Good News, Good News, Good News! The Outer Banks Community Foundation has awarded the museum a grant to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Matthew! We’d like to believe the record setting hurricane was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but we know that may not be realistic. The funds will make it […]
Yearly Archives: 2016
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Update from behind the scenes If you’ve visited the museum and trails, you’ve seen that our building sits over the beautiful water belonging to one of the tributaries to the sound. However beautiful, that same water has been known to cause its share of damage when it rises a bit […]
One of the new changes we are excited about is the chance to update our signage. Not only will they have a beautiful new look, but they will have a new addition of a QR Code! What’s a QR Code? You may have seen them on product packages before, small […]
Lots of folks have looked at the piles of debris in front of the museum and called to ask about our recovery. If that much stuff came OUT of the museum, surely some things needed to go IN. One call was from a member of the Virginia and Frances Meekins […]
Progress on such a huge project, such as the hurricane recovery, is slow moving. The sanitation process is complete. We’ve got all new wiring, and not ALL rooms of the museum have been trimmed so we can replace it with material that will stand better against future (though we are […]
As many of you know, we have been looking forward in excitement to our first Village Days that was planned for April of 2017. Unfortunately, Matthew’s impact has extended its reach into the next year for the museum and we were forced to make some hard decisions. First, we have […]
Hurricane Matthew was devastating to the lower towns of Hatteras Island. Frisco, where we are located, had record flooding for the area. The museum itself, had water through the floors of all the exhibits. The pavilion on the trail had several feet. This water not only saturated and moved our […]
Last Year, a group of volunteers came to begin work on our future longhouse. WOW! So much has been accomplished in just one year! What Has Been Done So Far? Most of the framework has been coated in epoxy, carved, stained, AND assembled Framework for the bed is complete Two […]
Clay can be found in a multitude of areas and is often considered a nuisance to gardeners. But how does it go from being in the ground to a clay body, a clay material that is able to be formed into pottery? The first step is digging the clay from […]
Some things in life are free . . . On Saturday, September 24, 2016, individuals will have an opportunity to visit the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center with FREE admission. The museum will participate in the thirteenth annual Museum Day Live! presented by Smithsonian magazine. On Museum […]
How did natives make their beads? It is a question we often hear from visitors to the museum. The beads featured are made of clay, one of the easiest materials to use for bead making. Each tribe had access to different types of clay, so the particulars of the process […]
Last Year, a group of volunteers came to begin work on our future longhouse. WOW! So much has been accomplished in just one year! What Has Been Done So Far? Most of the framework has been coated in epoxy, carved, stained, AND assembled Framework for the bed is complete […]