November 3, 2009 – 3:42 pm
(Raleigh, November 3) — William Henry Curry, the North Carolina Symphony’s Resident Conductor, has been invited by the American Institute in Kaohsiung, Taiwan to participate in a landmark program which aims to convey the joy of American music to the people of that city. Curry will conduct the Kaohsiung Symphony Orchestra, considered one of Taiwan’s [...]
October 30, 2009 – 1:08 pm
RALEIGH – Since 1964, about 250 North Carolinians have received the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award. Six outstanding North Carolinians received the award at the ceremony at the N.C. Museum of History on Thursday night. The North Carolina Award, the state’s highest honor, was presented by Gov. Beverly Perdue in [...]
October 29, 2009 – 2:11 pm
(ASSIGNMENT/CALENDAR EDITORS: The North Carolina Awards will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 29, at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Contact the Cultural Resources Information and Marketing Services Office, (919) 807-7389 or 7385, for additional information and biographical background.)
(RALEIGH) — The North Carolina Awards, the state’s highest civilian honor, [...]
October 21, 2009 – 2:24 pm
History and Agriculture collaborate on Fair exhibit
North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture Steve Troxler and North Carolina Museum of History Director Ken Howard spent opening day at the State Fair together, where their two organizations are collaborating to bring fairgoers a taste of North Carolina and a brush with Blackbeard.
The Museum has recreated part of its [...]
October 20, 2009 – 4:25 pm
BEAUFORT – A 4 ½-foot grapnel (a small four-pronged anchor) resting loosely in the sand will be brought up from the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, Oct. 21, near Beaufort. A team of N.C. Department of Cultural Resources archaeologists and conservators will turn to recovery instead of maintenance and preservation at the site of the [...]
October 16, 2009 – 11:38 am
RALEIGH – Six North Carolinians will receive the North Carolina Award, the highest civilian honor the state bestows, on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. Governor Bev Perdue and N.C. Department of Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle will make the presentations in a ceremony at the N. C. Museum of History.
“Over the years, [...]
October 15, 2009 – 9:31 am
HATTERAS – The design team for the new exhibits at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is seeking public input for the space. Public comment is being sought at a meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. The museum is adjacent to the ferry docks in Hatteras Village. This is an [...]
October 13, 2009 – 9:21 am
( Note: the following story originally appeared in the N.C. Museum of History Associates E-newsletter on October 9, 2009)
Latch and hinges enable Museum staff to make a positive ID
Bill McRea’s heart was pounding as he stood in a dim loft at ABC Moving in Greenville, looking at an old door–a very old door.
The Museum’s associate [...]
October 13, 2009 – 8:23 am
The N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh recognized the 100,000th visitor to the popular exhibit Knights of the Black Flag on Saturday, Oct. 10. Johan Meurling of Apex purchased the lucky winning ticket for his family. He and his wife, Stephanie, and their daughters, Maya (11) and Tess (9), were surprised with a bounty of [...]
October 9, 2009 – 4:27 pm
MANTEO – The futile efforts of the Wright Brothers to conduct secret flights on the Outer Banks in 1908 is the subject of the latest book by nationally known author Larry Tise. “Conquering the Sky: The Secret Flights of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk” is a detailed narrative of the attempts at [...]