Kids Zone | Coastal Discovery Museum

Discovery and Wonder for all Ages

In the very heart of the Discovery House you'll find the Kids Zone packed with interactive Lowcountry treasures, info, artifacts, and inhabitants. Visitors of all ages and stages can explore together and learn about cultural and natural history disguised as fun and fascination!

Dress up in costumes from Colonial Days while playing the games of the era. Put puzzles together, create your own puppet show, or enjoy a book from the library of children’s books, or search through Native American pottery, replicas of artifacts, bones from loggerhead sea turtles, and a variety of shells from Hilton Head beaches.

Discovery and Wonder for all Ages

In the very heart of the Discovery House you'll find the Kids Zone packed with interactive Lowcountry treasures, info, artifacts, and inhabitants. Visitors of all ages and stages can explore together and learn about cultural and natural history disguised as fun and fascination!

Dress up in costumes from Colonial Days while playing the games of the era. Put puzzles together, create your own puppet show, or enjoy a book from the library of children’s books, or search through Native American pottery, replicas of artifacts, bones from loggerhead sea turtles, and a variety of shells from Hilton Head beaches.

BE IN THE KNOW

WHAT:

Family Friendly & Kid Approved

WHEN:

Open during normal museum hours
*Contact museum for seasonal exhibits

WHERE:

Located inside the Discovery House

HOW:

This exhibit for the young and inquisitive.
Come dressed to explore!

WHAT:

Family Friendly & Kid Approved

WHEN:

Open during normal museum hours
*Contact museum for seasonal exhibits

WHERE:

Located inside the Discovery House

HOW:

This exhibit for the young and inquisitive.
Come dressed to explore!
MEET
"MYRTLE"

Say hello to our little lowcountry friends! Horseshoe Crabs and our Diamondback Terrapin “Myrtle” are your live hosts in the zone while you learn about their surroundings from a full-room mural familiarizing guests with the salt marsh, beach, and maritime forest habitats. Mounted local bird specimens and a loggerhead sea turtle nest “cut away” also put you within arm’s reach of what you might encounter while exploring nature throughout the South Carolina islands and shores.

MEET "MYRTLE"

Say hello to our little lowcountry friends! Horseshoe Crabs and our Diamondback Terrapin “Myrtle” are your live hosts in the zone while you learn about their surroundings from a full-room mural familiarizing guests with the salt marsh, beach, and maritime forest habitats. Mounted local bird specimens and a loggerhead sea turtle nest “cut away” also put you within arm’s reach of what you might encounter while exploring nature throughout the South Carolina islands and shores.

FLOCK
TO THE BIRD NEST CAM

Get a front-row seat for our feathery friends nesting season! During the spring season a “bird nest cam” is placed in one of our blue bird boxes behind the Museum and visitors are able to watch as eggs are laid, incubated, and hatched. Watch the young feed and then fly from the nest.

FLOCK
TO THE BIRD NEST CAM

Get a front-row seat for our feathery friends nesting season! During the spring season a “bird nest cam” is placed in one of our blue bird boxes behind the Museum and visitors are able to watch as eggs are laid, incubated, and hatched. Watch the young feed and then fly from the nest.

EMBARK
ON A SCAVENGER HUNT

Is there anything more fun notoriously fun? Amp up your crew with the Children’s Scavenger Hunt, setting off to explore Historic Honey Horn in search of items related to the cultural heritage and natural history of the property. Become your own excursion and modern day William Hilton as you follow the trails in search of what's around the bend. Find answers to your questions from your provided Scavenger Hunt Guide (available at Front Desk) and interpretive panels placed throughout the property. Bon Voyage!

EMBARK
ON A SCAVENGER HUNT

Is there anything more fun notoriously fun? Amp up your crew with the Children’s Scavenger Hunt, setting off to explore Historic Honey Horn in search of items related to the cultural heritage and natural history of the property. Become your own excursion and modern day William Hilton as you follow the trails in search of what's around the bend. Find answers to your questions from your provided Scavenger Hunt Guide (available at Front Desk) and interpretive panels placed throughout the property. Bon Voyage!

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