Wear comfortable hiking or water shoes, bring a sun hat, a towel, pail & shovel, curiosity, and an eagerness to learn for a great experience designed for the whole family!

Please note our trails are impacted by the tides. Plan ahead or check the tides at the trailhead before your hike.

Join one of our naturalists and explore the world outside the Museum.

Our Butterfly House will give visitors the chance to see and experience butterflies up close and personal.

Feed butterflies with a small sponge and watch them up close as they drink! What a great nature experience and photo opportunity!

Join Archaeologist Dan Zoto for a guided walk of Wing Island, the location of the Wing Island Archaeology Project.

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History gives you a very special opportunity to deepen your relationship with nature through marsh, creek, forest, dunes and beach habitats.

Bird Walk & Talk explores the birds of the season in 4 different habitats: marsh, meadow, woodland, and beach/shore.

MARS HAS LANDED! Build a human habitat, construct a mars rover, and play the astronaut mission game.

Meet the Gray Whale and find out why it is extinct in the Atlantic but alive and well in the Pacific.

Learn all about the magnificent Humpback Whale, their behavior, and habits from the inside out!

The Museum is pleased to sponsor the Cape Cod Chapter of MAS which meets at the Museum on the last Wednesday of the Month September - June at 7pm.

The Cape, a natural masterpiece, has a remarkable diversity of both freshwater and saltwater habitats for visitors to experience.

This exhibit highlights both the archaeological investigations done at CCMNH over the years as well as the various people who have occupied the land.

Come see our beach plums in the main walkway to the Museum.

Biomimicry is about learning from nature.

Observe a demonstration on how a simple block of wood transforms into a beautiful bird! Ask questions and enjoy the Eldridge Arnold carving workshop exhibit!

The Museum has many natural history collections that are available to researchers upon request, after approval.

This exhibit was made possible by the generosity of the Arnold Family and his many admirers.

Get a close-up look at one of nature's most interesting creatures that is so vital to our food source. Look for the queen, easily identified by the colored dot on her back.

For visitors & staff this ongoing program, which has head started over a thousand horseshoe crabs, has provided unique learning experiences and ongoing opportunities to observe.

Come visit the garden that has flourished through the years and continues to be maintained by the Club.

The Marshview Room celebrates nature in our backyard, offering beautiful views across the salt marsh toward Wing Island and Cape Cod Bay beyond.

Join us every month for compelling, educational and visually stunning science, nature, and history documentaries that inspire appreciation of our natural world and its inhabitants.

Naturescape Gallery is a rotating art exhibit featuring artists from Cape Cod as well as the New England area. It is located in the Museum's auditorium adjacent to the entrance.

Enjoy the dynamic views of the marsh behind the Museum year round and our the beloved Osprey family spring through fall. You never know what you might see!

This exhibit was produced in collaboration with Plimoth Plantation and modern day Wampanoag and shows how the people that inhabited this area lived.

This is a large collection of mounted specimens donated to the Museum by the Ralph E. Stuart estate. Every bird can be found on Cape Cod. There is also a small nest exhibit.

Dozens of hands-on activities and fun ways to explore, build, tinker, and discover how science shapes our world. Our interactive stations are great for ages 4 and up.

Cape Cod’s constant is change. Visitors will see dramatic coastal erosion in recent years, and maps showing how the Cape looked 10,000 years ago.

Sue Finnegan's primary goals are research and promoting public awareness of our natural world. Over 158 bird species utilize the land and the waterways adjacent to the Station.