The Museum of the Albemarle in conjunction with Circle S Stables will host Pony 101, a day camp, on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. for children 5 to 8 years old and Thursday, July 16, 2013 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. for children 9 to 12 years old. Pre-registration [...]
Looking for something fun and educational for the little ones in your life? The Museum of the Albemarle and Port Discover will hold Hands-on Historians and Sprouting Scientists Summer Camp beginning Monday, June 17 through Friday, June 21, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. until Noon. Campers 5 to 8 years old will begin their adventure at [...]
The Museum of the Albemarle will host Dale Pollock, Professor of Cinema Studies and Producing at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 1 p.m. in the Gaither Auditorium. Mr. Pollock will present “Filming in North Carolina: An Alternative to Hollywood.” His topic will focus [...]
The Museum of the Albemarle’s newest exhibit Post from the Coast will open on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 10 a.m. with related programming until noon. Postcards are often overlooked as valuable research tools and sources of information. Not only are they illustrative and tell a story, they also serve as markers of pop-culture. This [...]
A 1963 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Charlotte, Richard Petty and Miss Winston celebrating a mid-1970s victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway, and images such as the Yellow Brick Road at Beech Mountain’s Land of Oz are a few that have been featured in the exhibit Bruce Roberts Photojournalist: 50 Years of Capturing Change. [...]
April 26, 2013 – 11:30 am
The Museum of the Albemarle will be putting Northampton County in the spotlight on Sunday, May 19 from 2 to 4 p.m. as part of its ongoing county day’s celebration. Celebrate this place of thriving diversity—home to productive farms, state-of-the-art manufacturing, small and welcoming towns, and waterfront developments on pristine lakes. Several artifacts from a [...]
Updating our ancestors’ wisdom on the land with modern research-based knowledge from our the N.C. Cooperative Extension Service’s Agricultural Extension Agent Tom Campbell of Pasquotank County Center will answer your gardening and property management questions in the spring History for Lunch session on April 17 from 12:15-12:45 p.m. at the Museum of the Albemarle at 501 South Water Street [...]
RALEIGH — The North Carolina Arts Council invites the public to share ideas about how partnerships between the state and local communities can ensure the arts remain essential to North Carolina’s future. A series of public meetings have been scheduled in Charlotte(April 16), Morganton (April 17), Chapel Hill (April 23) and Elizabeth City(May 2) so [...]
February 20, 2013 – 10:00 am
The Museum of the Albemarle will be the site of the 2013 Albemarle Pinewood Derby on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Cub Scouts will begin registering and weighing in cars at 9 a.m., with a strict closing time of 11 a.m. Races will begin at Noon and last until approximately 2 p.m. Get caught up in [...]
February 13, 2013 – 11:00 am
The Museum of the Albemarle will host “Music at the Museum” on Sunday, February 17, 2013 from 2 to 4 p.m. The Elizabeth City State University’s Essence of Praise Gospel Choir and the Greater Anointing Ministries Choir will lift their voices to open the first of a continuing series of musical presentations at the museum. [...]
January 29, 2013 – 10:28 am
The Museum of the Albemarle’s newest exhibit Memorable Sands will open on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at 10 a.m. with a ribbon cutting, curator tours, music, and a lecture. The exhibit will feature images and artifacts from African American beaches in the region including Chowan Beach in Hertford County, Bias Beach in Currituck County, Bogues [...]
January 23, 2013 – 12:32 pm
Cannon firing on Waterfront Park, re-enactor encampments, demonstrations and tours of the Civil War sesquicentennial exhibit, Under Both Flags: Civil War in the Albemarle will signal the beginning of a public history day at the Museum of the Albemarle to take place Saturday, February 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Union and Confederate living historians [...]
December 20, 2012 – 10:59 am
ELIZABETH CITY — The fun for families and visitation to the Museum of the Albemarle has been huge in December, and continues a trend. The phenomenally successful Dec. 1 Open House and Downtown Market, in conjunction with the city’s Christmas parade, brought more than 6,700 visitors to the venue. More people are finding that the [...]
October 29, 2012 – 3:27 pm
The Museum of the Albemarle will hold “Pre-Schooler Time” on Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 10 a.m. Participants must be between the ages of 3 to 5 years old and must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-Schoolers will discover why beans, corn and squash are known as the “Three Sisters,” read a book and participate in a hands-on [...]
ELIZABETH CITY – Determination, commitment and pride are among many characteristics of North Caroliniansdepicted in theFreedom, Sacrifice, Memory: Civil War Sesquicentennial Photography Exhibit . The exhibit commemorates North Carolina’s role in the Civil War (1861-1865). It will visit the Pasquotank-Camden Library at 100 East Colonial Avenue, Elizabeth City, from Aug. 5-29. A Tea Social, on [...]