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Ocean Isle Beach Museums

The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina at 3100 South Ocean Boulevard across from the Springmaid Pier.  The Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 4pm and on Sundays from 1-4pm.  Admission is free, but donations are appreciated.

Rainy day and no hopes of getting on the beach?  Kids driving you crazy being indoors all day?  How about checking out the Children's Museum of South Caroina.  The Children's Museum offers a fun, interactive experience where children not only have fun, but they also learn a lot in the process!  This is definitely a place where a kid can truly be a kid!

The exhibits at the National Wax Museum in Myrtle Beach are both animated, as well as chilling, in the depiction of the events.  Featured at the Museum are depictions of the Garden of Eden, The Last Supper, a scene from the Revolutionary War, the first space flight, and a haunted graveyard!

The North Carolina Maritime Museum's Southport branch houses a collection of memorabilia pertaining to the vast nautical history of the "Lower Cape Fear" area of southeastern North Carolina. You can easily follow the self-guided tour throughout the twelve designated stations and on-site Research Library.

Founded in 1898 by the Daughters of the Confederacy, Cape Fear Museum is the oldest continuously operating museum of history in North Carolina.  Cape Fear Museum collects, preserves and interprets objects relating to the history, science and cultures of the Lower Cape Fear. The Museum makes those objects and their interpretation available to the public through educational exhibitions and programs.

The Cameron Art Museum is the only accredited art museum in southeastern North Carolina. The museum's collection of fine arts, craft and design includes work of historical and contemporary importance, and a significant collection of work by North Carolina artists and artisans. The museum campus also features a 2,100 square foot Pancoe Art Education Center which houses a Clay Studio; a public park with gardens, walkways, and pond; and a historic civil war site marking the Battle of Forks Road (February 20, 1865).

The Wilmington Children's Museum is a wonderful hands-on museum for children of all ages featuring interactive play stations such as a Grocery Store, Pirate Ship, Medical Center, Dress Up Center, Theater, Water Play, and a Weather Station!  Your kids are sure to love it!

The Wilmington Railroad Museum recaptures the essence of the steam locomotive railroad days featuring Wilmington and Weldon railroad artifacts dating from 1840, as well as a model exhibits of the Atlantic Coastline's North Carolina-South Carolina regional routes of the 1940s and 1950s.