FEATURED EVENTS

We’re celebrating Maple Sugaring Season with three Sundays of family festival fun this winter! Join us for our annual First County Bank Maple Sugar Fest Sundays as we make our very own line of maple syrup from the 200+ mature maple trees found right here on our 118-acre campus. We’re one of only two official maple sugar producers in Fairfield County! Each Sunday we’ll open our site at 10 am with added attractions, enhanced programming, fun seasonal offerings, free giveaways, and traditional favorites like Native American, Colonial and Modern sugaring demonstrations until 2 pm*. All our Fests are Rain or Shine, so we'll always have a rain plan for a great day. And of course access to our museum and current exhibition on view is always included!

Journey out onto Long Island Sound in hopes of seeing some of the seals and waterfowl that spend the winter just off our shores during our Seal-Spotting & Birding Cruises. These invigorating two-hour cruises seek out some of the harbor seals and gray seals that come into the Sound each winter. Aquarium educators will point out these federally protected marine mammals and talk about their natural histories. They’ll also help identify such winter waterfowl as buffleheads, mergansers and long-tailed ducks. Passengers must be over 42 inches tall and if under 18 accompanied by an adult.