Record #:

30754

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC became a part of the NC Department of Cultural Resources on Aug 8, 1997. Tracing it’s origin to a collection created in 1898 for the International Fisheries Exposition, the museum was placed under the NC Department of Agriculture in 1959, and did not have a full time curator until 1975.

Source:

Carolina Comments (NoCar F 251 C38), Vol. 45 Issue 6, Nov 1997, p133-135, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

North Carolina Maritime Museum (Beaufort); Coastal research; Carteret County; Cultural heritage; Fisheries