Celebrate Creepy Creatures during the Museum of Coastal Carolina’s Creepy
Coastal Crawl October 3 – 31
During the month of October, the Museum of Coastal
Carolina will celebrate creepy coastal creatures with the return of its 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
