Press Releases

Throughout March, in celebration of Women’s History Month, agencies within the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources will showcase the remarkable contributions of North Carolina women through special programs and exhibits.

Experience history come alive at the Bentonville Battlefield State Historic Site 160th anniversary program March 15-16. Thousands of living historians from across the country will descend on Bentonville Battlefield for one of the nation’s largest battle reenactments.     

On Saturday, March 8, Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site will host the North Carolina Rice Festival. The festival celebrates how rice and Gullah-Geechee culture shaped the North Carolina Lowcountry.

The finale in a special series of concerts celebrating North Carolina’s unique story of moonshine and motorsports will take place March 29 at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, N.C.

The North Carolina Arts Council has awarded $915,000 to nonprofit arts organizations in Western North Carolina affected by Hurricane Helene.

The Mountain Gateway Museum will host the 21st Century Packhorse Librarians on March 1 to distribute free books.

Fort Dobbs State Historic Site will offer a glimpse of the harrowing days of the Anglo-Cherokee War on March 1 with a living-history commemoration.

Stop by the Museum of the Albemarle on Saturday, March 15, 2025, from 10 a.m.

The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wed., April 2 at noon in the Gaither Auditorium.  Author LeVern Davis Parker will share the story of life during World War II in Manteo through the lens of the Manteo Boat Building Company.