Before the War of 1812, Otway Burns Jr. was a sailing master and commanded a merchant ship sailing between New Bern and Portland, Maine. When the war broke out, Burns became interested in privateering, the practice of government-authorized maritime warfare by privately-owned ships. With Letters of Marque...
Join historian James Charlet a presentation on the United States Life-Saving Service. The program is part of the museum's Salty Dawgs Lecture Series, which features presentations on North Carolina maritime history and culture. The series, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Graveyard of...
Join staff and volunteers for maritime crafts in the museum library/education space located off of the lobby. The program is free and open to the public. All supplies are furnished. Registration is not required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Join JR Shanty Co for a performance of original and classic sea shanties. The duo is made up of married and retired music teachers Julianne Laird and Richard Laird. Julianne has had a life-long interest in and fascination with the history and legends of the...
Join the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum for your chance to make your own version of a sailor’s valentine. Sailors’ valentines were originally created in the 1800s from seashells and eight-sided cases enclosed in glass. Many sailors’ valentines were purchased in the Caribbean, where sailors...
Developed in the mid-1800s, Morse code became a standard form of communication that is still in use today. The code features dots and dashes to convey letters of the alphabet and can be used to hide messages from people who don’t know the code. At...
Join Scott Dawson, museum owner & curator of the Lost Colony Museum, author, and amateur archaeologist, for a presentation on the new discoveries being found at his ongoing archaeological site in Buxton, NC. The presentation is part of the museum’s Salty Dawg Speaker Series, which features...
Join staff and volunteers for maritime crafts in the museum library/education space located off of the lobby. The program is free and open to the public. All supplies are furnished. Registration is not required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Join author Gray Parsons for readings from his book Hope on Hatterask, which deals with a shipwreck off Hatteras, the maritime underground railroad, and the early intermarriage of people from Indigenous, African, and European ancestries. A book signing will follow. Gray Michael Parsons is a graduate of...
Join staff and volunteers for maritime crafts in the museum library/education space located off of the lobby. The program is free and open to the public. All supplies are furnished. Registration is not required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Join local history buff, genealogy researcher, and keeper of lost things Robin Holt for a reading from her book "My Daily Bounded Realm: A Journal of Daily Life in the Outer Banks in 1900" and a discussion about life on the Outer Banks at the...
Join the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum for your chance to make your own version of a sailor’s valentine. Sailors’ valentines were originally created in the 1800s from seashells and eight-sided cases enclosed in glass. Many sailors’ valentines were purchased in the Caribbean, where sailors...