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Maritime Museum Summer Camps Mix Learning with Fun

June 3, 2009 – 10:46 am

Summer days bring nautical adventures to summer campers at the N.C. Maritime Museum. Whether a camp centers on pirates in the 1700s or saltwater science, the focus is on fun. Courses are suited for students from first through eighth grade.
The classes, programs, and events are activities of the Beaufort facility of North Carolina Maritime Museum. [...]

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Tar Heel Traveler Features World War II Gravesites

May 12, 2009 – 1:05 pm

Joe Schwarzer of the N.C. Maritime Museum speaks on WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler.  The video features a small plot of land on Ocracoke Island that belongs to England.  Four British Royal Navy men who were killed during World War II are buried here.
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March Busy at Maritime Museum

March 13, 2009 – 10:13 am

BEAUFORT – The N.C. Maritime Museum offers programs in March that share the unique heritage of coastal North Carolina.  For information on all of these programs, call (252) 728-7317.
Virtual Tour of the Coast. A free program that features slides of wildlife and habitats associated with the Cape Lookout National Seashore, Tuesday, March 17 at 11 [...]

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Maritime Museum Hosts Free Family Fun Day Feb. 21

February 13, 2009 – 10:49 am

 
BEAUFORT – The North Carolina Maritime Museum will host a free “Family Day: Beyond the Edge of the Sea” on Saturday, Feb. 21, from 1-4 p.m.
With demonstrations, special displays, and many hands-on activities, children, parents and grandparents can join the fun to explore maritime life beyond the edge of the sea.
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N.C. Maritime Museum Teacher Workshops Add Options

February 6, 2009 – 4:16 pm

Beaufort – The North Carolina Maritime Museum is helping teachers make the most of the informal education resources in Carteret County with a series of enrichment workshops this winter. These workshops can enhance the classroom learning experience by providing teachers with new lessons, field trips, or data sets about the marine environment and culture. Allison [...]

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Pirates Opportunistic Operators

January 28, 2009 – 9:39 am

RALEIGH – “Shiver me timbers!” Romantic notions of sabers, swashbucklers, and an exciting life at sea belie the truth of those ancient buccaneers. That truth holds today. Piracy isn’t pretty, it’s parasitic.
North Carolina’s strong relationship with opportunistic pirates will be observed with the March 6 opening of the exhibit, “Knights of the Black Flag” at [...]

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Cannon, Ammo From Presumed Pirate Ship

October 29, 2008 – 11:07 am

ATLANTIC BEACH – After nearly 300 years resting on the ocean floor, an eight foot, 2,000 pound cannon will emerge from the Atlantic on Tuesday, Oct. 28. The big catch from the 2008 fall research dive at the wreck of the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR), Blackbeard’s flagship, will be displayed for the media at [...]

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