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| Newport Harbor Nautical Museum's E-Newsletter |
January / February 2010 |
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Dear Friend,
Happy New Year! I hope your year is off to a wonderful start and you are optimistic about the months ahead.
We are thrilled to present to you an evening with Dava Sobel, New York Times best selling author of the book Longitude that will include a reception with the author followed by a lecture.
Our Facebook page continues to grow with an ever increasing number of fans supporting the Museum. If you'd like to support us online, become a fan today by clicking on the Facebook logo to the right.
Thank you for your continued support as we enter the new year and I hope to see you at the Museum!
Sincerely, David Muller, Executive Director
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
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How a Membership Can Help Conquer Your Top 5 New Year's Resolutions |
 Number 5: Lose Weight
Shed those holiday pounds by making laps around our galleries and checking out the Steele Model Pavilion's ship models and the East Wing Gallery's navigation exhibit and then jog up and down the historic Balboa waterfront while enjoying the view!
 Number 4: Save Money
Find yourself saving money with our NHNM Membership Rewards Card which offers discounts at local restaurants and vendors. Enjoy an afternoon of whale watching for two at the price for one and receive discounts on selected programs such as Sea Tales and Sea Tales birthday parties....it's a steal!!
 Number 3: Learn New Things
Your FREE admission to our monthly Waterman Lecture Series allows you to become a life long learner through topics such as maritime art, local conservation efforts, sailing, climate change and more.
 Number 2: Help Others by Giving Back
Your membership dollars allow us to offer educational programs such as Sea Tales and the Waterman Lecture Series at low or no cost and also as helps to feed our creatures that live in our Beneath the Sailing Seas touch tank....Are you convinced???
 Number 1: Spend More Time With Family
What a better way to bond with your family than over shared experiences such as spending the afternoon together exploring our galleries, learning together by attending one of our lectures, curling up for storytime and crafts at Sea Tales or attending our annual fundaraising event.....
OK....what are you waiting for?...
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Grand Opening of SOCALPAPA Gallery |
"Harbor Crossing" (Oil on canvas), by Jim Wodark is one of the three paintings that will be raffled at the Grand Opening.
"The ART GALLERY - SOCALPAPA" will have its Grand Opening Saturday, February 6th at 4:00 PM, with its premiere show to feature over twenty award-winning artists from prior Club competitions. The evening reception's highlight will be a raffle for three donated paintings by prominent artist-members Jim Wodark, Jack Wang and Richard Rice. Raffle prizes donated from local area businesses will also be given away. Tickets will be sold prior to the opening and during the festivities to help raise funds for the renovation and operation of the gallery. All paintings on display will be for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to support the museum. Contact Wendy Wirth from SOCALPAPA at (714) 356-6820 for more information |
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Waterman Lecture Series
Upcoming Speakers |
FEBRUARY
Dava Sobel: Longitude
Thursday, February 11, 2010
7:00 - 8:30 pm
Journey back to the days before GPS, when the determination of longitude was a difficult (if not impossible) task--and a matter of life or death. All through the Great Age of Exploration, the likes of Columbus and Balboa struggled to figure out exactly where they were, but could never be certain. Although the idea of using a timekeeper was suggested as early as the 1500s, more than two hundred years would pass before someone developed a timekeeper accurate enough to meet the challenge.  That someone was a self-educated clockmaker, John Harrison, who came out of the north of England to achieve what the entire scientific establishment of Europe had failed to provide--a solution to the longitude problem. Dava Sobel is the New York Times best-selling author of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter. Longitude will be available for purchase and signature by Ms. Sobel on the night of the lecture. Join us for a ticketed pre-reception with the author before the lecture. More information to follow. Learn more!
Space is strictly limited for these events, and reservations are REQUIRED. Unless otherwise noted, lectures are free for NHNM members, $10 for non-members and $5 for students.
Lectures are held in the Grand Ballroom of the Balboa Pavilion located above Harborside Restaurant at:
400 Main St.
Balboa, CA 92661
For information about future lectures, call (949) 675-8915 or email: nhnm@nhnm.org |
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What's New? |
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Sea Tales moves to the first and third Wednesdays of the month starting in February. Due to an overwhelming response from Sea Tales participants, we are moving the days that Sea Tales is offered from Wednesday and Saturday to the first and third Wednesday of each month. |
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Sea Tales
February's Theme:
Who Lives in the Reef? |
Wednesday, Feb 3rd & Wednesday, 17th
Discover who lives in the reef as we swim through our colorful storybooks and then help your little one create their very own special reef full of Foamie fish on paper!
Reservations are required. Since the program has limited space and tends to fill up quickly, we encourage you to make your reservations early.
Please call 949-675-8915 or email lengeldrum@nhnm.org or traci@nhnm.org to reserve your space. |
| Fun Facts |
Excerpt from Longitude
by Dava Sobel
Any sailor worth his salt can gauge his latitude well enough by the length of the day, by the height of the sun or known guide stars above the horizon. Christopher Columbus followed a straight path across the Atlantic when he "sailed the parallel" on his 1492 journey and the technique would doubtless have carried him to the Indies had not the Americas intervened.
The measurement of longitude meridians, in comparison, is tempered by time. To learn one's longitude at sea, one needs to know what time it is aboard ship and also the time at the home port or another place of known longitude - at that very same moment. The two clock times enable the navigator to convert the hour difference into a geographical separation. Since the Earth takes twenty-four hours to complete one full revolution of three hundred and sixty degrees, one hour marks one twenty-fourth of a spin, or fifteen degrees. And so each hour's time difference between the ship and the starting point marks a progress of fifteen degrees of longitude to the east or west.
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| Reception With the Author |
Longitude by Dava Sobel
Join us for a reception with Dava Sobel from 5:30 - 6:30 pm prior to the lecture on Thursday, February 11th at the Balboa Grand Ballroom. Light appetizers will be served in addition to a hosted bar with wine and non-alcoholic drinks. Reception tickets are $25 per person and must be paid in advance. To RSVP and purchase reception tickets, please call us at 949-675-8915. | |
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About Us...
The Newport Harbor Nautical Museum is dedicated to preserving and promoting the nautical heritage of Newport Harbor, southern California and the eastern Pacific through stimulating exhibitions, and inspiring education programs pertaining to nautical arts, artifacts, events and customs.
Newport Harbor Nautical Museum
600 East Bay Avenue
Newport Beach, California 92661
949-675-8915
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