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Included With Admission
Wed, Dec 31
11-12pm Nautical New Years Did you know the New Year's Eve ball is based on an old nautical timekeeping tradition? Join us to countdown to 12 noon, and enjoy festive self-serve crafts all day during gallery hours. |
All January
11-4pm Find the Yeti Scavenger Hunt Spot the hidden yetis in the gallery and snag a prize! |
Fri, Jan 2
11-4pm First Visitors of the Year "Spin the Wheel" at the front desk to reveal your free thank-you prize for being the first visitors of 2026! |
Fri, Jan 2, 9, 16 & 23
11-4pm Warm Up on Frosty Fridays! Come in out of the cold and enjoy a free cup of hot cocoa at the museum. |
All February
11-4pm Hidden Hearts Scavenger Hunt Find the hidden hearts and snag a prize! |
Sat, Feb 14
11-4pm Sweetheart Saturday Bring your sweetie or bestie - it’s 2-for-1 admission today! All visitors can create a “love-message-in-a-bottle” charm to wear. |
All March
11-4pm Robert & Roberta Appreciation Month The museum is turning 90! This month, we offer free admission for anyone named Robert or Roberta in honor of our founder, biologist Robert Cushman Murphy. (First name only, please. Adults, please show ID. Excludes special events) |
All March
11-4pm Pot O' Gold Scavenger Hunt Do you feel lucky? Spot the hidden gold tokens around the museum. The try your luck and spin our wheel to reveal your luck of the day! |
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Spot the star! When an event or program has a star that means it's part of our special "Liberty at Sea" series celebrating 250 years of Independence! |
Programs
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The Wizard's Quest | 11-4pm Thur-Sun | + December Break: Mon, Dec 29 - Wed, Dec 31 We invite wizards young and old to journey around the gallery to hunt for fantastical beasts and mythical monsters in this magical self-paced adventure activity. Solve riddles to collect potion ingredients along the way before mixing up a miniature vial of shimmering elixir to keep on a necklace or keychain. Perfect for both Potter and fantasy fans! $5 Member; Admission + $10 Participant No Registration Required |
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Mon, Dec 29 & Tues, Dec 30 | Drop In 11-1pm Candle Dipping Workshops Lighten up! Ignite your creativity, roll up your sleeves, and create your own custom, hand-dipped candle with tinted waxes to take home with you. Design a colorful candleholder for your candle to light up your home this winter! See whale blubber and oil from our collection, which were historically used for illumination. No Registration Required. $8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant No Registration Required |
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Mon, Jan 19 | 11-1pm | Drop In Program Build Your Nation: Game Edition Step into the shoes of early American adventurers and mapmakers! Be inspired by colonial maps of the country as you design a board game where players navigate your country with ports, routes, challenges, and daring missions to build a nation! $8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant No Registration Required |
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Wed, Jan 21| 6:30pm Beyond the Book: Endurance | Adults Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing. In the heart of winter, we turn to one of the greatest tales of endurance in the cold! Brave the ice-bound seas with Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew in this extraordinary survival story. We will pair our reading with a dive into the archives from Cold Spring's own arctic shipwrecks, uncovering tales of danger and disaster for sailors navigating the frozen seas. Free for museum members and patrons of Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington and South Huntington libraries. $15 Participant |
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Sun, Feb 1 | 11-3pm FrostFest | Kids & Families Join us for a day of wintry wonder for kids of all ages. Explore the icy secrets of the polar seas and discover why the ocean’s coldest corners are bursting with surprises! Create frosty crafts, launch into action in our Catapult Lab, “tag” arctic creatures in our playful polar fishing, and enjoy frosty face paint. Special appearance by Elsa - strike a royal icy pose! Your ticket includes all activities. Limited Discounted Online Tickets Available Now Reserve Your Spot Today! Online Tickets Members: Kid $10; Adult $5; Up to 6 people $40 General Admission: Kid $15; Adult $8; Up to 6 people $65 Door Tickets Members: Kid $15; Adult $5; Up to 6 people $56 General Admission: Kid $20; Adult $8; Up to 6 people $80 |
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Mon, Feb 16 | 11-1pm Ink & Independence | Drop In Program From whalers’ hands to the Oval Office, scrimshaw has a surprising but strong patriotic story! In honor of America’s 250th, explore how American whalers used whalebone to show pride in our country’s liberty. See historic examples from the museum’s collection, then sketch, etch, and ink your own scrimshaw-style keepsake with your own creativity! $8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant |
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Tue, Feb 17 | 11-1pm Legends of the Dragon | Drop In Program Kick off the Lunar New Year with an adventure through dragon myths from around the world. Uncover how real-life sea creatures sparked dragon legends, and bring the wonder home by designing a movable dragon craft. $8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant |
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Wed, Feb 25 | 6:30pm Beyond the Book Club: A Marriage at Sea | Adults “A Marriage at Sea” by Sophie Elmhirst. True story of a couple whose Pacific sailing adventure turns catastrophic when a whale damages their boat, forcing them to survive months at sea. This Valentine’s Month, set sail on an unforgettable true story of survival at sea. Follow a couple’s four-month ordeal floating in a tiny raft across the Pacific after a breaching sperm whale sinks their boat, bringing to life the whales whose teeth are on display at the museum. Told with vivid detail and insight into human resilience, we will explore this couple's astonishing fight to survive on the ocean. Free for museum members and patrons of Cold Spring Harbor, Huntington and South Huntington libraries. $15 Participant |
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Sun, Mar 22 | 11-3pm All Paws on Deck Kids, Families & Adults Join us for feline festivities as cats invade the museum for National Pet Month! Discover the hiss-tory of ship cats, create claw-some crafts and catnip toys, play a round of Kitty Trivia, and enjoy feline face painting. Best of all, meet adorable, adoptable cats from the Ladew Cat Sanctuary! Online & Door Tickets Information Coming Soon! Library passes not accepted today. |
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