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Contact: Lori Meads, Educator
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Date: Immediate
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Date: July 24, 2013
(252)
335-1453
Archaeology
101 for Children
Become
an archaeologist for the day! Visit with
real archaeologists and view the tools of the trade on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Museum of the
Albemarle.
Various stations will be set up to explain that artifacts have a meaning or a
story to tell, the tools and methods used by archaeologists, how artifacts are
recovered in a systematic fashion and how organized records are kept of finds,
and the aspect of processing and interpreting artifacts from a site. Also, become familiar with various vessels
that either were used or have wrecked or sunk in the Albemarle region. Discover what some local archaeologists have
uncovered in their own backyard. Visitors will participate in archaeological
activities.
Free
Family Program
For
more information contact 252-335-1453.
The
Museum of the Albemarle
is located at 501 S. Water Street,
Elizabeth City, NC.
(252)335-1453. www.museumofthealbemarle.com. Find us on Facebook! Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays and
State Holidays. Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates,
Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington
counties, the Museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North
Carolina Division of State History Museums within the N.C. Department of
Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and
communities and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build
North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future. Information is available
24/7 at www.ncculture.com.
About The
North Carolina Department of Cultural ResourcesThe North Carolina Department of
Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader
in using the state’s cultural resources to build the social, cultural and
economic future of North Carolina.
Led by Secretary Susan W. Kluttz, NCDCR’s mission to enrich lives and
communities creates opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history
and libraries in North Carolina
that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state’s history
and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the
nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.
Through arts
efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of
Art; NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and
old alike and economic stimulus engines for our state’s communities. NCDCR’s
Divisions of State Archives, Historical Resources, State Historic
Sites and State History Museums
preserve, document and interpret North
Carolina’s rich cultural heritage. NCDCR’s State
Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and
builds the capacity of all libraries in our state; developing and supporting
access to traditional and online collections such as genealogy and resources
for the blind and physically handicapped.
NCDCR
annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites,
seven history museums, two art museums, the nation’s first state-supported
Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State
Archives. NCDCR champions our state’s creative industry that accounts for more
than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more
information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.
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