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Carolina
Communities Shine in Two Excellent Exhibits at
Museum of the Albemarle
in Elizabeth City, N.C.
(Elizabeth
City, N.C., April 4, 2014) -- You can double the familial experience when you
visit Elizabeth City’s Museum of the Albemarle this spring, thanks to a pair of excellent,
yet diverse, exhibits that portray close-knit communities with ties to North
Carolina.
In
January, the Museum opened Al Norte al
Norte: Latino Life in North Carolina, featuring 51 images of the state’s
vibrant Latino community at work, at worship and in celebration. Taken over the
course of 10 years by Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Jose Galvez, the photographs
reveal the strength of this growing community. It is the first bilingual
exhibit presented at the Museum of the Albemarle.
A
second exhibit, Out of the Blue: Coast Guard Aviation, focuses on another close-knit community—the U.S. Coast Guard, with local headquarters at Air Station
Elizabeth City.
Navigating two centuries of Coast Guard history from its 1790 beginnings
to its aviation presence in northeastern North Carolina
today, the exhibit helps to explain the work these guardians conduct daily to
protect U.S.
shores. This exhibit debuted at the museum in 2009 and has just re-opened with
new features that illustrate search-and-rescue missions that took place during
Hurricane Sandy, the Haiti
earthquake and the Midwest floods. Elizabeth City area residents, in particular, will appreciate
seeing the dramatic exhibit images and video footage from the rescue of the Bounty, which sank off nearby Cape Hatteras
in 2012.
Al Norte will be open through
July 5, 2014, and the Out of the Blue
can be seen through February 2015. Admission is free.
The northeastern regional
branch of the North
Carolina Museum of History, the Museum of the Albemarle
interprets the history of 13 counties in northeastern North Carolina, considered by many to be the
birthplace of English America. Admission is free. The museum is open Tuesday
through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, call (252) 335-1453 or
visit at museumofthealbemarle.com
and on Facebook.
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Elizabeth City is the “Harbor of
Hospitality®”
Elizabeth City is located in
Northeastern North Carolina on the Intracoastal Waterway, halfway between Virginia Beach and the
Outer Banks. Known as the “Harbor of Hospitality,” the city has six National
Register Historic Districts and is home to the Museum of the Albemarle, The Center at Arts of the Albemarle,
Elizabeth City State University
Planetarium, Port Discover
Hands-on Science Center and one of the largest U.S. Coast Guard
air stations in the Continental United States. Nature-based travelers are drawn
to the area’s proximity to Dismal Swamp
and the abundance of outdoor recreational offerings. For additional
information, call Elizabeth City Area Convention & Visitors Bureau at
1-866-ECity-4U (1-866-324-8948) or visit DiscoverElizabethCity.com. For
up-to-the-minute info on happenings and events visit ElizabethCityHASIt.com.
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