Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Great place. Lots of information and knowledge about the titanic! Could spend forever in here or at least Christian could. I love all the information about the titanic out there! the model wAs how I imagined the titanic to be, after hitting the iceberg! cool models of titanic wreck!

An interesting, fun, and informative stop in Woods Hole. Lots of displays and points of learning and all for free!
Visitor center is indeed at 15 School Street. Be aware that the Unilocal map places the location marker incorrectly.

I didn’t have time to really explore the WHOI Ocean Science Center but was able to do an express run through and have fun in the gift shop. It was neat to see a replica of the Alvin submersible and some of the parts are actually from the Alvin. Upstairs they have an exhibit explaining how the Titanic was found and details about the following exploration that was conducted the following year (1986). I thought with the main space in the upstairs part, more could be done to explain all the cool things WHOI does, but at least there is a gift shop with fun marine science related items. I had to get a foldout ID guide on sharks, skates, and rays of the Atlantic and an extensive card collection explaining characteristics from many different shark species. It’s worth visiting if you have time and would probably take less than an hour to explore.

I am not sure where to start. This little building is rich with oceanographic fabulousness.
Downstairs there is a movie room with an awesome hydrothermal vent movie followed by a mock up of the cockpit of Alvin where visitors can watch a 43 year old fat man with a bad back try to pretend he stayed in oceanography school and is now descending into the murky black depths, praying that he does not become entangled in the corpse of Leonardo DiCaprio and the obnoxious little old lady he just shoved off his research vessel while he wishes with every fiber of being that he was no longer a corporate software monkey, prone to run on sentances.
Upstairs there is an awesome color coded chart of the Titanic debris field followed by the worlds coolest gift shop of ocean nerdy goodness. Normally I am fairly resistant to the gift shop charms but I managed to purchase with a frenzy.
If there is any oceanographic nerd inside you, you must see this place.

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a non-​profit research organization for ocean science. Their visitor center has exhibits which show a lot of the cool things they’ve discovered, such as videos of the discovery of the Titanic’s remains.
It’s a small building but there was quite a bit to see and learn there. It took us over an hour to look around. There’s no entry fee, but there is a donation box.
I also learned that if you let the time expire at the nearby parking meters, (we also had lunch in the area) a parking ticket is only $ 10, so I should have just saved my quarters.
Open May through October Monday — Saturday, 10 am — 4:30 pm. November & December Tuesday — Friday, 10 am — 4:30 pm. Closed January through March. Open in April by appointment.