Cape Cod's Nature Place
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
KidSummer Day Program
2018 KidSummer Registration is open! Financial aid is still available.
Our Mission
The mission of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is to inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.
Drawing & Painting from Nature
Beginners welcome! Thursdays at 9am thru June 14th Tickets available online.
Cape Cod Therapy Dogs with Gina Hayes
Next visit is May 19th at 1pm. Free w/Museum Admission.
Naturescape Gallery
Visit our Naturescape gallery, featuring local New England artists, whose work reflects the nature of the Northeast. Open during museum hours. Now Showing: Sailors Valentine
Tuesday Tweets
Join our bird nerd, Gretchen Moran Towers, walk the trails and discover the wonderful world of Cape Cod birding. Next opportunity: May 22nd at 9am.
Birdwatching for Beginners
Birdwatching for Beginners with Gretchen Moran Towers. Next opportunity is May 24th at 10am Free w/Museum admission
Mudflat Mania! Guide Training
Become a Mudflat Mania! guide Training starts May 23rd, 9am -12noon. Call to register!
Support Our Sponsors
The Gills Club
THE GILLS CLUB Next meeting: May 26th Gills Club Ages 5-10 ~ 9:00AM- 10AM Gills Club Ages 11+ ~ 10:30AM- 12PM This program is free but does not include Museum admission. Please call for reservations. Space limited. 508 896 3867 x133
Diary of a Hammerhead
A traveling mural exhibit from The Paly Foundation that focuses on the conservation of sharks. The exhibit will be at the Museum June 1 to September 30, 2018.
Butterfly House & Pollinator Path
Butterfly House & Pollinator Path season open daily Friday, June 1st through Sunday, September 2, 2018 9:30am – 4pm.
Plant Sale
Find all the plants your garden desires! Large selection of Native Plants. June 2nd, 9am -2pm under the tent!
Nature Screen “Plants Behaving Badly”
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents: A PBS Documentary Film “Plants Behaving Badly”. June 9th, 11:30am and 1pm. Free w/Museum admission.
Sailors’ Valentines
Sailors’ Valentines with Artist Gregg Roberts. June 11th, 1pm. Free w/Museum Admission
Digging into the Past, June 2018
Landscapes of the Past: Looking at the Peoples of Ancient New England. June 12th, 1pm Free w/Museum admission
Tick Training and Lyme Disease Prevention
Learn about Lyme disease, prevention of tick bites, and monitoring and dealing with tick bites. June 21st at 1pm. Free w/Museum Admission
Family Drawing 2018
Family Drawing starts 6/20. Come outside and draw, paint, create!! Call to Register.
Intern Opportunities
Looking for a fast paced, fun summer to build your resume. Check out the internship possibilities at CCMNH.
Blood Drive
Blood Drive Thursday, June 14th, 2018. 10am - 4pm to support Cape Cod Healthcare!
Inflatable Humpback Whale
Meet our Inflatable Humpback Whale. Next visit June 28th Advance Reservations Required! Spaces limited to 20 per time slot. Because of the educational content level, this program is restricted to ages 5 and up.
Gray Whale
Walk thru the Gray Whale! Next Museum appearance: June 29th Free w/Museum Admission
Pave a Path to Nature Education
Help the Friends complete the Brick Path through the Bobbie Williams Garden to the door of the KidSummer Classroom!
Shop AmazonSmile and Donate!
Shop on AmazonSmile and help support CCMNH. For online purchases made through AmazonSmile, Amazon will donate 0.5% of the total purchase price to the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History. Click on the Read More link or go to www.smile.amazon.com to start shopping!
Directions & Parking
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History is a private, non-profit organization with a 501(c)(3) designation. Although some trails are also town-owned, the three CCMNH parking lots are private property and restricted to Museum members, visitors, volunteers and staff. However, anyone wishing to access the trails but not enter the Museum can park at Drummer Boy Park down the street on 6A and walk to the trails. Unfortunately, the trails are not wheelchair accessible.
Biomimicry
View the "What is Biomimicry?" video, created as part of the Cape Cod Regional STEM Network Teacher in Residence Program.
Museum Trail
There are dozens of extraordinary Cape Cod museums spanning history, the arts and topics that define the peninsula, from maritime life to baseball.
The Trails of the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Please remember ...NO Dogs allowed on the Trails, May 1 - September 30 and NO DOGS allowed year round on Museum property.