The Wayne County Museum’s annual Black History exhibit will open to the public on Saturday, February 5, 2022. This year, the show is entitled “Culture & Community” and it explores the historic Black neighborhoods of […]
UPDATE: Events postponed to 2022 as noted below. ________ Fall has arrived, and the Wayne County Museum has history events planned for October guests — including a brand new exhibit spotlighting the Odd Fellows and […]
The special exhibit, Stars, Stages & Screens of Wayne County, continues through the month of August at the Wayne County Museum. This exhibit covers theater venues, opera houses, movie theaters, and drive-in theaters of Wayne […]
How fast is your fastball? Do different floor surfaces affect your performance? How do you make a perfect bounce pass? These questions and many more are posed in the new traveling exhibition at Cape Fear […]
Two events are planned in May at the Goldsboro, North Carolina Wayne County Museum. Visit for the final day of its 135th US Colored Troops exhibit, and return for the grand opening of the museum’s […]
The Wayne County Museum in Goldsboro, North Carolina is offering a free event on Saturday, March 27, 2021, at 1pm. The event, Fighting for Freedom, Black Soldiers of the Civil War, is presented on the 156th […]
The city of Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded a grant of approximately $38,000 from the North Carolina Science Museums Grant Program. Said Parks and Recreation Director Elton Daniels: “Our grant award […]
The Wayne County Historical Society, which oversees the Wayne County Museum, has several history-oriented happenings planned for September, with a unique Victorian funeral event coming to Goldsboro, North Carolina in October 2019. The Mission of the […]
On Saturday, April 7, 2018, 10am-4pm, the Edgecombe County Veterans’ Military Museum will hold an Open House at their temporary quarters. Edgecombe County Veterans’ Military Museum has temporarily relocated from their 106 W Church Street, Tarboro, […]
The public is invited to the annual Open House on Saturday, January 27, 2018, 11am-2pm, at The Max G. Creech Selma Historical Museum, 104 West Anderson Street, Selma, North Carolina See a presentation outlining the plans for exhibits, […]
By Tameka Kenan-Norman, City of Rocky Mount NC Overcoming environmental and cultural challenges can create unexpected partnerships that result in extraordinary outcomes. In the Children’s Museum and Science Center’s latest exhibit, “Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge. […]
Free First Saturdays at the Denver Art Museum offers local families and individuals access to the museum, while waiving the General Admission fee. Museum access and many activities are available at no charge, including bilingual offerings. […]
By Emily Kowalski, NCMA A Hanukkah lamp in the collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) was selected for the candle-lighting ceremony at the annual White House celebration of Hanukkah. President Barack Obama and […]
Thanks to the Twin County Museum and Hall of Fame, online at www.twincountyhalloffame.com, local residents can learn about people who made an impact here. One local football player is Jimmy Clack, inducted into sports Hall of Fame in 2006. […]
Driving along US 264, a signpost announces the Country Doctor Museum. Locals and visitors alike may be intrigued by this sign, and decide to take the Bailey NC exit and check out this history museum. According to […]
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