
By Bernie Haas September 15, 2025
Come celebrate Halloween at the Nature Center of Cape May with some not-so-spooky fun for the whole family! Swing by for a howling good time, including sweet treats, live-animal encounters, and spooky surprises. Stop by anytime 6pm-8pm. It is free to explore the nature center, and we will have various activities for ghouls and ghosts… Read more »

By Bernie Haas August 27, 2025
Join us on Wednesdays from 4-5pm at the Nature Center of Cape May for a 1-hour Monarch Meet-up! Each week, we will explore a Monarch Butterfly-related topic through walks, crafts, activities, and/or stories. This program is designed for all children ages 5-9. Your child will get a chance to examine the life of a monarch… Read more »

By Bernie Haas August 25, 2025
Enjoy music, food, and monarch butterfly tagging demonstrations. Make a craft to take home along with a monarch-themed souvenir from a local vendor. Discover what you can do to help protect these beautiful butterflies! Enjoy the following special programming and more at this year’s festival! Butterfly Yoga with Itswell Yoga at 10am Butterfly Parade at… Read more »

By Bernie Haas July 22, 2025
Family Magic Show at Cape May Convention Hall Abracadabra! Alakazam! Rich Lessig has returned to town to show you his best magic tricks!

By Bernie Haas July 11, 2025
If you love nature, this is the place to be – and it’s free! Live animal shows by Nature Nick’s Animal Adventures, as seen on TV, plus nature-related vendors including arts and crafts, international tour companies, binoculars, spotting scopes, as well as books and outdoor gear. New Jersey Audubon’s biggest event of the year!

By Bernie Haas July 11, 2025
If you love nature, this is the place to be – and it’s free! Live animal shows by Nature Nick’s Animal Adventures, as seen on TV, plus nature-related vendors including arts and crafts, international tour companies, binoculars, spotting scopes, as well as books and outdoor gear. New Jersey Audubon’s biggest event of the year!

By Bernie Haas July 8, 2025
Stop by NJ Audubon’s Nature Center of Cape May to learn about the Monarch Monitoring Project. The team may be tagging monarchs, tending to the gardens that support the monarchs, or engaged in other project activity. No reservations needed for this free program, but contributions to the Monarch Monitoring Project are welcome. NO preregistration required Family-friendly Meeting… Read more »

By CapeMay.com July 8, 2025
Are you interested in uncovering the mysteries surrounding bird migration? Join our CMBO Interpretative Naturalists as they explain how birds of all shapes and sizes are able to complete their annual migrations, as well as why Cape May is one of the best places to witness this incredible natural phenomenon! Meets at the East Shelter,… Read more »

By Bernie Haas June 12, 2025
Friends of Cape May National Wildlife Refuge present Family-friendly nature walks and free Loaner binoculars available to use.

By Bernie Haas June 9, 2025
Unleash your inner artist through youth art classes that explore the natural world. Each week, local artist Peaches Lukens will guide you through art projects using various mediums from watercolors to brush pens. We will investigate the beauty of nature through themes that focus on life ‘Under the Sea’ to ‘Over the Rainbow’. This class… Read more »