Families can visit the Children's Museum of Wilmington and experience educational exhibits and interactive activities. The museum offers daily educational programs (limited to five children or less) and require pre-registration. Children can participate in engaging exhibits and programs such as the Art Room, Toddler Treehouse, Animal Alley, and Ahoy Wilmington. Members and the general public are required to reserve tickets online in advance through the museum's website.
For more information, visit: https://www.playwilmington.org/
Address: 116 Orange St, Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-254-3534
The Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park is considered the "Best Water Park in Eastern North Carolina." The park features a relaxing lazy river and an exciting wave pool. The whole family can enjoy the go-kart racecourse, the climbing wall, or the laser tag zone. Practice your putting at the mini-golf course or experience the 40 foot drop of the Sky Tower. This Family Fun Park has something to offer for all members of the family!
For more information, visit: https://junglerapids.com/
Address: 5320 Oleander Dive, Wilmington, NC 28403
Phone: 910-791-0666
Enjoy the fabulous aquatic environment and wildlife at Fort Fisher Aquarium. Explore marine life from salt marshes and tidal pools to a two-story open ocean exhibit featuring sharks, rays, and eels. Discover a family of Asian otters frolicking in their habitat. Say hello to both a rare albino alligator and a rescued bald eagle. You will also be able to see a loggerhead sea turtle and feel the smooth skin of a gliding stingray. Explore more with behind-the-scenes tours, outdoor adventures, and enjoy various food and drinks at the SharkBites snack bar.
For more information, visit: http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher
Address: 900 Loggerhead Road Kure Beach, NC 28449
Phone: 910-772-0500
The Hi-Tech Arcade is a very exciting place to spend time with family and friends, especially after a long day at the beach! The Hi-Tech Arcade offers a variety of arcade games, including basketball, skeeball, car racing, coloroma, frog hop, and more.
For more information, visit: https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/listing/hi-tech-arcade/1003/
Address: 111 K Avenue Kure Beach, NC 28449
Phone: 910-458-6801
Explore the impact of the rail industry with an emphasis on the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Discover a Thomas the Tank Train play area. See over 20 model trains in action. Or explore a life-size caboose, boxcar, and 100-year-old steam locomotive.
For more information, visit: http://www.wrrm.org/#/
Address: 505 Nutt Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-763-2634
Reach new heights at this 23,000 square foot facility with wall-to-wall steel-frame trampolines including the world-famous Angled Wall Trampolines, an expansive Olympic Foam Pit and one of the largest Trampoline Dodgeball cages in America.
For more information, visit: https://defy.com/locations/defy-wilmington/
Address: 6431 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 910-444-1002
Bounce around on 40 trampolines, try your luck on the dodgeball court, practice your skills on the aerial trapeze and dive into soft foam pits. Kids love bouncing around this indoor trampoline park on Neon Nights.
For more information, visit: https://flipnfly.com/
Address: 830 Inspiration Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405
Phone: 910-679-5050
Weather will never be an issue at this indoor course. Age divided groups ensure children of all ages are safe and comfortable when they play. Parents that want to spectate instead of taking part can do so through a large glass viewing window.
For more information, visit: https://crossfirenc.com/
Address: 1413 Castle Hayne Road, Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-466-4427
This 30,000 square-foot NHL Regulation Sized Ice Surface, home of the nationally ranked UNCW Hockey Team, offers numerous open skate times as well as year-round beginning skating or figure skating lessons. Their Pro Shop has everything from the latest skating equipment and apparel to skate rentals and repairs. Skaters and spectators alike will enjoy the snack bar choices as well as the view of the ice from either the snack bar or warm bleacher seating. They also have private and semi-private rooms available for birthday parties and meetings. Please check their website for special events and open skate times.
For more information, visit: https://www.wilmingtonice.com/
Address: 7201 Ogden Business Lane, Wilmington, NC 28411
Phone: 910-686-1987
Discover the past, explore the area’s culture, and meet Wilmington's oldest resident a 20-foot-tall giant ground sloth, and many more exciting things at North Carolina’s first history museum. Investigate the hands-on Space Place to try on an astronaut suit, experience the Michael Jordan Discovery Gallery and enjoy educational programs for children and families throughout the year. Changing special exhibits add to the permanent collection including a scale model of the 1863 Wilmington waterfront.The Museum is also a Smithsonian Affiliate - a national outreach program to facilitate the loan of Smithsonian artifacts and traveling exhibitions, as well as develop innovative educational collaborations locally and nationally.
For more information, visit: https://www.capefearmuseum.com/
Address: 814 Market Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-798-437
Located in the heart of Historic Downtown, Museum of the Bizarre is filled with curious oddities. View the Crystal Skull of Knowledge, Houdini's Ouija Board, numerous movie props, a rare Van de Graaff Machine and many other fascinating objects on display. Enter......if you dare!
For more information, visit: https://www.museumbizarre.com/
Address: 201 S Water Street, Wilmington, NC 28401
Phone: 910-399-2641
