Press Releases

Hurricane Matthew has destroyed many homes and left families in despair, but cultural institutions also may be devastated. The Cultural Resources Emergency Support Team (CREST) can offer help to small public and private museums and holders of archival collections in the flooded areas of the state. 

While many household items and family treasures have been lost to Hurricane Matthew, books can help children of all ages escape for a bit from the storm's tremendous devastation. The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, in partnership with the North State Journal, is asking for donations of children's books for Hurricane Matthew victims.

Explore a working tobacco barn, learn about North Carolina State Parks, view vintage bicycles or investigate North Carolina's amazing array of historic sites, aquariums, zoo and museums through the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources exhibits at the North Carolina State Fair. 

Learn more about who your ancestors were during a virtual Family History Fair live webcast Saturday, Oct. 15. This how-to event is presented by the North Carolina Government and Heritage Library and the State Archives of North Carolina. 

Parents of 3, 4 and 5-year-old children are invited to sign up for free text messages from "Ready4K," provided by ParentPowered Public Benefit Corporation in partnership with the State Library of North Carolina. It's part of a program developed by Stanford University which shows that fun facts received by texts can greatly increase children's learning. Cell data and message rates may apply.

In what was then Pasqoutank County, a congregation in the Shiloh community petitioned the colonial court to be allowed to worship at the church of its choice, and not the Church of England. The oldest Baptist Church in North Carolina thus came to be organized by Sept. 5, 1729, as Burges' Meeting House. Renamed Shiloh Baptist Church in 1812, the church is being honored with a N.C. Highway Historical Marker Saturday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. at 952 S. Highway 343 at Shiloh in Camden County.

Planning your visit to a North Carolina state park to view the spectacular colors of changing Fall leaves? Or maybe you're still working to complete your N.C. State Parks Passport, or planning to attend one of the remaining State Parks Centennial celebrations. [video:https://vimeo.com/180113253]

Photo: Gov. Pat McCrory (center) stopped by to visit with DNCR CREST team members Adrienne Berney (far left), Reid Thomas (second from right) and LeRae Umfleet (far right) during a recent tour of flood damage in Windsor.  The recent heavy flooding in Bertie County caused flood waters to rise up to four feet high in the Craftsman and Farmers Museum in downtown Windsor. Much of the museum’s collection of antique farming implements and tools were submerged under water and in need of care and cleaning.