Florida Maritime Science Festival

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FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), in partnership with the Florida Public Archaeology Network and the Florida Department of State Division of Historical Resources, will host an inaugural “Florida Maritime Science Festival” on Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the HBOI Johnson Education Center, 5600 U.S. 1 North, in Fort Pierce.

The event will feature three special lectures along with exhibits and learning activities for the entire family. Director of the Cooperative Institute for Ocean Exploration, Research & Technology located at HBOI, Shirley Pomponi, Ph.D., will present “Exploration of Our Nation’s Submerged Cultural Resources,” at 11 a.m.; Jeff Moates, of the Florida Public Archaeology Network, will present “Florida’s Shipwreck Preserves: Living Maritime Heritage You Can Visit,” at 12:30 p.m.; and Roger Smith, Ph.D., Florida’s state underwater archaeologist, will present “The Lost Galleons: Discovering the Secrets of Florida’s Oldest Shipwrecks,” at 2 p.m. There also will be a special screening of “Link: The Quiet Genius,” a short film about the life of Ed Link, maritime explorer, inventor, and co-founder of HBOI, at 1:30 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 772-242-2280 or visit FAU - Events.


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Foosaner Art Museum Presents Underwater Archaeology by Deep Sea Explorer Robert Marx June 6
05/03/2013

MELBOURNE, FLA.—The Florida Institute of Technology Foosaner Art Museum will present undersea explorer Robert Marx June 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Harris Community Auditorium. His free lecture is titled “Underwater Archaeology Around the World.”Marx will share his life-long odyssey of exploring ancient shipwrecks and sunken cities in over 60 countries. His explorations began at age 13 with the discovery of a California gold rush ship loaded with gold coins and climaxed with his recent excavation of a Spanish galleon lost in 1654 off the coast of Ecuador, netting vast treasures. He is now preparing for a deep water shipwreck excavation using a manned-submersible near the Azore Islands in the Mid-Atlantic.
He has authored 64 books and over 900 popular articles and archaeological reports and has been knighted in three countries. For example, he was decorated a Knight Commander in the Order of Isabella the Catholic by the Spanish government for his re-enactment of the “Nina II” of Christopher Columbus’ first voyage of exploration.
“Almost all of my life has been devoted to the field of underwater archaeology. The focus of my research has mainly been on the Spanish treasure fleets, shipwrecks, naval warfare, ship construction, pre-Columbian voyages to the New World and the history of diving and salvage,” said Marx.
More information on Marx is available on his website: www.ssssllc.com.
The Foosaner Art Museum is located at 1463 Highland Ave. in the Old Eau Gallie District of Melbourne. Its hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Sunday 1-5 p.m.