Moth Night at the Cowan Museum
Saturday, July 27, 2024
8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
The 2024 NC Moth Week is part of National Moth Week and will take place Saturday, July 20 through Sunday, July 28.
At the Cowan Museum, we will hold a special FREE Moth Night event in the botanical garden and grounds, which will include:
• Moth observation stations with staff to assist with identification.
• A movie in the schoolhouse,
Godzilla vs. Mothra.
• Moth Week stickers and ecoEXPLORE
bookmark giveaways.
• Lemonade and cookies in the
General Store for participants.
• Pollinator coloring pages activity in the
Kelly-Farrior House.
Pollinator-friendly plant giveaways (Mountain Mint).
For more information about Moth Week, please check out: MOTHS , as well as ecoEXPLORE (it's Entomology Field Season).
Friday, September 27, 2024
5 PM - 7:30 PM
- Under Development -
Community members are invited to join Cowan Museum staff for a casual evening of discussions and sharing ideas. Museum staff would love to hear from community members about what they would like from us in the areas of exhibits, collections, representation, programs, and events.
This event will coincide with a catered opening reception of the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) poster exhibit, Choosing to Participate.
Halloween at the Museum
Thursday, October 31, 2024
6 PM - 8 PM
The museum will be open after-hours for trick-or-treaters and others who would like to see the historical park buildings and the Kelly-Farrior House at their scariest.
Candy will be handed out to our Halloween guests.
A Journey Through Deep Time:
Dinosaur Bones, Rocks, and Fossils
(Ongoing)
In our renovated "Rock Room" gallery, see some of the fossils in the museum's collection and loaned specimens, such as an Allosaurus bone, Triceratops frill, and an American mastodon tusk.
The Duplin County Beekeepers Association has put up an apiary with two beehives located near our tobacco barn. The hives are not close to the main outbuildings and botanical garden.
However, the bees are certainly busy with all the flowers we have on the grounds, so please be(e) aware of their presence and that they are doing important work as pollinators.
The North Carolina Science Trail (NCST) is a STEM collection of about 60 partners across the state of North Carolina. The mission of the NC Science Trail is to inspire exploration of NC’s varied science landscape all year long. NCST aims to build awareness of science processes, cultivate appreciation for the role of science in our everyday lives, and encourage care for the natural world.
NCST's primary goals are:
The Joann Cowan Brown Botanical Garden is a HotSpot in the ecoEXPLORE program!
(Ongoing)
ecoEXPLORE (Experiences Promoting Learning Outdoors for Research and Education) is an incentive-based citizen science program for children in grades K-8. Developed by The North Carolina Arboretum, this innovative program combines science exploration with kid-friendly technology to foster a fun learning environment for children while encouraging them to explore the outdoors and participate in citizen science.
* It's currently
Entomology Season (July 1 - September 2)!
Entomology is the study of insects.
Complete challenges to earn a badge and share observations of wildlife belonging to this season for a bonus point!
Fun Fact:
The North Carolina state insect is the honeybee and the state butterfly is the Eastern tiger swallowtail.
Museum staff often see our state butterfly in the garden this time of year.
Source: https://www.ecoexplore.net/
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