The museum is excited to welcome the return of the John Costlow Christmas Train Show this year! The annual show, which will be held in the museum's Watercraft Center, offers a glimpse into the past with antique working model trains and model trains of all...

Young sailors entering grades 1 and 2 will join their fearless captain and work together to learn about life at sea and how pirates of long ago lived. The crew will build their own boats, set the rules of the ship, and go on a...

Children entering grades 3 and 4 will learn about coastal fish and fishing methods. Cane poles, bait, and tackle are provided for dock fishing during this half-day program that runs from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Seine nets will be used along a tidal...

Children entering grades 3 and 4 will learn about coastal fish and fishing methods. Cane poles, bait, and tackle are provided for dock fishing during this half-day program that runs from 9 a.m. to noon each day. Seine nets will be used along a tidal...

Each participating team assembles a prepared kit for a small flat-bottomed plywood boat suitable for paddling in this course, held in the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort’s Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center. The boat is 12 feet long, 32 inches wide, and weighs about 40...