The Museum of Coastal Carolina is a natural history museum located at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina.[1] Animal exhibits include an aquarium and a touch tank with live sea animals, shells, fossils, insects, a display about sharks, live snakes, bird dioramas and an ocean reef diorama that includes life-sized models of whales, sharks, sea turtles and rays.[2] Other exhibits include river basins, the effects of storm water runoff and beach litter on the water's ecology, barrier islands and tides.[3] The museum also includes displays of local and maritime history, including shipbuilding and area Native Americans.
  Shown within North Carolina | |
| Established | May 25, 1991 [1] |
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| Location | 21 East Second Street, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina |
| Coordinates | 33°53′21″N 78°26′06″W / 33.889108°N 78.434913°W |
| Type | Natural History Museum |
| Director | Terry Bryant, Executive Director, Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, Inc.[1] |
| Website | http://www.museumplanetarium.org |
The museum offers afternoon and evening programs and special lectures, including area efforts to protect sea turtles.[4]
The Board of Trustees of the Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, Inc. is the governing body of the Ingram Planetarium, located 4 miles away in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, as well as the Museum of Coastal Carolina.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Welcome to the Museum of Coastal Carolina, About Us". Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "Museum of Coastal Carolina". Ocean Isle Beach Vacations. May 11, 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Fun day of learning at Museum of Coastal Carolina & Ingram Planetarium". Coastal Montessori Charter School. October 30, 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Official site". Ocean Isle Beach Sea Turtle Protection Organization. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Ingram Planetarium, About Us". Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-06-25.