29 Apr Boat Show Opening Kickoff
Join us at the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center for refreshments and entertainment to help us kick off the Annual Wooden Boat Show. Free. Registration not required....
01 Feb By Hook or By Crook: Women Pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Ranked amongst the fiercest pirates from the “Golden age of Piracy” are Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Join Associate Education Curator Christine Brin to learn about these women pirates. She will trace what is known about their life stories, how they came to be pirates,...
04 May Blackbeard: “Beware You Cowardly Dogs”
Blackbeard is real?! This revelation catches many by surprise, including museum Associate Curator of Education Christine Brin when she first moved to North Carolina. With more than three hundred years of legends surrounding the infamous pirate, it is no surprise that many believe Blackbeard to...
27 Apr Wooden Boat Show Opening Reception
Enjoy light refreshments and entertainment during the free Annual Wooden Boat Show Kickoff Reception, held in the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center....
17 Apr Book Launch: Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast
Join Tim Hatcher, author of Time and Tide: The Vanishing Culture of the North Carolina Coast, for a presentation and Q&A about the beautiful, ever-changing coast of North Carolina and its rich past and present culture. Tim lives on a North Carolina beach that he loves and...
01 Mar ONLINE BOAT REGISTRATION: 47th Annual Wooden Boat Show
Sign up to exhibit your vessel at the 47th Annual Wooden Boat Show, the longest running boat show in the southeast! Boat registration is $30 for the first boat and $5 for each additional boat. Registration includes an event Tshirt and admission to the opening reception...
01 Mar 47th Annual Wooden Boat Show
Join us for the 47th Annual Wooden Boat Show, the longest running boat show in the southeast! Whether you’re a boating enthusiast or prefer to keep your feet on dry land, the Annual Wooden Boat Show has activities for all ages. This free event, held...
01 Mar ONLINE BOAT REGISTRATION: 48th Annual Wooden Boat Show
Sign up to exhibit your vessel at the 48th Annual Wooden Boat Show, the longest-running boat show in the southeast! Boat registration is $30 for the first boat and $5 for each additional boat. Registration includes an event T-shirt and admission to the opening reception on...
14 Feb Book launch: ‘Drought, Drought, Torrential’
Join Susan Schmidt, PhD, in the museum auditorium for the launch of her newest book, “Drought, Drought, Torrential.” The program will feature Schmidt reading some of the poems from her latest work, as well as a discussion of the poetry from this publication and her previous...
03 Feb North Atlantic Right Whale Aerial Surveys in North Carolina
An upcoming presentation at the museum will focus on the work by a team to document the existence and importance of right whales, as well as their plight, off our state’s coast. North Atlantic Right Whale aerial observers with the Clearwater (Fla.) Marine Aquarium Research Institute...