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THE GRAVEYARD OF THE ATLANTIC MUSEUM: 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC 27943 • (252) 986-0720

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Salty Dawg Speaker Series: Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

JR Shanty Co, comprised of wife and husband team Julianne Laird and Richard Workman, is an instrumental and vocal folk duo, which performs traditional sea shanties and songs of the sea.  Featuring instrumentals on guitar and cello, these lifelong music educators energetically share the history...

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Salty Dawg Speaker Series: An Examination of the Shipwrecks along Wimble Shoals

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Allyson Ropp, a doctoral student in the Integrated Coastal Studies Program at East Carolina University, explores the histories of some of the vessels lost along Wimble Shoals and northern Hatteras Island, as well as the overall near shore and offshore wrecking trends of the area....

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Crafting Sailor’s Valentines

Create your own Sailor’s Valentine using shells, and discover the history of the maritime art. All supplies furnished. All ages welcome. Free.

Salty Dawg Speaker Series: A Coharie Canoe

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Lydia Downs, a Masters candidate at East Carolina University working on the cultural meanings and preservation of a native American canoe in North Carolina, will focus on the Coharie Tribe in North Carolina to tell the story of their newly repatriated dugout canoe. The program...

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Salty Dawg Speaker Series: A Picture Show of Outer Banks Shipwreck Diving

Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum 59200 Museum Drive, Hatteras, NC

Join Marc Corbett for a photo presentation of the area's shipwrecks. Corbett combined a love for history and SCUBA diving to become a shipwreck hunter, researching and exploring wrecks in shallow and deep water. He will soon be publishing a book on near-shore wrecks. Corbett...

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