North Carolina has many species of whales that travel near our shores and sometimes strand on our beaches. This makes it ideal for biologists like our Natural Science Curator Keith Rittmaster and his colleagues to study and promote the conservation and understanding of these protected...

Learn about safe boating with Americas Boating Club - Crystal Coast/Fort Macon Sail & Power Squadron in the museum auditorium. For information or reservations, email searenity38@gmail.com or call 252-659-2742. Topics include: Nov. 3:      Winterizing Your Boat  -  Presenter: Andrew Osterkamp, from West Marine / Help...

Learn about safe boating with Americas Boating Club - Crystal Coast/Fort Macon Sail & Power Squadron in the museum auditorium. For information or reservations, email searenity38@gmail.com or call 252-659-2742. Topics include: Nov. 3:      Winterizing Your Boat  -  Presenter: Andrew Osterkamp, from West Marine / Help...

Traditional Small Craft Association of the Friends of the Maritime Museum hosts this ticketed gathering that includes a pig pickin’ at Gallants Channel. All small boats are welcome. Free boat rides for the public. For information or tickets, call (252) 728-2762....

Appointments are now available for the museum’s American Red Cross blood drive. The blood drive will be held in the auditorium on Oct. 7 from 1 to 6 p.m.  You can schedule your appointment online at redcrossblood.org, or contact Cyndi Brown at Cyndi.brown@ncdcr.gov or 252-504-7744, and she can add you to the schedule. As always,...

    Each year during the museum’s August traditional skiff sailing event, boaters race around the islands for the Shanghai Trophy. Organized by the Traditional Small Craft Association, FoM Chapter. For information or to take part, call (252) 728-2762....

Traditional skiffs sail prior to the North Carolina Seafood Festival's Blessing of the Fleet. Launch/rig from the Watercraft Center on Front Street and sail from Beaufort to the Morehead City waterfront and enjoy shrimp burgers at 11 a.m. The sail/race back to Beaufort starts at noon....

BEAUFORT, N.C. — The North Carolina Maritime Museums has been awarded a substantial grant that will help enhance conservation work within the three-museum system. The North Carolina Maritime Museums will receive $99,209 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which recently awarded a total of...