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An occasional list of exhibits, programs, and events at North Carolina museums. Sponsored by the North Carolina Museums Council.

Monday, January 03, 2011

NCMC Events From Around the State… January 3, 2011

1). Bellamy Mansion presents “History Lecture” with Tom Massey on Monday January 31, 2011 from 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Bellamy Board Member and Cape Fear Community College History Instructor, Tom Massey, will discuss Development of slavery in Colonial times. Why was this system of labor was adopted? How long did it take for to develop full fledged chattel slavery? How did this labor system impact American History? A perfect lead-in to Black History Month. A Q & A session will follow. Refreshments will be served.

2). Cameron Art Museum
presents Gallery Conversation with Anne Brennan “Materials of MINImuseum” on Sat. Jan. 15, 11:30 am. Cost: Museum Admission, CAM Members: free. Share in the fun of this new informal series of lively art talks with various members of CAM’s staff. The series begins with Anne Brennan, assistant director, offering a hands-on chance to touch, look at and discuss the variety of materials used by Richard McMahan to make his miniature world of art.

3). Asheville Art Museum Join us for a Discussion Bound book talk on Howard Norman’s “The Bird Artist: A Novel” on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Asheville Art Museum. This event is free with Museum Membership or Museum Admission. Howard Norman’s haunting novel is set in turn-of-the-century Newfoundland. It is about a young man who confesses to the murder of the village lighthouse keeper and whose gift for drawing birds becomes both his physical and his emotional release. A 1994 National Book Award finalist, Norman employs a spare writing style that ably describes the characters and the landscape.

4). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences There is still nothing wrong with your television. The Museum is still controlling transmission, and inviting you to join us on First Friday to ponder “The Sixth Finger” — one of the first episodes from the popular 1960s sci-fi television series “Outer Limits” — at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on Friday, January 7 at 7pm. Free.

5). Fort Fisher State Historic Site Shed those winter blues and kick off the Civil War sesquicentennial with the Fort Fisher State Historic Site as we usher in the sesquicentennial with the program “Glory Enough for All: the 146th Anniversary of the 2nd Battle for Fort Fisher” slated for January 15, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will include guest speakers, panel discussions, guided battle walks of the remaining earthworks (tickets available for $5 per person), and thematic tours. Throughout the day re-enactors will bring history to life with Confederate artillery demonstrations and Union infantry impressions, with small arms firings.

6). Somerset Place State Historic Site Somerset Place State Historic Site in Creswell will present the lecture "The Impact and Implication of the Civil War from the Enslaved Person's Perspective: Forced to Aid My Enemies' Cause," on Saturday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. Former site manager Dot Redford will speak. The commemoration of North Carolina’s Civil War 150th anniversary is sponsored in part by the North Carolina Office of Archives and History, within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.

7). Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson Brunswick Town/Fort Anderson State Historic Site in Winnabow will present local historian Jack Travis, who will speak on "Jumping the Gun: The January 1861 Captures of Forts Caswell and Johnston" on Tuesday, Jan. 18, from 7-9 p.m. at the Southport Community Building on the grounds of Fort Johnston. Travis is the author of “Men of God, Angels of Death: A History of General Lee’s Premier Artillery Battery.”

8). Natural Science Center of Greensboro On January 26, 2011, NASA Scientist and Supervisor, Trina Ray, will give a talk at the Natural Science Center of Greensboro (NSC) on the famous “Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn” at 7 PM in the Center's OmniSphere Theater. Ray will share highlights and significant findings of the spacecraft's first years in orbit. The talk is open to the public and is free of charge.

9). Cape Fear Museum presents “Cape Fear 101: Photography in Focus” on Tuesday, January 11, 7 p.m., New Hanover Room, Main Library, 201 Chestnut Street. Why does Great Grandma look so grumpy? Join Museum Registrar Terri Hudgins as she uses photographs from the Museum’s collection to explain how changing photographic technologies have taken us from the formal portrait to the snapshot. $5 for Museum members; $7 for non-members.

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