Tag Archives: N.C. Maritime Museums

Pirate Excavation Education Launches Shipwreck Expedition

May 13, 2013 – 5:22 pm

BEAUFORT — North Carolina students in the 4th through 8th grades can free their imaginations and ask questions about Blackbeard and the wreck of his flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), during a live online stream from the Watercraft Center at the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort on Friday, May 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. They’ll learn how [...]

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Fort Fisher, Maritime Museum At Southport & Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson Historic Sites Seek Volunteers for Park Day

March 28, 2013 – 1:54 pm

RALEIGH – Nearly 150 years after the final shots of the Civil War were fired, a new wave of volunteers will descend on America’s battlefields – only these dedicated troops will wield paint brushes, trash bags and hammers in the line of duty. On Saturday, April 6, history buffs and preservationists from around the country [...]

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Queen Anne’s Revenge Posters Free to Local Educators

January 11, 2013 – 3:00 pm

BEAUFORT – Thanks to a grant from the Carteret Community Foundation, local educators can get the new Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge educational posters for free. In response to the growing demand for information and educational materials about the wreck of Blackbeard’s flagship, Queen Anne’s Revenge, the North Carolina Maritime Museum staff will design a series of eight educational posters about the shipwreck project [...]

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Conference at N.C. Maritime Museum On “America’s Forgotten War” of 1812

June 15, 2012 – 12:06 pm

BEAUFORT – In a free daylong conference marking its bicentennial, “America’s Forgotten War,” the War of 1812, will be remembered at the N.C. Maritime Museum-Beaufort on June 29.  Speakers will examine the conflict that resolved issues remaining from the American Revolution.  The symposium will focus upon the naval war, one that strengthened the young United States and firmly established [...]

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Update! Museums and Historic Sites Closings Due to Hurricane Irene

August 26, 2011 – 10:00 am

RALEIGH– In response to the approach of Hurricane Irene to eastern North Carolina, the following museums and historic sites within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources will alter hours until further notice: N.C. Maritime Museums N.C. Maritime Museum-Southport, N.C. Maritime Museum-Beaufort, and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum-Hatteras closed until further notice Eastern N.C. State [...]

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Hurricane Threat Forces Postponement of ‘Flags Over Hatteras’

August 23, 2011 – 12:41 pm

HATTERAS – The approach of Hurricane Irene, and its possible landfall along the North Carolina coast has led organizers of the “Flags Over Hatteras” Sesquicentennial Commemoration to postpone the event until later this fall. Leading experts on the Civil War and its impact on the United States and the world were scheduled to take part [...]

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