Exhibits
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| Albemarle Timetable: a
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Events Descriptions
August
12, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm,
“School Days” in the carpet tile classrooms
Back-to-school activity for students: Visit
schoolrooms of the past. Jr. Docent presenters.
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August 14 - 15, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm, carpet, tile
classrooms
Photography Workshop: “Images: Our Link to the
Past”. Students will have a chance to examine
photographs of Elizabeth City from the Museum's
collection and then take their own camera downtown
for a chance to document the way architecture,
businesses, and people have changed or stayed the
same through the years. Students ages 12-18, Registration and supply fee are required.
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September 4, Thursday, 7:00 pm, The Auditorium
Albemarle Historic Roundtable: "Why we are called Tar
Heels: North Carolina Naval Stores," explores the
development and economic importance of tar,
turpentine, rosin and pitch and how North
Carolinians obtained their colorful nickname. Harry Warren, Director of the North Carolina Museum
of Forestry.
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September
4-December 31
Photography Workshop: “Images: Our Link to the
Past”. Display of Photographs of scenes and
people of Elizabeth City from the perspective of
students in the photography workshop.
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September 11, Thursday, 10:00 am, Carpet
Classroom
“PreSchooler Time: Football” Children will
participate in creative activities centered on this
month’s theme of “Football”. 3-5 year olds
accompanied by an adult.
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September 20, Saturday, 10:00 – 3:00, on The
Green (Rain: The Porch)
“Day on the River” Maritime-centered
activities for the children, Jr. Docent presenters
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September 22, Monday, 8:15 am
“Volunteer Docent Trip to Currituck Heritage Park”
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October 2, Thursday, 7:00
pm, The Auditorium
“Albemarle Historic Roundtable”
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October
9, Thursday, 10:00, Tile classrooms, Gallery
“PreSchooler Time: Butter Making”
Children will participate in creative activities
centered on this month’s theme of “Butter Making”.
3-5 year olds accompanied by an adult.
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October
25, Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, The Portico
“Haunted Albemarle” Past local residents of
Elizabeth City aka Jr. Docents as costumed
interpreters tell their stories. Hear from a Civil
War soldier, an Albemarle suffragette, a past North
Carolina governor, and other notorious Albemarle
residents. Take a map and explore the cemetery on
your own afterwards.
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November 6, Thursday, 7:00 pm, The Auditorium
“Albemarle Historic Roundtable”
“Lightships: Floating Lighthouses of the
Mid-Atlantic” Wayne Kirklin, Associate Historian
Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation. Book signing
of the same title will follow the presentation.
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November 11-14, Tuesday – Friday 9:00 am – 1:00
pm, Carpet, Tile classrooms, Gallery
Focus Week for Schools: The Auditorium, Carpet,
Tile classrooms, Gallery, “Algonquians” Students
will attend a day of specialized activities centered
on Native Americans of the Albemarle Region.
Stations offer a mix of hands-on-activities,
demonstrations, exhibit tours with guest presenters
on Friday. Student registration is required. “
K-6th grade.
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November 13, Thursday, 10:00 am, Carpet
Classroom
“PreSchooler Time: Native American Pottery”
Children will participate in creative activities
centered on this months theme of “Native American
Pottery”. 3-5 year olds accompanied by an adult.
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December 6 Saturday, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, lobby,
carpet, tile classrooms & kitchen, Halls, etc.
“Albemarle Christmas—A Colonial Christmas”
Annual Museum of the Albemarle Open House. Tour of
the museum building decorated for the holidays with
a colonial theme. Creative activities for the
children highlighted with a visit from “Santa.”
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December 11, Thursday, 10:00 am, Carpet, tile
classroom
“PreSchooler Time: Holiday Lights”
Children will participate in creative activities
centered on this month’s theme of “Holiday
Lights”. 3-5 year olds accompanied by an adult.
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December 13, Saturday, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm,
Carpet, tile classrooms
“Designers Workshop-Deck Those Halls”
Design and make your own Holiday Decorations, lunch
included. Groups please call to schedule this
workshop on an alternate day. This workshop is
designed for adults. Registration and fee required.
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December 19, Friday, 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Carpet,
tile classroom
“Jingle Bells are Rockin’”
Spend an afternoon learning the history of
gingerbread at Christmas, decorate a gingerbread
house. K-3rd grade, Registration and fee
required.
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