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  • Creepy Coastal Gallery Crawl

    Creepy Coastal Gallery Crawl
    Museum of Coastal Carolina 21 East 2nd Street, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, United States

    Celebrate the Halloween season coastal style with a month of creepy coastal activities at the Museum of Coastal Carolina. Throughout October, families are invited to learn about the species humans […]

  • Mysteries of Your Brain

    Mysteries of Your Brain
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Great for younger guests, Mysteries of Your Brain takes you on a fun immersive, animated adventure into the human brain. Your tour guides on this journey are a curious girl […]

  • Touch Tank Feeding

    Touch Tank Feeding
    Museum of Coastal Carolina 21 East 2nd Street, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, United States

    Visit us to experience our Touch Tank feeding on Friday at 11:00 a.m. Plan to join us, and, with staff and trained volunteer assistance, you can gently touch some of […]

  • Seven Wonders

    Seven Wonders
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Turn back the pages of time and witness the ancient wonders of the world as they appeared thousands of years ago. 

  • Messengers of Time and Space

    Messengers of Time and Space
    Museum of Coastal Carolina 21 East 2nd Street, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, United States

    The planetarium show highlights how Gemini will work together with observatories that monitor the night sky for exciting astronomical events that change with time, such as the NSF–DOE Vera C. […]

  • The Sky Tonight!

    The Sky Tonight!
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Relax in the Planetarium’s comfortable seats and enjoy entertaining and enlightening immersive dome-based films! Join us for The Sky Tonight!, take a live tour of the night's sky and explore […]

  • Laser Floyd: The Wall

    Laser Floyd: The Wall
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Pink Floyd's classic 1979 epic about personal struggle weaves its story into one of the most popular laser shows ever produced. From "In the Flesh" to "Run Like Hell," this […]

  • Fright Light

    Fright Light
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Celebrate the spooky season with this laser show for the entire family. "Fright Light" features popular Halloween-themed music set to laser lights, featuring pop and rock hits, horror movie medleys […]

  • Creepy Coastal Gallery Crawl

    Creepy Coastal Gallery Crawl
    Museum of Coastal Carolina 21 East 2nd Street, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, United States

    Celebrate the Halloween season coastal style with a month of creepy coastal activities at the Museum of Coastal Carolina. Throughout October, families are invited to learn about the species humans […]

  • Mysteries of Your Brain

    Mysteries of Your Brain
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Great for younger guests, Mysteries of Your Brain takes you on a fun immersive, animated adventure into the human brain. Your tour guides on this journey are a curious girl […]

  • Travelers of Light

    Travelers of Light
    Ingram Planetarium 7625 High Market Street, Sunset Beach, NC, United States

    Great personalities from the history of science as Alhazen, Albert Einstein, James Maxwell and the female astronomers from Harvard University come together in a fictional story in which they describe […]

 

MUSEUM OF COASTAL CAROLINA
21 East 2nd Street
Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469
Phone: 910-579-1016
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Museum Directions

September 3–November 7, 2026
Thursday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Also open September 6 and 7 for Labor Day and October 11-12 for Indigenous People’s Day
Sandbar Lecture Series: Second Thursday, 5:30pm – September and October

Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing time.

June 1–August 30, 2025
Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm (Until 7 pm Tuesday and Thursday)
Sunday, Noon-4pm
Sandbar Lecture Series: Every Tuesday, 5:30pm – June, July, August (Except August 25)
Snakes Alive!: Thursday, 6pm – June, July, August

Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing time.

November 12–December 31, 2026
Thursday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Sunday, Noon-4pm
Also open December 28-31
Sandbar Lecture Series: Second Thursday, 5:30pm – November and December
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing time.

January 14–March 27, 2027
Thursday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Also open January 17-18 for MLK Day and February 14-15 for President’s Day

Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing time.

March 29–May 30, 2027
Monday-Saturday, 10am-4pm
Sunday, Noon-4pm
Sandbar Lecture Series: Second Tuesday, 5:30pm – April and May
Closed Easter Sunday

Ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing time.

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INGRAM PLANETARIUM
7625 High Market Street
Sunset Beach, NC 28468
Phone: 910-575-0033
Email the Planetarium
Planetarium Directions
Doors open 30 mins before the first showtime.

September 3–December 31, 2026
Dome Shows: Thursday-Saturday 11am, Noon, 1, 2 and 3pm
Laser Shows: Friday and Saturday 6 and 7pm
Also open September 7 for Labor Day, October 11-12 for Indigenous People’s Day and December 28-31
Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

March 30-August 30, 2026
Dome Shows: Monday-Saturday 11am, Noon, 1, 2 and 3pm
Laser Shows: Thursday-Saturday 6 and 7pm

January 14–March 27, 2026
Dome Shows: Thursday-Saturday 11am, Noon, 1, 2 and 3pm
Laser Shows: Friday and Saturday 6 and 7pm
Also open January 17 and 18 for MLK Day and February 14-15 for President’s Day

Visit the Planetarium Site

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