Delmarva Discovery Museum — Attraction in Pocomoke City

What a WONDERFUL children's museum! My family was staying in Chincoteague for a week and drove the extra 20 minutes to this Museum just so my four-year-old could explore. He was overjoyed at the idea of a scavenger hunt throughout the museum. At the time of our visit part of the museum was under construction as they prepared a river otter exhibit.

However there were still snakes and turtles and other creatures to examine. There was also a Native American exhibit with a wigwam and an actual Beaver Dam. The Dam exhibit included a basket of beaver puppets for the kids to play with. There was also a gigantic tank for fish and other creatures off of that exhibit.

Elsewhere there was a giant riverboat display that kids could board and explore and learn about imports and exports from this area. Kids can also board a small sailboat and work the rudder and they can also examine crab cages and measure toy blue crabs to see if they can keep them or throw them back.

There was so many other little things tucked in the corners, a bird display, a decoy display, and other little things, too many to name here but a lot of fun for small children.

We ended up returning to the museum later in the week where my son was alone and allowed to run around the museum and learn even more things with a personal guide. I got to chit chat with the lady in the gift shop (I didn't catch her name) but she explained to me that the Discovery Museum also offers STEM workshops for kids. She even let me take a look at their brand new science lab in the back. What a gem. I wish there were more Children's Museums like this throughout the US. This one was awesome and I really am excited to go back and see their brand new otter exhibit when it's ready.

Oh and I have to mention their awesome gift shop! Educational toys, puppets, games, locally made jewelry and pottery, gifts, clothes, books, and more! It was a great find. We ended up buying several birthday gifts while we were there. Worth a stop just for the gift shop...

I love supporting places like this museum, but sadly I don't think it was worth it. We stopped in as soon as they opened at 11. The first otter show started at 12.

At a leisurely pace, we walked through the museum. I checked the time we were back at the front desk- 11:30. Yes, the entire museum took 30 minutes to walk through! We walked through a few of the exhibits again and let our kids play in the activity area until the otter show started.

The otters only seemed to be active during their feeding time. One slept in the cage most of the time we were there. You can watch them sleep in the activity room, but that's not much fun. The other one seemed to be hiding most of the time. They are wild animals so you can't expect them to perform on command or always be active, but they are the star attraction. If we skipped the feeding, our otter experience would have been very underwhelming.

I was also slightly annoyed to see donation boxes. We paid admission to support the museum and animals. That price was a little high for what was given. To ask for more just didn't sit right with me.

If we find ourselves in the area again, I think we'd go to furnace town (the other thing I considered doing) instead of visiting the...

Very nice facility. I had a problem with one of the educators telling the kids and parents that the snapper turtle breathed through its gills. The science teacher in me cringed...

Then we had a worker at the gift shop approach my six-year-old and five-year-old and ask them if they were going to buy the toys that they were looking at and playing with. Completely empty gift shop. Not bothering anyone. I would of spent $50 there if it wasn't for her approach. Did she really think they had money? Marketing wise you put toys on lower-level shelves so the kids will touch them and then ask the parents to buy them. I guess the three minutes they were playing with the toys on the floor was too long.

River otters were great and touch tank was cool. May go back again. I...