Concept preview Tidehouse is a fictional institution imagined for Cox’s Bazar.

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An evening audience listening to a marine researcher beside a vast blue aquarium window

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Stay after the daylight leaves

Step into imagined conversations, moonlit walks and hands-on investigations where ocean science meets public curiosity.

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September–November 2026 · illustrative

Eight ways to look closer

Shark researcher speaking to visitors beside a blue-lit open-ocean window

· 60 min

Blue Hour Shark Talk

Read the silhouettes passing the pelagic window while an imagined researcher unpacks movement, myth and the limits of a single sighting.

Audience
All ages, best for 10+
Location
Open Ocean Drift
Small guided group walking a raised mangrove boardwalk under moonlight

· 75 min

Mangrove Moonwalk

Follow a low-light route through root architecture, brackish sound and nocturnal adaptation. A seated indoor alternative is proposed.

Audience
Adults and ages 14+
Location
Mangrove Roots boardwalk
Family members drawing microscope views of plankton at a lab bench

· 60 min

Family Plankton Lab

Compare prepared samples, sketch a drifting organism and assemble a shared food-chain mobile. Touch-free participation is available in the concept.

Audience
Families, ages 7+
Location
Learning Studio
Audience watching a coastal documentary in an intimate projection room

· 110 min

Ocean Film Salon: Currents at Home

An imagined short-film programme about work, weather and changing coasts, followed by a facilitated discussion about representation and evidence.

Audience
Adults
Location
Tidal Theatre
Visitors viewing coral fluorescence through yellow filters in a dark gallery

· 45 min

Coral Fluorescence Night

Explore how some corals absorb and re-emit light with careful interpretation and no claim that fluorescence alone measures reef health.

Audience
All ages, best for 8+
Location
Coral After Dark
Visitors wearing headphones while viewing a projected marine sound waveform

· 50 min

Listening for Dolphins

Hear example hydrophone recordings and learn why a signal, a species identification and a population estimate are three very different claims.

Audience
All ages, best for 10+
Location
Deep Blue Lab
Participants sketching dune grasses and tidal forms from an ocean-facing terrace

· 90 min

Coastal Sketchbook

Use line, annotation and scale to slow down observation. Materials are imagined as provided, and no drawing experience is needed.

Audience
Adults and ages 16+
Location
Horizon Terrace
Marine researcher and guests in conversation around a breakfast table overlooking the sea

· 75 min

Researcher Breakfast: Sediment Stories

A small-table conversation about what cores can reveal, what they cannot and how uncertainty becomes part of a useful research plan.

Audience
Adults
Location
Sandbar Café

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