Welcome to the Coastal Discovery Museum!
Discovery Lab OpenMeets at the Museum – 2-4 PM (June – Aug.) |
Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
Blue Crab DiscoveryMeets at the Museum – 9:30 AM (through October) |
Beach DiscoveryMitchelville Beach Park – 2 PM |
KayakingMeets at Jarvis Creek Water Sports – 10 AM |
Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
Birding at Pinckney IslandMeets at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge (9/6, 9/20, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 11/15, 11/29) 7:30 AM $12 adult (12 and older only) |
Honey Horn Nature WalkMeets at the Museum – 10 AM |
Forts of Port RoyalMeets at Port Royal Golf Clubhouse – 10 AM |
Lowcountry CrittersMeets at the Museum -10 AM – 2 PM (through 11/29) |
KayakingMeets at Jarvis Creek Water Sports – 10 AM |
Butterfly DiscoveryMeets at the Museum – 3 PM (Through October) |
Dolphin & Nature CruiseMeets at Broad Creek Marina – 3 PM (through October) |
Discovery Lecture SeriesMeets at the Museum -3 PM – (Most Wednesdays)
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Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
Birding at Pinckney IslandMeets at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge (9/14, 9/28, 10/12, 10/26, 11/9, 11/23) 7:30 AM $12 adult (12 and older only) |
Blue Crab DiscoveryMeets at the Museum – 9:30 AM (Through October) |
Honey Horn History WalkMeets at the Museum – 10 AM |
KayakingMeets at Jarvis Creek Water Sports – 10 AM |
Exploring Pinckney IslandMeets at Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge – 2 PM (Sept. – May) |
Civil War EraMeets at the Museum – 3 PM |
Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
Uncovering the Roots of Reconstruction– Meets at the Museum – 9:30 AM $12 adult, $15 adults, $10 child (ages 4-12) |
Salt Marsh DiscoveryMeets at the Museum – 10 AM |
Lowcountry CrittersMeets at the Museum (6/2 – 11/24) – 10AM – 2 PM |
Dolphin & Nature CruiseMeets at Broad Creek Marina – 3 PM – (Through October) |
Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
Sweetgrass Basket ClassMeets at the Museum (Offered 10/28, 11/11, 11/25, 12/3, 12/16, 12/23, 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17) |
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Many of our programs, tours, and activities book to full capacity. Please call or continue to the event calendar to make your reservations now.
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Photo Contest!
Show us your best shot in the Coastal Discovery Photo Contest! Coastal Discovery Museum wants to give one lucky winner a year-long Smithsonian Level Membership! Included will be a joint membership to the Coastal Discovery Museum and the Smithsonian Institution along with a year’s subscription to the Smithsonian magazine. Enter your favorite family photos at the museum here!
Indigo Exploration
October 18th, and November 8th – 6 PM
Journey to the past and “meet” Eliza Lucas Pinckney. In 1739, when Eliza was just 17 years old, her experiments with indigo resulted in a very profitable industry for the colony of South Carolina. Hear her unique story, learn how indigo dye was made, and make your own indigo tie-dye t-shirt to take home. This family friendly educational experience is fun for all ages. $15 per person includes a t-shirt to dye (under 5 years, free)
Crescendo – Celebrating Arts, Culture and History: The Heart and Soul of the Lowcountry
September 29th – November 10th – Sponsored by the Arts and Cultural Council of Hilton Head
Crescendo, the inaugural annual Arts, Culture and History Celebration, sponsored by the Arts & Cultural Council of Hilton Head (ACCHH), will be held all around Hilton Head Island and Bluffton this fall. This regional event, organized in honor of National Arts and Humanities month, highlights and showcases the vast array of arts, culture and history organizations, individual artists, performers, and authors residing and working in the Hilton Head/ Bluffton area. Join the celebration and honor the importance of arts and culture in America and our local community. The Coastal Discovery Museum joins over two dozen other arts, culture, and heritage organizations to offer several events during Crescendo. Follow this link to see the full listing of offerings from all ACCHH members.
“Escape Artists” – 9/2 – 10/29
The 12 artists of the ART BEYOND TRADITION group, has been exhibiting on Hilton Head Island since 2006 present their biennial exhibit of abstract art — art that grows out of the best art traditions of both western and eastern art, but which aims at pushing boundaries of the expected in unique ways.
Exhibiting in a range of media — painting, collage, encaustic, sculpture, mixed media, and ink, the 12 recognized regional artists in the group are Earline Allen, Cindy Chiappetta, Margaret Crawford, Jo Dye, Vickie Jourdan, Mark Larkin, Mary Lester, Sharon Collings Licata, Lynne Riding, Mary Sullivan, Donna Varner, and Arla Crumlick Wible.
A Reception with refreshments will be held Thursday, October 5th, from 5 – 7 pm. The exhibit will last until October 29, 2017. Artists will also be on hand every Thursday (9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26) between noon and 2 pm to chat about the work and help viewers with questions about any of the artists. Gallery hours every day are Monday through Saturday 9 – 4:30 and Sunday 11 – 3.