Sunday Family Day

Sunday is Family Day!  Activities for Kids of all ages with fun ocean related activities and programs during the day .

Admission to these special Sunday Kids Day programs for children and adults is FREE!* Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Activities and presentations take place upstairs in the Marblehead Room on the Second Floor (Access by ballroom staircase).

Ocean Related Fun for Kids in 2026 includes:

  • 10:30am-2pm Traveling Tidepool from the Seacoast Science Center: Get up close and personal!
  • Other activities will be presented throughout the day (Schedule TBA) by
  • Seacoast Science Center 
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
  • Mass Audubon Joppa Flats

Kids Room Activities 10AM – 2PM

Other Family Day Activities

FREE*Seashells from Around the World – Boston Malacological Club – Gloucester Room 2nd Floor

FREE *- Interactive Aquatic Origami Exhibit – Oak Room 1st Floor

  • Marine Educational Opportunities (COMS Fair) – Free – Sunday 11 AM – 2 PM Ballroom I
    • Explore career and educational opportunities in marine STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math) based programs.  Representatives programs will be on hand to provide information on their programs for K – 12,  undergraduate and graduate opportunities. This event is free and open to the public.

Scouts Oceanography Merit Badge Workshop 9:30 – 12:30 PM  (Registration and $25 course fee)

  • Exhibitor area – Free to the Public
    • Up to 65 exhibitors for two full days open to the public on Saturday and Sunday
    • Dive equipment, travel, training, art, clubs, environmental govt. agencies and NGO’s

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