Topics Related to Exhibits

Babies were torn from mothers' arms. Landslides wiped out families and homes. At least 50 people died. This was the impact of the flood of 1916 when two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina.Mountain Gateway Museum will recall the catastrophe with the "So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood" exhibit, opening May 1. The free traveling exhibit consists of four interpretive panels and an interactive touch screen. It will run through May 31 before moving to Asheville.

A new exhibit opening May 6 at the Museum of the Cape Fear will focus on chaning funerary practices.

The CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretive Center will host a program that examines medicine during the Civil War May 7.

Early documents are preserved by the State Archives will be exhibited on the first floor of the Legislative Building April 25 and 26.

An assortment of multicolored tulips and diverse spring blooms will be on display for visitors at Tryon Palace during its semi-annual Garden Lovers Weekend, April 8-10 in historic downtown New Bern.

The North Carolina Museum of Art presents two free exhibitions opening in April 2016, both featuring work by North Carolina artists.

From home life in the 1700s to sports competition in the 1990s, the roles and accomplishments of women are evident all year at the Museum of the Albemarle. 

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has received a grant from the John William Pope Foundation for $500,000 to name one of the Museum’s gallery spaces. 

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

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