Welcome to the
Mel Fisher Maritime Museum Education Department
 The Museum has an extensive assembly of educational programming in place to educate area school-aged children about science, area marine life, underwater archeology and the fine arts. The philosophy of the education program is multi-fold: to serve as an interpretive link to the Museum's exhibits and collections and to
share our expertise of our curators with the community of Monroe County. We also wish to stimulate learning and to reach out to all segments of the community. These elements of this philosophy create an exciting, useful and energetic approach to our educational programming.
MER
ACADEMY 2005!
2004
- 2005 School Year Programs
MFMHS
After School Program
Open to the Public
What is Mer Academy? Mer refers to the sea. Mer Academy is the summer program of the Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society (MFMHS). The focus will be both the romantic and practical heritage of human
experience and the sea. The program is divided into
five weeks
this summer - June 1 to July 2, 2004. The guiding philosophy is "learning is fun!"
The
summer camp Core Session
will
commence at 10:00 AM and run through 3:00 PM.
Students from grade levels 3rd-6th grade
are eligible.
Class size is limited to only 20 students, so
enroll early. Scholarship assistance is available
to qualified
families.
Please
click here to view the summer schedule 2005
and course
listings in Adobe Acrobat Reader
To
see what the kids at Mer Academy 2004 did this
summer...read the Junior Navigator online each
week and see what they accomplished.
Week
1: June 1 - June 4
Week
2: June 7 - June 11
Week
3: June 14 - June 18
Week
3: So Smaart
Dolores
E. Fisher Award Winner
Family
Boat Building 2004
Revive the boat building heritage of
Key West! The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum MER ACADEMY is cooperating
with Key Education, Inc and Bone Island Boatworks to offer FAMILY
BOAT BUILDING. MER ACADEMY will sponsor at least one team. This is an
international event that was started by Wooden
Boat magazine in 1998 when
60 families in St. Michaels, MD built their own boats in two days and
launched them on the third day to thunderous applause from onlookers.
The goal this year is to have events scheduled in 100 communities – Key
West being one of them. Learn more about this from
here or at their website www.familyboatbuilding.com.
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