“An Evening of Jazz: Celebrating Max Roach,” set for 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, in Elizabeth City honors the jazz drummer and Pasquotank County native a week after what would have been his 100th birthday.
Museum of the Albemarle
Catch a wave at Museum of the Albemarle’s new exhibit
“Where the Waves Break: Surfing in Northeastern North Carolina” opens July 13 at the northeast regional history museum.
Museum of the Albemarle to host program on pollinators
The Museum of the Albemarle’s History for Lunch program at noon June 21 will focus on bees and other pollinators.
‘Dismal Freedom’ author to give lecture, sign books
Professor J. Brent Morris will be at the Museum of the Albemarle Feb. 17 for a lecture and booksigning of his work, “Dismal Freedom: A History of the Maroons of the Great Dismal Swamp.”
Decoy carver exhibit to open at Museum of the Albemarle
“Working Birds: Decoys and Their Carvers” opens Nov. 3 in the Elizabeth City museum.
Albemarle Sound boatbuilding exhibit to open Oct. 11
The exhibit opening Oct. 10 will feature graphics and artifacts that illustrate the boatbuilding traditions that go back generations.
War of 1812 exhibit opens at Museum of Albemarle
The display tells the story of U.S. Navy crews in battles on the oceans and Great Lakes, and of sailors in land battles from Canada to Louisiana.
NASA’s ‘Human Computers’ exhibit at Albemarle museum
“When the Computer Wore a Skirt: NASA’s Human Computers” explores the history and personalities the film and book “Hidden Figures.”
Albemarle museum invites teens to become junior docents
Teens can spend the summer learning about regional history and sharing it with others as a Museum of the Albemarle volunteer.
NC’s roots were in Albemarle Settlements, not ‘Lost Colony’
The role of Chowan County in North Carolina’s early Colonial history is often overshadowed by the first English settlement in North America, but it was here where the Tar Heel State had its true beginnings.
