The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering.
Village campus
R/V Atlantis, the first research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, pictured here in 1955 near the Virgin Islands
Marine Biological Laboratory Library bookplate, 1914
R/V Atlantis (AGOR-25)
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
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Woods Hole is a census-designated place in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It lies at the extreme southwestern corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and t
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
…HOO-ee) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering. Established in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it is the largest independent oceanographic research institution in the U.S., with staff and students numbering about 1,000. The institution is organized…
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole by Pam Wilmot
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A view of downtown Woods Hole from the water, including MBL and WHOI buildings
The Woods Hole School provides science classes for children