Press Releases

Calling all history enthusiasts to join in cleaning efforts on Civil War Park Day Sat., April 2.

Jasmine Jackson from Kinston High School in Lenoir County is the North Carolina champion of Poetry Out Loud and will compete in the national finals in Washington, D.C. in May.

Tami Tyree will explore the African American "Great Migration" of the mid-20th century during the Tryon Palace's African American Lecture Series.

The North Carolina Symphony and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will celebrate the centennial of the North Carolina State Parks with a multimedia experience that combines the music of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with breathtaking imagery of nature across our state on a video screen above the orchestra. 

The works of art students from Craven County Schools are now on display in the Duffy Exhibition Gallery at the North Carolina History Center.

The first Confederate capital was Montgomery, Alabama, but was eventually settled in Richmond, Virginia. So when did North Carolina serve as the Confederate capital?

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces several special exhibitions taking place in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. 

The March 12 symposium, "Exploring North Carolina's Archeaological Heritage through Remote Sensing and Geophysics" will allow professional review of archeaological technologies now available.

The Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort is looking for volunteers.

Town Creek "Under the Stars" will bid farewell to long winter nights Saturday, March 12, 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site. Participants will gaze up at the constellations Taurus, Gemini, Orion and Cancer as well as get a chance to view the gas giant Jupiter and its moons. "As we prepare to 'spring forward' for Daylight Savings Time," says Site Manager Rich Thompson, "why not start your night out a little early and do some sky watching with us?"