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The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at noon in the Gaither Auditorium.  Dr.

The State Capitol will bring back a popular walking tour series centered on protest and civil rights in downtown Raleigh to commemorate Black History Month.

The Museum of the Albemarle will host our monthly History for Lunch on Wednesday, Feb. 19 at noon in the Gaither Auditorium. As the 250th anniversary of the United States approaches, Dr.

Learn what’s new for you to discover at the State Archives of North Carolina.

A Zoom teleconference scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28, from noon to 1 p.m., will highlight materials added to the State Archives’ collections in 2024.

On Saturday, Jan. 18, the sound of cannons and muskets will once again ring out at Fort Fisher State Historic Site. The event will mark the 160th anniversary of the fort’s capture by U.S. forces in January 1865.

The Mountain Gateway Museum has opened to the public at its temporary location at

The grounds and visitors center at Vance Birthplace State Historic Site will reopen to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 10, more than two months after the site was closed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. The site will resume regular operating hours, which are Tuesday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

The North Carolina Division of State Historic Sites has been awarded $114,500 to acquire five acres of land adjacent to the Fort Dobbs State Historic Site.

The Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site will reopen to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 10, more than two months after the site was forced to close in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.

 North Carolina’s Executive Mansion, the “people’s house,” will open its historic doors again for the beloved annual Holiday Open House Dec.