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” […]
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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, […]
THANK YOU! In past postings about our future Living Village project, we have said that it takes a community to raise a village. Recently, we have blessed to have a opportunity to see firsthand the true beauty of that statement through our experiences with our own beloved community. In these […]
Progress will be slow, but it keeps getting better and better Updating exhibits can be more difficult that it seems, but it is going to be AMAZING in the end! While, as we stated through earlier posts, the majority of the exhibits will remain in the same spots, the rooms […]
We’re still planning a Gathering in April! Though we are still ensconced in (and will be for quite a while) remodeling inside the museum from Hurricane Matthew, you may remember from a PREVIOUS POST that we are still planning to celebrate a Volunteer Days in April 2017. It will be […]
Happy New Year! As 2016 closes, we are taking the time to reflect on all the phenomenal progress that happened during our Volunteer Days in April and October. Then, we turn to the changes we slowly see unfurling while rebuilding from Hurricane Matthew. Though we may be getting a bit […]
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 […]