Lectures, videos, and/or slide programs on the following topics are available through the museum or can be arranged locally:

      Local Environmental Concerns
      Shells and Shelling
      Resource Conservation and Management
      Barrier Island Ecology
      Tidal Flat Ecology
      Barrier Island Vegetation
      Whales and Dolphins
      Sea Turtles
      Folklore
      Animals of the Salt Marsh
      Plants of the Salt Marsh
      Seabirds

Possible activities that can be included in program agendas:

      Bird watching, 1-3 hours
      Check crab traps, 1/2 hour
      Hiking
               Lighthouse, 2 + hours
               Gunmounts on West Beach, 1/2 hour
               Rock Jetty, 3/4 hour
               Tidal Pools, 1 hour
               Point, 2 hours
               East Beach, 3/4 hour
      Shelling, 1-3 hours
      Astronomy, 1 hour
      Beach seining, 2 hours
      Beach sweep for trash, 2-5 hours
      Salt marsh or tidal flat exploration, 2-4 hours

     The above are only suggestions. Many groups may have their own programs that they would like to conduct in a setting such as Cape Lookout. We request that groups bring their own instructor(s) to share teaching and leadership responsibilities with museum staff.