WEEKEND: Battelle lab topic of director’s talk today in Sequim

Published 12:01 am Friday, January 24, 2014

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 24.

SEQUIM — Charles Brandt, director of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Marine Sciences Lab, will talk about the Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory at 10 a.m. today.

He will speak at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road.

Admission is $5 for members of the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley and $7 for nonmembers, payable at the door.

Brandt will provide an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Marine Sciences Laboratory, which is part of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

He will discuss the site’s history, features and its facilities that make it unique for certain kinds of research; and he will highlight work being done to support the region and federal missions.

The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute.

This program marks the third of eight local history presentations sponsored by the Museum & Arts Center on Friday mornings through Feb. 28 at the schoolhouse, which is ADA-accessible.

For more information, visit www.macsequim.org or phone 360-681-2257.