The museum is excited to welcome the return of the John Costlow Christmas Train Show this year! The annual show, which will be held in the museum auditorium, offers a glimpse into the past with antique working model trains and model trains of all sizes. The...
The museum is excited to welcome the return of the John Costlow Christmas Train Show this year! The annual show, which will be held in the museum auditorium, offers a glimpse into the past with antique working model trains and model trains of all sizes. The...
Join the Friends of the Maritime Museum for their annual Holiday Flotilla! Yachts, oars, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season can be seen at 5:30 p.m. on the Morehead City waterfront and at 6:15 p.m. on the Beaufort waterfront. Friends Viewing Party The Friends host...
Join the Friends of the Maritime Museum for the annual Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla! Yachts, oars, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season can be seen at 5:30 p.m. on the Morehead City waterfront and at 6:15 p.m. on the Beaufort waterfront. The Friends are...
Enter if you dare! The students from the East Carteret High School Film Club will be haunting the nature trail at the Gallants Channel Annex. (This event may not be appropriate for younger children.) Proceeds benefit the museum and the Film Club ...
Museum Education Curator Benjamin Wunderly will highlight the rescue of the captain and three crewmembers from the American schooner Leading Breeze. The vessel grounded during a severe southeast gale at Ocracoke Inlet on Nov. 23, 1901. Barely holding on to the wreckage and with all hope...
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....
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....
Traditionally-rigged sailing craft will rally to celebrate the historic voyages that carried news of the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the Outer Banks. Boats will gather in Taylors Creek between 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. The event is free; however, registration is required...