Listen to stories starring animals or exhibits displayed at the Museum and complete interactive crafts or science activities based on a different story each week.
If My Family Lived in the Ocean by Devyn Goddard – A little girl with a wild imagination contemplates life if she and her family lived in the ocean, picturing her mom, dad, brother and sister as sea creatures inhabiting a coral reef. Join this adventure of imagination and make fun fish family portraits.
You’re invited to get up close with some of the more familiar creatures found in our ocean.
Our touch tank pool allows you to gently touch marine animals such as sea stars, sea urchins, whelks, horseshoe crabs, and hermit crabs. These animals live in a variety of habitats and have developed many ways to survive the waves and predators. Volunteers are on hand to assist and teach you about these incredible animals.
Did you know, when a sea urchin “hugs” your finger if you gently touch its spines, it’s actually checking you out: Are you food or predator? If you’re neither, the animal will just gradually release you.
Celebrate the Easter holiday weekend with coastal-themed festivities at the Museum of Coastal Carolina’s annual Family Day on Saturday, March 30 from 10 am – 2 pm. Museum visitors of all ages will enjoy carnival-style games, crafts, and family-friendly activities including shark tooth necklaces, straw rockets, a pirate ring toss, and more. Bring your appetite, because food trucks including Tasty Tee’s Snack Shack, Chocolate and S’more, and Sunset Slush will be on site throughout the event. Cape Fear Raptor Ambassadors will provide a close look at live birds of prey and, thanks to Fairytales and Dreams by the Sea’s expertise in bringing fairytales to life, visitors can have their pictures taken with a mermaid!
Everyone is a kid on family day! All visitors will be able to visit the Museum at the child’s rate of $8 per person. Activity tickets are sold at $5 for 10 tickets and $10 for 25 tickets.
The Beach Ball is a fun way to celebrate the place we love to live: the coast of North Carolina. Dress in your chicest beach formal coastal cocktail attire, enjoy drinks and dinner with friends, and learn a little about our coastal environment. Your support of the Ocean Isle Museum Foundation’s 2024 Beach Ball will help the Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium inspire curiosity and educate generation of visitors for years to come.
For more information visit the Beach Ball page or call (910) 579-1016