Topics Related to North Carolina Museum of History

Virtual Roundtable Discussing Mecklenburg Resolves

May 5, 2022, 7pm - 8pm
Learn about this precursor to the Revolutionary War from State Archives staff and documents. The Museum of History hosts this free event. Registration link, https://www.eventbrite.com/e/history-highballs-mecklenburg-resolves-tickets-310551888057

 

History + Highballs: The Halifax Resolves

April 8, 2021, 7pm - 8pm
Learn about the Halifax Resolves as we dive into the events that resulted in NC being the first colony to move toward independence. This online program is hosted by the North Carolina Museum of History.

Presenters: Larry Armstrong, Chair, Historic Halifax Restoration Association, and Vann Evans, Audiovisual Materials Archivist, State Archives of North Carolina

State Constitution of 1868 on Display for a Limited Time

April 23, 2018, 1pm - April 25, 2018, 9pm
Venture to the 1860s gallery in The Story of North Carolina at the North Carolina Museum of History to view the state’s original 1868 Constitution, the first to grant rights and privileges to emancipated former slaves. The document will be on exhibit beginning January 26 through April 29.

State Archives Staff to Participate in the 17th Annual African American Cultural Celebration

January 27, 2018, 3:30pm - 9:30pm
State Archives staff members from Special Collections will have a booth at the 17th Annual African American Cultural Celebration. Fran Tracy-Walls (Private Manuscripts Archivist) and Matthew Peek (Military Collection Archivist) will be on hand to discuss African American collections available at the State Archives and how individuals might donate their collections or participate in the Military Collection’s Veterans’ Oral History Program. Selected images from both collections will be on display.