The brick-and-mortar · Plaistow, NH
NERD is a working breeding facility that never stopped being open to the public. Walk in free six days a week — or book the room, the educators, or Kevin himself.
149 Plaistow Road, Plaistow, NH 03865
Tuesday – Sunday · 10 AM – 5 PM
Free · walk in
FreeTue – Sun · 10 AM – 5 PM
The facility is open to the public six days a week. Walk the collection — pythons, boas, monitors, and the animals you have only seen on the channel — and talk husbandry with the people who actually breed them.
At NERD
$4501.5 hours · up to 25 guests
Birthdays in the Cave. Hands-on encounters with calm, well-socialized animals, run by NERD staff, with private space for the party itself. Dates book out — call ahead to lock yours.
We come to you
$375/hrUp to 30 guests · $2/mile beyond 10 miles
The animals travel. Schools, camps, libraries, private events — a NERD educator brings a curated lineup and runs the room, anywhere in the region.
Schools & groups
$475–600/hrScaled to age group & format
Curriculum-grade programs delivered by working herpetoculturists — biology, conservation, and husbandry calibrated to the room, from grade school to college.
With Kevin
$500/hrUp to 10 guests · +$35/person to 15
Kevin McCurley walks you through the side of the building the public never sees — the venomous room, the breeding projects, and thirty-five years of stories, unscripted.
