Press Releases

The North Carolina Symphony and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will celebrate the centennial of the North Carolina State Parks with a multimedia experience that combines the music of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons with breathtaking imagery of nature across our state on a video screen above the orchestra. 

The works of art students from Craven County Schools are now on display in the Duffy Exhibition Gallery at the North Carolina History Center.

The first Confederate capital was Montgomery, Alabama, but was eventually settled in Richmond, Virginia. So when did North Carolina serve as the Confederate capital?

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces several special exhibitions taking place in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. 

The March 12 symposium, "Exploring North Carolina's Archeaological Heritage through Remote Sensing and Geophysics" will allow professional review of archeaological technologies now available.

The Mountain Gateway Museum in Old Fort is looking for volunteers.

Town Creek "Under the Stars" will bid farewell to long winter nights Saturday, March 12, 6:30 to 10 p.m. at Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site.

Children ages 6-10 can learn how staying warm during the cooler months wasn't always as easy as turning a dial during the Tryon's Explorers program Thursday, March 10.

Children ages 12 and under are invited to Tryon Palace's Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 26.

In celebration of American Red Cross month in March, the North Carolina Symphony is teaming up with the Red Cross to present “Art from the Heart,” – a display of therapeutic artwork from Wounded Warrior Battalion Marines and world-renowned artist Craig Bone.