SHALLOW SEAS
SPEND YOUR SUMMER IN-SHORES!
Due to popular demand, this exhibit has been extended through September, 2025
Location: Ground Floor
This is the first exhibit fully curated from North Museum’s collections.
From the North Museum’s 250,000+ objects in its collections, a new exhibit brings forward its cache of marine-based treasures for Shallow Seas. Highlighting animal and plant life found in the sunlit waters around the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, the exhibit includes items that have not been displayed since the 1960s.
Select items from North Museum’s cache of marine-based treasures make up a new exhibit, Shallow Seas. Explore three marine habitats—the Caribbean Sea, Coastal Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean—with specimens of sea life, shells, and plants depicting scenes from each ecosystem. See how the animals evolved to survive and sometimes thrive in their environments. This self-directed exhibit is presented in both English and Spanish languages.
Dozens of items such as..
- Jaws of a Great White Shark
- Narwhal tusk
- Walrus skull
The exhibit first immerses you into the bright colorful world of a coral reef in the Caribbean Sea and explores concepts of biodiversity, evolutionary adaptations, and roles within habitats.
Temperate waters displays themes of evolutionary adaptation, migration, and the power of ocean currents.
The Arctic Ocean explores the role of marine mammals in an ecosystem and also fragile climate system in the Arctic.
ENGAGEMENT
COLOR THE CORAL REEF
Visitors of all ages are invited to pick a plant or animal shape, apply your own artistic vision, and add it to the wall for all to see. What colors and shapes do you want to see in your coral reef?
RESOURCES
Professor Proton journeys “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.” Watch as our very own Professor Proton attempts to read this American classic. Watchtime: 2:28.
STEM Storytime with Dive Master/Speech Language Pathologist Nina Fernandez. Watch as our guest storyteller dives into, “Swimmy” by Leo Leone. Watchtime: 4:21.
North@Home Oceans Activity Pack – $10 for Digital PDF or Printed Packet
The Oceans STEM Learning Activity Pack contains specifically selected activities that will provide an engaging, hands-on experience that helps your child discover more about the ocean and marine life.
This new curriculum is built on the Next Generation Science Standards: For States, By States; as well as the Academic Standards for Science and Technology and Engineering Education.
This Pack Contains:
- Science of Oceans
- Coloring Page
- Activity 1: O is for Octopus
- Activity 2: Underwater Exercises
- Activity 3: Floating Shark Experiment
- Underwater Word Find
- Animal Spotlight: Ocean Animal Facts
- Fun Facts