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...
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...
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....
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...
The North Carolina Maritime Museum on Hatteras has completed its extensive renovation and complete redesign of its lobby and exhibit spaces. The new gallery is a showcase of state-of-the-art features and interactive elements that bring our coastal history to life. And you can be among...
Staff with the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke will be on-site with this hands-on activity.
Join North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort Education Curator Benjamin Wunderly to learn about the history of U.S. Life-Saving Service operations, the precursor to the United States Coast Guard.
Join Captain Christopher Lee, NC Marine Patrol D-1, NC Division of Marine Fisheries to learn about the state’s longest-serving law enforcement agency.
Join Danny Couch to learn about the man considered by aviation historians as the most polarizing airman this country has ever produced. Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell is, nonetheless, regarded as the father of the United States Air Force and an icon in American aviation history....
Staff with the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke will be on-site with this hands-on activity.
Join North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort Natural Science Curator and Director of Bonehenge Whale Center Keith Rittmaster to learn about the whales most commonly spotted off the coast of North Carolina and to handle some related display items.
Join Danny Couch to learn about John Wallace Rollinson (1827 -1906), a fascinating figure in the history of Hatteras Island. Hatteras’ first paid schoolteacher, collector of the Port of Hatteras and reluctant Civil War outlaw, Rollinson’s legacy has stood the test of time.