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

Come mix, concoct, create, and make a mess!

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Generously funded by The Bilezikian Family Foundation, the Humpback and Gray inflatable whales visit throughout the year.

CCMNH is proud to offer these NASA-developed activities thanks to a materials grant and partnership with the National Informal STEM Education Network.

Adventures in Nature & Science!

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

The Marshview Room has been arranged to celebrate the wildlife living in "Our Own Backyard."

Learn why would we want to land near a Moon crater. Then take on the Moon Adventure Game.

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.

Watch our Osprey family grow on our live stream

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.

Come see our renovated The Hay Room with an interactive science lab, with age appropriate activities for ages 3 to adult.

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.

The primary goals of the Wing Island Banding Station are research and promoting public awareness of our natural world.