09 Apr North Carolina Aquariums’ Aquatic Wildlife Inhabiting Shipwrecks
Staff with the North Carolina Aquarium at Roanoke will be on-site with this hands-on activity....
08 Nov A Sea of Changes in Store for Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
A long-time planned project at the museum is getting underway. Thanks to funding from the state and Dare County, work on a new museum gallery design is getting underway. This redesign will allow the museum to exhibit more artifacts from its vast collection, feature new exhibits,...
01 Jul ‘Operation Drumbeat’ exhibit opens
[gallery columns="4" ids="2912,2913,2914,2915"] On December 7, 1941, the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor thrust the United States into the Second World War. Shortly thereafter, Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. In a campaign called “Operation Drumbeat,” Admiral Karl Doenitz of the German Navy...
25 May Maritime Crafts
Enjoy creating coastal during these free events for all ages....
25 May 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....
07 May British War Graves ceremony, Ocracoke
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...
07 May British War Graves ceremony, Buxton
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...
06 May Salty Dawg Speaker Series: A Coharie Canoe
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 is...
06 May Salty Dawg Speaker Series: An Examination of the Shipwrecks along Wimble Shoals
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. The...
06 May Salty Dawg Speaker Series: Sea Shanties and Songs of the Sea
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...