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Elected to Serve: North Carolina’s Govenors

October 13, 2008 – 2:31 pm

As the North Carolina governor’s race reaches its peak, a timely exhibit nears completion at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. On Saturday, Oct. 25, the museum will open Elected to Serve: North Carolina’s Governors, an insightful look at nearly 300 years of gubernatorial history. One thing is for sure. . . . The [...]

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Museum Sleuths: Whatchamacallits and Thingamajigs

October 2, 2008 – 10:58 am

An 8-year-old accompanies her mother to an antique shop, and she spies an odd-looking contraption. “What’s this?” she asks, while reaching for a 1960s record player. Before you know it, items like record players or rotary-dial phones become objects of mystery for the next generation.
Nearly every museum has unfamiliar objects in its artifact collection. At [...]

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Famous Flag From Battle of Gettsyburg on Exhibit

July 9, 2008 – 9:48 am

Battle’s 145th Anniversary
July marks the 145th anniversary of the largest and bloodiest battle of the Civil War: the Battle of Gettysburg. Called the “high tide” of the Confederacy, the clash in Pennsylvania raged from July 1 to 3, 1863.
The 26th North Carolina Troops suffered the most casualties of any regiment, both Confederate and Union, during [...]

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SECCA Hosts Brilliant
Performance-Textile Exhibit

May 21, 2008 – 9:42 am

WINSTON-SALEM - Textile art that evolves before your eyes is almost magic. Fabric can change color and pattern in an interactive exhibit at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) by nationally known textile artist Maggie Orth May 23 - Aug. 23. 

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