Use your detective skills to investigate and solve a mysterious “crime” in the Green Swamp, while exploring an area teeming with wildlife.
Dive into the history of Southeastern North Carolina during the American Revolution in this month’s Museum of Coastal Carolina Sandbar Lecture. The 1776 Cape Fear Campaign was the first British invasion of the South and included the Battle of Moore’s Creek, a historic time that was a catalyst for American colonists’ ultimate independence.
Sandbar Lecture facilitator Jim McKee is a life-long student of history and graduate of Greensboro College. He is the site manager at Brunswick Town/Ft. Anderson State Historic Site. Previously, he has worked for the National Park Service and the NC Maritime Museum at Southport.
The Sandbar Lecture Series brings local experts to speak about topics ranging from our coastal environment to Outer Banks history. Sandbar lectures are free with Museum admission.
Charlie asks to join several groups of animals playing together and having fun, but he’s told he’s not welcome because he’s ugly. Listen to this heartwarming and transformational story about the meaning of true friendship, learn about butterflies and moths in North Carolina, and complete a fun butterfly craft.
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.
Did you know that North Carolina (NC) is a stopover point for migrating monarch butterflies? Discover the butterflies and moths found in NC through interactive, self-guided education stations.
With help from magical creatures called “Snorkel Bunnies,” learn how to preserve and protect our seas, waterways, and endangered sea turtles; and complete a fun sea turtle craft.
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.
Explore fun facts about the Eastern Box Turtle, the state reptile of North Carolina, meet a live one in residence at the Museum, and complete a fun turtle craft.
Follow a sea otter pup’s riveting journey from a protected cave off the California coast with his mother to the dangers of the Pacific Ocean after learning to hunt for food and care for himself; and complete an otterly adorable craft.
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.