During the month of October, join us to celebrate creepy coastal creatures with the return of our fun and educational Halloween-themed Creepy Coastal Crawl.
Visitors will enjoy daily spooky hands-on activities in museum galleries that spotlight a creepy critter from a specific habitat and inspire curiosity:
- Changing Tides – Deep Sea creature discovery bin, bat hats
- Green Swamp – Creepy items for the SeaScope, bat box and bat facts
- Hayden O’Neal Learning Center – Pumpkin decorating craft the last week of October
- Barrier Island – Example of a sea turtle esophagus, dark box with bioluminescent dinoflagellates, DIY bioluminescent jellyfish, and a ghost crab “hunt”
- Coastal Plains – Spider sensory bin, spider web demo, insects for Native Nature In Your Backyard, and venomous/nonvenomous snake matching
In addition, check out:
- Sea Tales on Thursdays at 11 am that feature creepy critter books and activities
- Climate Action Heroes on Saturdays from 10 am – 1 pm, featuring Community Captains Encounter NC, Ripley’s Aquarium, and Children’s Museum of Wilmington with their creepy animals and science activities
- Spooky Swamp-themed Pumpkin Decorating Contest – vote for your favorite pumpkins artfully decorated by Museum staff and volunteers
