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The North Carolina Museum of History is excited to announce a statewide community engagement process in preparation for the upcoming

The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at noon in the Gaither Auditorium.  Master carpenter and housewright Russell Steele will discuss the restoration of Hyde County’s 1857 Octagon House.

The Museum of the Albemarle will host an additional History for Lunch on Wednesday, August 14, at noon in the Gaither Auditorium. 

Join the Museum of the Albemarle for a Make It, Take It program on Saturday, Aug. 3, from 10 a.m.

The North Carolina Museum of History is pleased to announce that Maria Vann will now lead the three

 A new traveling exhibit, “Douglas Ellington: Asheville’s Boomtown Architect,” opens at the Mountain Gateway Museum Saturday, June 29. The exhibit runs through Jan. 26, 2025.

Young historians from across the state gathered at the North Carolina Museum of History this spring for the

The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 12 p.m. in the Gaither Auditorium.  Joshua Strayhorn, PhD, a Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow with the National Park Service, will discuss the legacies of freedom seekers

Free ice cream, watermelon, a ducky derby, and a voter registration drive will be happening at the museum’s annual "Red, White, and Blue Ice Cream Social." Enjoy the festivities from 2-4 p.m., on July 4.

The Museum of the Albemarle will collaborate with Elizabeth City Downtown, Inc.’s Mariners' Wharf Film Festival 2024 on Tuesday, July 30, starting at 6 p.m., at Mariners’ Wharf at 200 South Water Street, Elizabeth City to highlight the museu