown away by MIT researcher Loïcka Baille's cutting-edge work: AI and thermal imaging technology that's saving whales from vessel strikes

• Dive headfirst into "Seeing Echoes in the Mind of the Whale" in our Sensing Oceans exhibition. An immersive experience where you echolocate like a whale. Follow bottlenose dolphins, humpbacks, and sperm whales as they navigate their underwater world through your ears

• Drinks and bites from Pagu available for purchase

Bring friends, get curious, and dive deeper with the ocean's most astonishing communicators.

From MIT Museum