EAST BOOTHBAY — Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is hosting the summer’s final public tour of the science facilities at its new Ocean Science and Education Campus at 60 Bigelow Drive on Friday, Aug. 24, from 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Visitors are invited to gather in the Commons between the first two completed wings of the new campus —the Bigelow Center for Blue Biotechnology and the Center for Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate Change.

A news release describes the public tour as follows:

Led by executive director Dr. Graham Shimmield and members of the science and administrative teams, the tour will offer visitors an opportunity to speak with scientists and see the state-ofthe art instruments and facilities of the National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, the Single Cell Genomics Center, the J. J. MacIsaac Facility for Aquatic Cytometry, the Geomicrobiology Research Laboratory, the Ocean and Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory, the Remote Sensing and Ocean Observation Laboratory, and the Trace Metal Biogeochemistry Laboratory, among others.

The third science wing of the campus, the Center for Ocean Health, is scheduled for completion in mid-November of this year.

The tour is free and open to all — children are welcome, but must be supervised by adults at all times. No pets, however. The campus is handicapped accessible and parking is available on site.

For more information, contact Kimberly Reed at 202-747- 3255 ext. 104.