November 5, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Editor’s note: Stories on Blackbeard’s November ties are welcome now. This event is for the media only. It will review work on artifact investigation from the presumed Queen Anne’s Revenge shipwreck, Blackbeard’s flagship.
GREENVILLE – November was a big month for the pirate Blackbeard. He captured the vessel La Concorde in November [...]
November 5, 2009 – 11:54 am
The music and folklore of Russia comes to the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh on Sunday, Nov. 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. As part of the 2009-2010 Music of the Carolinas series, Moscow Nights, an internationally renowned trio of Russian musicians, will perform pieces from Russian folklore, representing the diversity of Russian culture [...]
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 [...]
September 30, 2009 – 9:52 am
A new exhibit at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh commemorates the 300th anniversary of the publication of A New Voyage to Carolina. Published in 1709 in London, the book by English explorer and naturalist John Lawson was the first major attempt to describe the natural history of the New World to Europeans.
The book [...]
September 25, 2009 – 1:52 pm
Few books are as important to North Carolina history as John Lawson’s “A New Voyage to Carolina,” published in London in 1709. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the book, the N.C. Office of Archives and History will host a symposium Friday Oct. 9, and Saturday, Oct. 10 at locations in and around the [...]
August 24, 2009 – 3:13 pm
RALEIGH – Has America moved into a “post-racial” era? In his new book The South’s New Racial Politics: Inside the Race Game of Southern History, author and scholar Glen Browder says race is “the most useful, single factor of both analysis and power in the South.” The former Democrat representative from Alabama will discuss his [...]
August 19, 2009 – 8:58 am
Discover the rewards of sharing North Carolina’s rich history with others. As a volunteer docent at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, you can meet people from around the world, work with other enthusiastic docents and learn more about our state. If you are interested in becoming a museum volunteer, contact Debra Nichols, volunteer [...]
With Memorial Day over, summer is upon us. Today’s podcast gives some entertainment options for the entire family, available from the Department of Cultural Resources. First up, George Holt of the North Carolina Museum of Art talks about the summer concert series held each year in the Museum’s amphitheatre.
Saturday June 6 is Family Day at the [...]
The first fully authenticated pirate ship discovered in North America was located by underwater explorer Barry Clifford in 1984. The Whydah Galley, originally a slave ship, was captured off the Bahamas by pirates in February 1717 but sank in a fierce storm off Cape Cod, Mass., two months later.
After discovering the shipwreck, Clifford and his [...]
On May 13 at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh, members of the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame unveiled a #3 car driven by Dale Earnhardt Sr., a legendary figure in NASCAR history. The Richard Childress Racing #3 GM Goodwrench Chevrolet is a 2000 Monte Carlo body style. It will be on exhibit at [...]