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Galleries

The Museum of Coastal Carolina has several themed galleries with outstanding dioramas and exhibits about the natural history, environment, and culture of the Coastal Carolinas.

Ingram Lobby

  • Portrait of Stuart and Louise Ingram, Museum/Planetarium founders
  • 1865 map of Fort Caswell
  • Civil War rifles, archaeology artifacts, and slide show

Changing Tides Gallery

  • Carolina Gold exhibit
  • Sperm Whale exhibit
  • Civil War Cannonball exhibit
  • Megabites exhibit — Features shark teeth found in North Carolina
  • Shark jaws
  • Wave machine that shows wave action during high and low tides
  • Tide machine that demonstrates how the position of the sun, moon, and earth affects tides
  • The Shore is Shifting — An interactive exhibit about inlet migration and hard structures on a barrier island system
  • Augmented Reality Sandbox — An interactive exhibit to help understand water run off when it rains
  • Hidden History – Part of a P-47D fighter plane tail wing found on Ocean Isle Beach
  • Mastodon exhibit — includes a Mastodon tooth found on Ocean Isle Beach

Waterways Gallery

  • Streams to the Sea exhibit — Explains how storm water runoff pollutes streams and rivers from higher ground as it flows to the Carolina coast
  • Shipwrecks exhibit
  • Aquarium with live  sea animals
  • Litterbug Hall of Shame exhibit — Demonstrates how beach litter can affect the beauty and integrity of the beaches
  • North Carolina River Basins exhibit
  • Diorama — Large habitat featuring animals and plants found in the Green Swamp of North Carolina
  • Live non-venomous snakes
  • Exhibit showing how to identify venomous and non-venomous snakes that live in North Carolina
  • Insect collection with magnifiers to give an “‘up close and personal” look

Sea Shore Gallery

  • Touch tank with live sea animals
  • Lionfish exhibit
  • Sargassum exhibit
  • 225-gallon aquarium depicting a NC hard bottom reef
  • Shell collection featuring over 200 different shells
  • Fossil collection
  • Display showing what minerals are found in one cubic yard of sea water

Ocean Reef Gallery

  • Diorama — Walk through a reef that might exist 65 miles off the North Carolina coast.; see life-size models of whales, sharks, sea turtles, rays, etc.

Coastal Plain Gallery

  • Diorama — Waterfowl habitat
  • American Bald Eagle
  • Shorebirds
  • Diorama — Backyard birds, bird nests, and John Reid’s excellent bird egg collection from the 1860’s
  • Animal pelts
  • Dugout canoes
  • Native American tools, weapons, and pottery
  • Ringo exhibit — Cross-section of a local tree that demonstrates how to count tree rings and identify the events in the life of the tree

Barrier Island Gallery

  • Coastal Gallery — A changing exhibition of works by local artists — Through May 15, 2021 see an exhibition called Imagine Designs featuring artwork by local artist Joyce Houle. From May 19 to September 6, 2021, see an exhibition called Coastal Tranquility by Dwayne Schmidt.
  • Hand-built model of the old Ocean Isle Beach ferry
  • Draw Alive! — An interactive exhibit where you can design/color your own sea creature and scan it into our virtual aquarium!
  • The Legend of the Loggerhead exhibit — Model of a sand dune with a mother loggerhead turtle laying a nest and hatchlings emerging from a nest. Walk through the dune to view the nest from the interior.
  • Watch a video filmed on Ocean Isle Beach about the life cycle of loggerhead turtles
  • Shipwright’s tools and navigation equipment
  • Wooden strip boat made in Brunswick County
  • Model ships

The video below was produced by the Brunswick County Tourism Authority.

The video features the Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization along with the Holden Beach Sea Turtle Patrol.

For more information about loggerhead sea turtles in Ocean Isle Beach and  Sunset Beach, visit:

https://oibseaturtles.org/

http://www.sunsetbeachturtles.org

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Museum of Coastal Carolina
 
Under Governor Cooper’s 2.5 state opening plan, the Museum reopened to the public on Labor Day weekend of 2020 after being closed for several months.

March – May 15, 2021: The Museum is open on Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 10:00 to 3:00.

In accordance with the Governor’s mandate, the Museum requires visitors and staff to social distance and wear masks. Temperatures will be checked prior to entry.

As always, we appreciate the support of our community and its visitors and can’t wait to welcome you to our Museum!

Admission: Most events are free for Museum and dual Museum/Planetarium members, active military, and disabled veterans. Non-member all-day admission (includes NC sales tax): $9.50 adults, $8.50 seniors (62+), $7.50 children (3-12), free for age 2 & under

Present your same-week Planetarium receipt at the Museum and receive $2 off your Museum admission.

Questions? Call the Museum of Coastal Carolina at 910-579-1016.

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Ingram Planetarium

Under Governor Cooper’s 3.0 state opening plan, the Planetarium reopened to the public on Oct. 8, 2020 at 30% capacity after being closed for several months.

March – May 15, 2021: The Planetarium is open on Thursday, Friday & Saturday. Doors open at 10:30.

In accordance with the Governor’s mandate, the Planetarium requires visitors and staff to social distance and wear masks. Temperatures will be checked prior to entry.

Because only 30 visitors are allowed per show to maintain the 30% capacity requirement, we recommend that you call 910-575-0033 to reserve your ticket on the day of your visit.

The Paul Dennis Science Hall will be closed but the gift shop will be open.

As always, we appreciate the support of our community and its visitors and can’t wait to welcome you to our Planetarium!

Admission: Most events are free for Planetarium and dual Museum/Planetarium members, active military, and disabled veterans. Non-member per-show admission (includes NC sales tax): $9.50 adults, $8.50 seniors (62+), $7.50 children (3-12), free for age 2 & under

Present your same-week Museum receipt at the Planetarium and receive $2 off your Planetarium admission.

Questions? Call the Planetarium at 910-575-0033.

Plan to arrive at least 15 minutes early.
DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, ENTRY TO THE THEATER IS NOT ALLOWED ONCE DOORS CLOSE FOR A SHOW.

 

Visit Our Online Gift Shop

Every purchase supports the Museum of Coastal Carolina and Ingram Planetarium's committment to educational stewardship. Shop unique gifts, books, toys, jewelry, and apparel.

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Reciprocity with The Children’s Museum of Wilmington

By displaying a Museum or Planetarium membership card, a visitor can enjoy half-price admission to The Children’s Museum of Wilmington. By displaying a Children’s Museum membership card, a visitor can enjoy half-price admission to the Museum and/or Planetarium.

Non-members can receive $1 off regular admission to any of the three facilities by displaying a cash register receipt from a previous visit to The Children’s Museum, the Museum of Coastal Carolina, or Ingram Planetarium within the past seven days.

The Children’s Museum of Wilmington is located at 116 Orange Street, Wilmington, NC 28401. For more information about The Children’s Museum of Wilmington, call 910-254-3534 or visit www.playwilmington.org.

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