RALEIGH – Visitors to the Cleveland County Memorial Library in Shelby can see North Carolina as they’ve never seen it before in the “Telling Our Stories” Photography Exhibit. It includes 50 images from the state’s mountains to the coast that show different events and time periods. The Friends of the Library will host [...]
RALEIGH — Bring lunch to the State Capitol grounds Friday, July 24, for a free concert to celebrate the reopening of the south plaza and south walkways of Capitol Square.
Featuring the Southern String Band, this concert will last from noon-1 p.m. and kicks off the Capitol Concert Series, a festive series of free lunchtime performances [...]
STATESVILLE — For some free family fun, drop by Fort Dobbs State Historic Site in Statesville on Saturday, July 18, for a “Hands on History” program spotlighting how 18th-century soldiers lived here during the French and Indian War. At 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., visitors of all ages will have a chance to step into [...]
Join us as Museum of the Cape Fear sends July out with a bang! Between 1862 and 1865 the Fayetteville Arsenal produced thousands of artillery projectiles for the Confederacy, as well as gun carriages and related equipment. Sunday, July 26 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm Civil War reenactors will present talks on Civil [...]
DURHAM — Drop by Bennett Place State Historic Site in Durham July 18-19 to experience what life was like in North Carolina for soldiers and civilians alike during the post-Civil War occupation of the state by Union troops.
Visitors will have a chance to see authentically-costumed Union troops posted as sentries along Hillsborough Road and view [...]
The National Endowment for the Arts announced earlier this week that seven North Carolina organizations will receive grants totaling $325,000 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). That translates into nine full-time jobs, two-part-time positions and contracts for 19 artists.
The NEA received $50 million to preserve jobs in the nonprofit arts sector threatened by [...]
HATTERAS — David D. Moore, curator of Nautical Archaeology at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, will give a free public presentation on the “Shipwrecked Slaver Henrietta Marie” at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras on Wednesday, July 15, at 7 p.m.
The Henrietta Marie is the first slave ship wreck in North [...]
MANTEO – Lots of researchers turn to the Outer Banks History Center (OBHC) in Manteo for information on lighthouses, shipwrecks or even pirates. Thanks to a $40,327 grant awarded to the center from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, that task could prove more productive. The grant will support work of a [...]
It may not help the heat, but “cool” best describes July programs at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Talk about cool . . . . Kids can challenge a pirate re-enactor to a sword fight during the program Pirates Ahoy! on July 25. Another program will transport you to the coastal breezes of [...]
RALEIGH — In this world of information overload, locating information online can be a challenge and may require traveling from one institution to another to gather a complete view of a topic. The State Library of North Carolina’s NC MOSAIC (Managing, Organizing, and Strengthening Access to Institutional Collections) brings together in one online location [...]