We’re Overjoyed To Be Open! Words can’t properly express how we felt being able to welcome our first visitors through our doors since Hurricane Matthew shut them last October. We had a few familiar faces and many coming for the first time, but all had wonderful things to say about […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
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We Open Tomorrow! While we still have many things to do that will bring us up to 100% done, we are opening our doors as we had previously announced in earlier posts, TOMORROW! New walls! New lights! New exhibits! New paint! New carpet! But the same friendly faces that will […]
We’re so very close to opening! While there is still so much to do, we can’t help but be excited at seeing how close we’re getting to opening our doors! We decided to give you just a tiny sneak peek of the new signage that is currently in the process […]
We’re Re-Opening With a Celebration! After almost six months of recovery efforts from Hurricane Matthew, the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center on Hatteras Island will reopen April 11, 2017. The entire facility was flooded in October with water levels ranging from a few inches to over three […]
In January, we had the pleasure of presenting at the first annual Sarasota Native American History Conference at the Sand Castle Resort in beautiful Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida. The conference was moderated by our long time friend and award winning author Jay Wertz. Jay is the author of the beautifully […]
We’re Celebrating! As you probably know, we are creating an outdoor exhibit to replicate a Croatoan/Hatterask village typical of those seen when Europeans first arrived on Hatteras Island. Additionally we’ve been planning an annual Ancestral Village Days Celebration where, for that weekend, the village will become an interactive “living history” […]
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 […]
As we get closer to being able to re-open, we’re catching up on some of the work that we would have normally done during the regular season. For the past couple of years, we’ve shared lists of our tribal visitors on our website. We then post an accumulative list of […]
When we keep telling you that we’re going to be coming back better than ever we’re not joking! The first of the new walls are up in one room and WOW!!! There aren’t words that can express just how excited we are watching this progress. We are all thankful for […]
The opportunities just keep coming! Construction on the inner exhibit rooms is underway, new signage is being finalized, and now we’re in the process of working on ANOTHER new project! So much has changed over the years, that we have decided to update the information on our flyers. But […]
So Many Materials! Though we’ve been redesigning a lot of current exhibits, there is a lot of fundamental work that needs done. We’ve got walls, baseboards, trim, and LOADS of paint to go up! We recently had a shipment to cover all of that so the heavy duty work […]
We Had Our Very Own Disappearing Act! Long-term museum volunteer, Mitch Mayhew, has been helping at the museum for almost 20 years. Despite the fact that he lives 8 hours away, he has managed to donate whole weeks in the recovery effort from Hurricane Matthew. Like our other wonderful volunteers, […]