Summer Programs

Enjoy Summer Storytime at the park with your littles! Enjoy a cool moment indoors as one of our interpreters reads a fun story in the museum lobby, followed by an accompanying activity to complete during the storytime or to take home. There will be both a “rug” option for kids and chairs for grown-ups who wish to join. Happening in the lobby of the Adventure Museum on Tuesdays at 10:00 am between June 9th and August 22nd.

Guns were an important part of the safety of passengers and crew members during the Roanoke Voyages. Come smell the gunpowder and shout Huzah for England when we fire the sling gun on the Elizabeth II this summer. The gun drill is held Tuesday - Friday at 12:00 pm between June 9th and August 22nd.

English Settlers was a variety of new plants and animals when they arrived on Roanoke Island and described them for people back home in England. Lots of those plants and animals are still around! See if you can draw a Roanoke Island plant or animal based only on a description of it and take home your results! This program is held on Wednesdays from 10 am to 12 pm between June 9th and August 22nd.

Ropes have been used for all sorts of purposes throughout history, especially on the ships that brought the first English settlers to Roanoke Island. Come to the Adventure Museum to learn how rope is made and try your hand at it yourself with our ropemaking machine! This program is held on Wednesday and Friday from 2 to 3 pm between June 9th and August 22nd.

English settlers approached settlement in the New World as a military endeavor. Roanoke Island Festival Park is the only historic site in the state to demonstrate match lock small arms. Come learn about a type of firearm called an Arquebus and see it fired live in the Settlement Site. The small arms demonstration is held on Thursdays at 2 pm between June 9th and August 22nd.

Follow the signs for an interactive story! Our Story Walk will feature a picture book set up along a path in the park. Read each page aloud for a fun addition to your walk.  This program is ongoing and self-guided through the summer, ending on August 22nd. Find the story panels along the path as you visit through American Indian Town, the Settlement Site, and the Elizabeth II. 

Collect stamps from around the park to complete the snake and unify the first colonies of the future United States in celebration of America 250. Once completed, return to the Ticket Sales buildinStog to claim your prize! Find the activity in our Ticket Sales building