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Monday 10:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 10:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 10:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 10:30am - 4:30pm Friday 10:30am - 4:30pm Saturday 10:30am - 4:30pm Sunday 10:30am - 4:30pm

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A free public education program featuring local "catch and release" displays, sponsored by DEM Parks.

10/07/2026

Join us on Friday, October 16th for the spookiest day of the year at Beavertail!! Our second annual Halloween party has expanded- more games and activities and decorations -and more costumes!!! There will be prizes given out for best costumes and best dog costumes- homemade, recycled, or reused costumes will hold an edge in the competition!! From 4:30-6:30, the lighthouse tower will be open and the aquarium will be open late! Come enjoy a fall sunset- bring a picnic dinner if you like! We can’t wait to see you!!

09/08/2026

Join us Saturday, September 12th at 12:30PM for a Pollinator Walk in celebration of the Urban Butterfly Initiative’s Butterfly Big Day! During this interpretive tour of the trails off parking lot 1, we will be identifying and cataloguing pollinators and butterflies and sharing our butterfly sightings to The Urban Butterfly Initiative’s iNaturalist project page. These observations help monitor butterfly species around the world! Mid-September is also prime monarch migration time, come see the park in full bloom and all aflutter!

06/10/2026

The day you have been waiting all winter for is finally here! The Beavertail Aquarium’s “Grand Opening” is this Saturday, June 13th! We have been working hard to collect all kinds of beautiful creatures for our exhibits and we are so excited to share them with you! Our soft opening was on Sunday- we’ve already had some lovely crowds of patrons visit us. And although our tanks may look a bit empty at the moment, we are ready for the wave of life that is animating our coastline as the water warms up from a brutal winter.
We can’t wait to see you! Come visit us this weekend!

05/25/2026

We couldn’t be happier with the turnout of volunteers and Horseshoe Crabs at our first tagging sessions of the year! With your help, we tagged 30 Horseshoe Crabs between our Goddard and East Beach events! At East Beach we counted over 100 Horseshoe Crabs- making it a record night for our public tagging program! We also got our first East Beach “resight” from a crab tagged last year! Scroll to the end to see our stats from each event.
Be sure to sign up for future events through our website before they all fill up! Thanks for all your help monitoring these amazing creatures.

05/22/2026

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Our building at the aquarium is not open yet, but our Naturalists have just started working on our seasonal exhibits! We are offering tide pool tours in the midmornings this holiday weekend- all weather permitting (if the rocks are wet or slippery from the rain, we will not be leading tours). If you would like to join, meet us at the picnic table outside the aquarium at the listed times and a park naturalist will be there to take you on a tidepool adventure! We hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend- stay tuned for more information about opening day 2026!
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05/20/2026

Join the RI State Parks Naturalist Program for a hands-on night of community science to track and protect Horseshoe Crabs 🌊!

🌕 This spring, during the full and new moons when horseshoe crabs begin spawning along our shores, we'll be tagging and counting these creatures as part of the US Fish & Wildlife Service monitoring program.

Choose from upcoming events in May and June:

May events:

· Sunday, May 17, from 8:30 PM to 10:30 PM at East Beach State Beach
· Monday, May 18, from 6:30 PM to 8:45 PM at Goddard Memorial State Park

June events:

· Monday, June 1, from 7 PM to 9 PM at Goddard Memorial State Park Beach
· Tuesday, June 2, from 8:45 PM to 11 PM at East Beach State Beach
· Monday, June 15, from 7 PM to 9 PM at Goddard Memorial State Park Beach
· Tuesday, June 16, from 8:30 PM to 11 PM at East Beach State Beach
· Monday, June 29, from 7:30 PM to 10 PM at East Beach State Beach
· Tuesday, June 30, from 8:15 PM to 11 PM at East Beach State Beach

🩱🩳 Please bring your bathing suits/water shoes. We will be wading through the water searching for horseshoe crabs along the beach.

🚨 Registration is required! Attendance is free, but space is limited. Sign up now at https://riparks.ri.gov/horseshoe-crab-event-signup

05/14/2026

We are so excited for Horseshoe Crab Season! The aquarium won’t be open for another few weeks, we are still preparing our exhibits- but our first 2 Horseshoe Crab Tagging nights begin this Sunday, May 17th at East Beach and Monday, May 18th at Goddard Park! It looks like we will have gorgeous weather for these events and we always find so many crabs in the early-season. Please join us this weekend (or for any of our future events)! Registration is required, sign up below:
https://riparks.ri.gov/horseshoe-crab-event-signup
https://riparks.ri.gov/events

Address

1 Beavertail Road
Jamestown, RI
02835

Opening Hours

Monday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday	10:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday	10:30am - 4:30pm

Website

https://riparks.ri.gov/activities-programs/ri-parks-naturalist-program

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