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The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is housed in a 4,000 square feet (370 m 2) permanent exhibit gallery on the third floor of the North Carolina Museum of History.The hall of fame was originally established in February 1963, with support from the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, "celebrates excellence and extraordinary achievement in athletics [and] commemorates and memorializes exceptional ...
The North Carolina Digital Collections portal contains over 90,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts, and other resources on topics related to North Carolina. The collections are free and full-text searchable, and bring together content from the State Archives of North Carolina and the State Library of ...
Formerly North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, science and natural history exhibits Museum of North Carolina Minerals: Spruce Pine: Mitchell: Western: Natural history: Minerals and gems found in the area and state [65] [66] Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery: Seagrove: Randolph: Piedmont Triad: Art: Features displays from ...
The North Carolina Museum of History, which gets nearly a half million visitors a year, will close for renovations lasting two to three years. The third-floor exhibits of the downtown Raleigh ...
The North Carolina Museum of History has the largest Thomas Day collection in the world, Ijames said. Materials in this collection were formerly featured in the Smithsonian. A Thomas Day exhibit ...
The Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex is a museum about the history and cultural heritage of southern North Carolina. Opened in 1988 [1] and located in Fayetteville, the museum is a regional branch of the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh. The complex includes the main history museum, the 1897 Poe House, and Arsenal Park.
Many of the offices and divisions of the department were founded as separate institutions, such as the State Library of North Carolina, founded in 1812, the North Carolina Museum of History, founded in 1902, and the North Carolina Symphony, founded in 1943. These organizations either remained independent or were gradually combined under the ...
The Museum of the Albemarle is located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.It serves as the northeastern regional branch of the North Carolina Museum of History.This area of North Carolina is sometimes considered the birthplace of English North America, with close proximity to Roanoke Island and the "Lost Colony" of 1585.