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Vote for People’s Choice

The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum Facebook Followers Photography Exhibit is open through March 2023. The museum put out a call to our Facebook followers to share their favorite Outer Banks images and scenes. A jury selected their favorite photographs for the exhibit, and more...

British War Graves ceremony, Buxton

British Cemetery in Buxton Buxton, North Carolina

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the loss of 63 foreign sailors, who died while protecting the U.S. coast during World War II. Representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy and National Park Service will come...

Free

British War Graves ceremony, Ocracoke

British Cemetery on Ocracoke 234 British Cemetery Rd, Ocracoke, NC

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the loss of 63 foreign sailors, who died while protecting the U.S. coast during World War II. Representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy and National Park Service will come...

Free

The Outer Banks National Scenic Byway

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

The Outer Banks National Scenic Byway stretches the length of North Carolina’s 200-mile barrier islands. The unique maritime culture shared by the 21 coastal villages led to the road’s designation as a National Scenic Byway in 2009. The route is entered from the north at...

Free

Recurring

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: 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...

Free

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....

Free