Visit | Wild About Animals: Scheduled Activities
Schedule of ActivitiesSaturday, October 11 | ||
| All day: Custom create your own stuffed animal For $15 you can make your own stuffed animal as the gift shop will have the animal-stuffing-party set up. | Lobby Giftshop | |
| To pre-register for activities, please call (919) 220-5429 x313 | ||
| Time | Acitivity | Where |
| 8:00 - | Junior Keeper ($50) - SOLD OUT Help care for the Museum’s animals by becoming a Junior Animal Keeper for the morning. Work to prepare diets, feed animals, clean, do enrichment and provide veterinary treatments. Preregistration required. Limit 6 kids. Age 10-14. Members only. | Museum Lobby |
| 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Exploring Animal Behavior ($85 per family) Try one of our new programs for families! Step outdoors to take on the role of wildlife biologists, recording the behaviors of our bears, wolves, and lemurs in Explore the Wild. Pre-registration is required. Members only. | Butterfly House Lobby |
| 10:30 a.m. | Farmyard Physicals Come meet Dr Cannedy who is the veterinarian that cares for our farmyard mammals. Watch him check the health of our animals and get a look at his truck- a veterinary hospital on wheels. | Farmyard |
| 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Entry Plaza Activities Animal Coverings: Touch some real fur, feathers and scales and learn how animals use these coverings for protection. | Entry Plaza |
| 10:30 a.m. | Reptile Program | Mercury Meeting Room |
| 11:00 a.m. | Butterfly Release | Butterfly House |
| 11:00 a.m. | Behind Scenes Tour ($15) | Museum Lobby |
| 11:30 a.m. | Hawk Talk—Meet Misha the Red-Tailed Hawk | Farmyard |
| 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. | Animal Enrichment Learn about animal enrichment and what the keepers do to enrich our animals. Help make enrichment items for our bears, and see if you can pass the sniff test. | Bears Den Explore the Wild |
| 12:00 p.m. | Meet the Mammals | Mercury Meeting Room |
| 1:00 p.m. | Behind Scenes Tour ($15) Come spend an hour with our animal department director and see what’s behind those closed doors and enter the “staff only” areas of our animal department. Preregistration required. $15/person + admission. 12 person maximum. Age 5+ ideal. Members only. | Museum Lobby |
| 1:00 p.m. | Reptile Program | Mercury Meeting Room |
| 1:30 p.m. | Carolina Critters Program ($5) Join us as we learn about predator/prey relationships, dissect an owl pellet and meet a real Carolina critter! Ages 7+; $5/person + admission; pre-registration required. 30 person maximum. | Biology Lab |
| 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Pet Activities Learn about enrichment that you can do with your pets at home. Make a cat dancer or throw toy for you dog. Sample homemade pet treats and learn how to make them yourself. | Farmyard |
| 2:00 p.m. | Ladybug Release | Butterfly House |
| 2:00 p.m. | Meet the Keeper: Wolves | Wolves Den in Explore the Wild |
| 2:30 p.m. | Spider Feeding | Insectarium |
| 2:30 p.m. | Keeper Tour If you want to learn a little more about our bears wolves and lemurs, come meet an animal keeper and tour the Explore the Wild exhibits with them. | Explore the Wild |
| 3:00 p.m. | Butterfly Release | Butterfly House |
| 3:30 p.m. | Feathers and Scales | Mercury Meeting Room |
| 3:30 p.m. | Wetland Wildlife Meet our Ranger Greg Dodge for a tour of the wetland and see how many wild animals you can find right in our backyard. BRING BINOCULARS | Wetland Dock |
| 4:00 p.m. | Hawk Talk—Meet Misha the Red-Tailed Hawk | Farmyard |
| 4:30 p.m. | Farmyard Up-Close Help the animal keepers close the Farmyard for the evening while learning about the care and feeding of the animals. | Farmyard |
To pre-register for activities, please call us at (919) 220-5429 x313