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30 October 2023; Volunteer Weekend

This weekend, we had a collection of volunteers gather at the museum to work on various projects. There is a large army of stuffed turtles and bears that will soon be finding their way into the gift shop to be adopted into new loving homes. Volunteers also created bookmarks and […]

23 October 2023; Rockfish Plaque

Though the tribes of the Northwest Coast are often though of as great fishers of salmon, this plaque depicts a different species. The fish in the carving is a Rockfish, also called the Pacific Ocean Perch. Growing up to 40 pounds and having a slightly sweet taste, the Rockfish was […]

16 October 2023; Got Any Deer Antlers?

These incredibly unique dreamcatchers are a joy to make, but the antlers are not something that come in our typical crafting materials. We’re reaching out to our museum supporters, especially with hunting season being around the corner, and asking for YOUR help! Got any deer antlers that would make great […]

2 October 2023; Enjoy Your Visit? Help Us By Sharing!

Each day, we have the opportunity to meet many wonderful visitors to our museum – from families to couples and spring breakers to lone bikers. One of the things museum staff enjoy most is talking with our visitors and sharing their experiences. Whether we’re answering questions, taking note of suggestions, […]

18 September 2023; Heishi and Pump Drills

Beads come in many different shapes and colors The bead in a disk shape, called heishi, featured on this necklace are made out of coconut shell. To make the coconut shell into beads, a hole was drilled using a pump drill like the one below: Beads were drilled halfway through […]

12 September 2023; Bead Kits

Have you ever wanted to be able to learn how to do some of the delicate beadwork that you see in our exhibits? Now you can! The museum staff has created a kit that contains everything to make your very own beaded bracelet! Peyote stitch, sometimes called gourd stitch, is […]

28 August 2023; New Magnets

When we say we have some of the best visitors, we really mean it! One of those visitors is a member of Bear Creek Supply right here in North Carolina. We collaborated before to produce new mugs that have been a hot item, and now we’ve got brand new magnets […]

21 August 2023; Donate Supplies via Amazon!

We’ve gotten asked several times about different ways to donate to the museum. There’s the ones most people are aware of, like donations of artifacts or cash in our donation box. We’ve shared about putting us as your Non-profit of choice on AmazonSmile too! There’s volunteering your services, which we […]

14 August 2023; New Gift Shop Items

Those of us that are frequent readers are used to having our favorite comfortable spots to cuddle down with our books. But when you’re on the go? It means traveling with you reading pillow and extra bags for your book, or even worse, trying to carry both of them (as […]

31 August 2023; New Gift Shop Item!

In the world of archeology, exciting finds are often discovered after the rains soften the hard earth. You can now share in a bit of that adventure at home with our new Excavation Kit! Just by adding water to the block a little at a time, you can soften it […]

10 July 2023; Gratitude

We’ve gotten some anonymous donations as of late and we wanted to say thanks to those lovely people for such a wonderful surprise you gifted us with. Thanks to our anonymous donor of $100 in donation box. Thanks to our anonymous donor through Network for Good. When we say every […]