Welcome!
The Cape May Point Science Center is dedicated to providing unique opportunities and funding for environmental advocacy, education, and research.
The Science Center is currently CLOSED and will reopen for the 2025 season in mid-April. Keep an eye on our calendar for our open hours and events for next year. We look forward to seeing you!
In the middle of the Atlantic flyway, a special building with a rich history is being preserved as a world-class environmental science center. What has served throughout the last 135 years as a hotel, religious retreat center and military support facility is becoming a beacon for research support, education, and advocacy opportunities at one of the most renowned ecological intersections of marine, insect, and avian species.
As a non-profit organization, The Center depends on the generosity of our donors to make our mission possible.
Brief History of the Building
Shoreham Hotel | 1889 – 1893
Owned by the Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People headed by William Still | 1893 – 1898
Randall T. Hazzard, Private Hotel Ownership | 1898 – 1909
Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia, Saint Mary by-the-Sea Retreat | 1909 – 2022
U.S. Army, Use of Property | 1941 – 1946
Cape May Point Science Center | Est. March 28, 2022