THE WHALING MUSEUM
  • Home
  • Visit
    • Hours & Admission
    • Directions
    • Visit Cold Spring Harbor
  • Exhibits
    • On View
    • New Exhibit - Monsters & Mermaids
    • Collection
    • Research
    • Online Exhibits
    • Audio
  • Things To Do
    • All Events for Adults & Children
    • Book Club
    • Crafts & Cocktails
    • FrostFest
    • Great Whale Takeover
    • Liberty at Sea - America 250
    • 2026 Sea Glass Festival
    • Museum From Home
    • Recorded Lectures
  • Education
    • Schools
    • Museum-To-You
    • Scouts
    • August Camp
    • Summer Field Trips
    • Adult Groups
  • Join & Support
    • Donate
    • Membership
      • Museum Passes for Libraries
    • Businesses
    • Planned Giving
    • Museum Store
  • Blog
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Meet the Team
    • Volunteer
    • Newsletter & Links
    • Contact
  • Home
  • Visit
    • Hours & Admission
    • Directions
    • Visit Cold Spring Harbor
  • Exhibits
    • On View
    • New Exhibit - Monsters & Mermaids
    • Collection
    • Research
    • Online Exhibits
    • Audio
  • Things To Do
    • All Events for Adults & Children
    • Book Club
    • Crafts & Cocktails
    • FrostFest
    • Great Whale Takeover
    • Liberty at Sea - America 250
    • 2026 Sea Glass Festival
    • Museum From Home
    • Recorded Lectures
  • Education
    • Schools
    • Museum-To-You
    • Scouts
    • August Camp
    • Summer Field Trips
    • Adult Groups
  • Join & Support
    • Donate
    • Membership
      • Museum Passes for Libraries
    • Businesses
    • Planned Giving
    • Museum Store
  • Blog
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Meet the Team
    • Volunteer
    • Newsletter & Links
    • Contact
COLD SPRING HARBOR, NY 

​Events & exhibits
​for all ages, all year!
Picture

Ship happens. Join our crew!
Picture

January Activities

Picture
 
Friday: Jan 23 | During Gallery Hours

Warm Up on Frosty Friday!


Come in out of the cold and enjoy a free cup of
hot cocoa at the museum.

​Included with Admission

Picture

All January | During Gallery Hours 

Find the Yeti!


Spot the hidden yetis in the gallery and snag a prize!

​Included with Admission

Picture
​Jan 15 - June 28 | During Gallery Hours 

Museum Adventure Activity: Sea Survival Challenge!

Do you have what it takes to survive the open ocean? Embark on
an adventure through the museum to collect clues and crack puzzles
as you follow the paths of shipwrecked sailors, clever castaways,
and daring ocean scientists. Cap off your quest by creating a
Navigator's Necklace complete with a working compass! No Registration Required.


​$5 Member; Admission + $10 Participant

Picture

​Mon, Jan 19 | 11-1pm

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, c
hallenges, and daring missions to build a nation! No Registration Required.


​$8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant

Picture

Wed, Jan 21| 6:30pm 

Beyond the Book: Endurance 

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

​
Register

February Activities


blue back ground with snow falling and lettering spelling out frost fest Picture
 
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
Register

ceramic tea cup with flowers and a home made lit candle inside Picture

​Thur, Feb 12 | 6:30pm

Crafts & Cocktails: Tea Cups & Trivia 

Whale you be mine? Create a candle in a tea cup, sip a Sweetheart Sangria cocktail/mocktail, and play a round of love-themed trivia!

$25 Member; $35 Participant
Register

Picture

Mon, Feb 16 | 11-1pm 

Ink & Independence 

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! No Registration Required.
​
$8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant

Picture

Tue, Feb 17 | 11-1pm 

Legends of the Dragon  

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. No registration Required.

​
$8 Member; Admission + $12 Participant

​

book cover for a marriage at sea with a boat and a whale

​Wed, Feb 25 | 6:30pm

Beyond the Book Club:
​A Marriage at Sea


“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
Register
Picture

​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!
​Find out more here! 
​

SEA You Soon!

Stay Connected by Email

Hours

Fall-Spring: Thurs-Sun, 11-4 pm; Open School Breaks & Select Holidays

Offices: Weekdays, ​9-5pm​

© 2025 Whaling Museum Society. All Rights Reserved.

Address

Gallery: 301 Main Street | Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Office: 279 Main Street 
| Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724

Contact

631 367 3418
[email protected]

Contact Page
Picture
  • Home
  • Visit
    • Hours & Admission
    • Directions
    • Visit Cold Spring Harbor
  • Exhibits
    • On View
    • New Exhibit - Monsters & Mermaids
    • Collection
    • Research
    • Online Exhibits
    • Audio
  • Things To Do
    • All Events for Adults & Children
    • Book Club
    • Crafts & Cocktails
    • FrostFest
    • Great Whale Takeover
    • Liberty at Sea - America 250
    • 2026 Sea Glass Festival
    • Museum From Home
    • Recorded Lectures
  • Education
    • Schools
    • Museum-To-You
    • Scouts
    • August Camp
    • Summer Field Trips
    • Adult Groups
  • Join & Support
    • Donate
    • Membership
      • Museum Passes for Libraries
    • Businesses
    • Planned Giving
    • Museum Store
  • Blog
  • About
    • Mission & History
    • Meet the Team
    • Volunteer
    • Newsletter & Links
    • Contact