February 5, 2010 – 4:03 pm
North Carolina is joining the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in making an appeal to the children of America for Lincoln pennies to help the children of Haiti. The year-long celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday ends Friday, Feb. 12.
“The call for children to donate pennies to disaster relief organizations in honor of President Lincoln is in [...]
February 1, 2010 – 1:40 pm
RALEIGH – The North Carolina Historical Commission is undertaking a series of public hearings to consider the addition of new memorials to diversify tributes at the State Capitol. The State Capitol Memorial Study Committee will address what some see as the underrepresentation of women and ethnic minorities at the State Capitol and on the [...]
January 29, 2010 – 2:14 pm
RALEIGH – Several facilities and agencies within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will be closed and programs postponed due to inclement weather. In addition to the list below, please check with the individual historic sites or other venues before planning to go to any facility or event.
• Museum of the Albemarle will be closed [...]
January 28, 2010 – 4:57 pm
RALEIGH – The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer is postponing events scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 30, due to inclement weather.
Author Kevin Duffus was scheduled to give a free program at the N.C. Transportation Museum on “The Lost Light: The Mystery of the Cape Hatteras Fresnel Lens” at 1 p.m. Darrell Collins, chief historian and [...]
January 27, 2010 – 3:05 pm
The N.C. Museum of History has received $500,000 in funding from State Employees’ Credit Union members for its new Education Center. This state-of-the-art facility will be named the SECU Education Center in honor of the donation by Credit Union members. The center will provide educational programs and innovative learning experiences through cutting-edge technology to thousands [...]
January 19, 2010 – 10:57 am
RALEIGH — The new title from the Historical Publications Section of N.C. Office of Archives and History, “Haven on the Hill: The History of North Carolina’s Dorothea Dix Hospital,” by Marjorie O’Rorke, presents the story of this important institution from the 1848 legislative authorization of the state’s first mental hospital, to the 21st century debate [...]
January 19, 2010 – 10:32 am
The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh has one of the nation’s largest collections of Confederate flags. Conservation of these banners requires specialized textile treatment, costing approximately $7,500 per flag.
The 26th Regiment N.C. Troops, Reactivated, the state’s largest Civil War re-enactment group, has helped fund this need. On Dec. 12, 2009, the group unveiled the [...]
December 28, 2009 – 9:28 am
RALEIGH – Rare books, precious quilts, and historic documents are among the many materials in libraries, archives and museums that are too valuable to lose. Yet when disaster strikes, that sometimes happens. The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources is holding a workshop on Friday, Jan. 15, at 10 a.m., at Joyner Library at [...]
December 18, 2009 – 2:13 pm
Sedalia, NC - The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum in Sedalia announced today that the paperback reprint of The Correct Thing to Do, to Say, to Wear is now available for purchase. Written by Dr. Brown, this was the student text book of etiquette at the Palmer Memorial Institute.
“Every student who walked through the doors [...]
December 18, 2009 – 11:03 am
ASHEVILLE – The Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site is closed due to inclement weather until further notice. Visitors are urged to call before planning to visit the site. The Historic Sites Western Regional Office is also closed. The Vance Birthplace State Historic Site in Weaverville is open until further notice.
The Wolfe [...]