Join James Charlet for an informal lecture on the U.S. 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. These talks are scheduled at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays from June...
Join Allyson Ropp, a maritime archaeologist and historic preservation archaeological specialist with the NC Office of State Archaeology, for a presentation that looks at how hurricanes impact the work of finding and preserving history. The informal lecture is part of the museum's Salty Dawgs Lecture Series,...
Join Benjamin Wunderly, education curator of the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort, to learn about some colonial-era river crossings and the ferry systems that carried vehicles and passengers to the outer barrier islands of the state's coast. The informal lecture is part of the museum's Salty...
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....
Join Hatteras native Scott Dawson to learn about the English who attempted to colonize the New World in 1587 and the mystery surrounding their disappearance....
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....
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 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 North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort Associate Education Curator Christine Brin to learn about the women who participated in the historic whale fishery....
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....