We are excited to let everyone know that some of our in-person programming will soon resume! The education department has programming for both adults and children, starting with our seasonal favorite Salty Dog Saturday cooking series (21+ years old). These cooking classes are held on the...
[caption id="attachment_2244" align="alignleft" width="300"] Deaf Services Specialist Daisy Rivenbark, far right, gives some suggestions on the interpreter-led video tour at the N.C. Maritime Museum at Southport to the museum's Education Curator Katy Menne, left. Rivenbark’s comments were relayed by Interpreter Services Specialist Jett Butterworth, center.[/caption] Staff...
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — A small museum in the Cape Fear region has earned a big distinction: The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport is the state’s first Certified Autism Center. “This is a remarkable achievement for the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport and its entire...
[gallery size="large" ids="1800,1801,1802,1803,1804,1805"] SOUTHPORT, N.C. — The heavy winds that swept through the region this week took out one of the nation’s few remaining coastal warning display towers. The storms toppled and significantly damaged early Friday morning the iconic weather tower that stood along the Southport waterfront...
SOUTHPORT, N.C. — Historic issues of power and privilege — both within the education system and reflective of society at the time — are at the heart of an upcoming talk hosted by the N.C. Maritime Museum at Southport. Valinda W. Littlefield, an associate professor of...
The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport has added a few more seats for each program in its popular homeschool series. “This year we opened up a few more seats in hopes of reaching more children and because we were solidly booked for months last year,”...
The North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport wants everyone to feel welcome. That’s one of the reasons its one-year-old Sensory Saturday program will continue in 2020. “We’re trying to make sure that no matter where you are or who you are, you can come and enjoy...