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Museum of Coastal Carolina

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Established
  
May 25, 1991

Phone
  
+1 910-579-1016

Type
  
Natural History Museum

Founded
  
25 May 1991

Museum of Coastal Carolina

Location
  
21 East Second Street, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

Director
  
Terry Bryant, Executive Director, Ocean Isle Museum Foundation, Inc.

Address
  
21 E 2nd St, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469, USA

Hours
  
Closed today WednesdayClosedThursday10AM–3PMFriday10AM–3PMSaturday10AM–3PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit

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The Museum of Coastal Carolina is a natural history museum located at Ocean Isle Beach in Brunswick County, North Carolina. 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. Other exhibits include river basins, the effects of storm water runoff and beach litter on the water's ecology, barrier islands and tides. The museum also includes displays of local and maritime history, including shipbuilding and area Native Americans.

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The museum offers afternoon and evening programs and special lectures, including area efforts to protect sea turtles.

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.

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References

Museum of Coastal Carolina Wikipedia