NCMC Events From Around the State… December 27, 2012




1). N.C. Maritime Museum at Beaufort Come countdown to the New Year with the Museum on December 31st . Sailors and Pirates have traveled the world for hundreds of years, celebrating the New Year in many different countries. Join the Museum staff every hour from 9 am to 5 pm on New Year's Eve to celebrate the arrival of 2013 as it happens around the world! This event is part of the Crystal Coast Countdown, a series of programs held throughout Carteret County to celebrate the New Year.

2). Mount Airy Museum of Regional History Ring in the New Year at Old North State Winery on Monday December 31 from 9pm - 12:30am. Music throughout the evening with Mediocre Bad Guys Live on the 1st Floor and a DJ by Sugarbear Productions on the 2nd Floor with a Champagne Toast at Midnight! That's two parties; one price! Tickets are available at the Museum (336-786-4478) or at the Winery (336-789-9463) $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Get your tickets early as space is limited. All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Museum. This party is sponsored by B&L Custom Jewelers, Cutting Edge Tile and Grout Cleaning Service and Old North State Winery.

3). High Point Museum presents “Soap Making in the Historical Park” on Saturday, January 12, 10 am to 4 pm. What role did ashes play in making soap during the 18th century? Come find out while you watch our costumed interpreters make homemade lye soap. All ages welcome. FREE. Drop-in.

4). Battleship NORTH CAROLINA  presents “Hidden Battleship” on January 12, 2013. Times: 8:30 – 12:30 pm, 1:30 – 5:30 pm, $50 per person. $45 for Friends members or active military. For the explorer at heart, bring a friend and join us for a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of un-restored areas of the Battleship. The four-hour tour consists of small groups with guides. Guests explore the bow (officers' country and boatswain locker), third deck (Radio II, brig, after gyro, storage rooms, ammunition handling, Engineer's office, torpedo area), Engine room #1, and climb inside the fire control tower to the top of the ship. The Azalea Coast Radio Club will be in Radio II to explain their work on the ship's radio transmitters. It’s the tour that brings out the “Indiana Jones” in all of us, without the snakes!

5). HandsOn! Come into Hands On! A Child’s Gallery, the children’s museum in downtown Hendersonville, on Friday, December 28th all day and learn the science & art of rocks. Paint on rocks using the water from our mountain stream- let it dry and do it again! Peer through a stereoscope to investigate fascinating rocks & minerals at our Science Cart. Fun for all ages. Free with $5.00 admission fee and free for members.

6). Museum of the Albemarle Singer/songwriter and recording artist, Jeanne Jolly one of North Carolina’s own will take the stage in the Gaither Auditorium on Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City. Opening for Jolly will be Sutter’s Cold Star Band that features some of your favorite local musicians. The ticketed show begins at 7:00 PM with tickets available in advance at $15 for FOMOA Members or $20 for Nonmembers.

7). N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences Sometime in the near future, when we least expect it, they will come. Cities will burn. Mankind will panic. Our world will tremble. You must see “Five Million Years to Earth” before it’s too late. Lucky for you, it is showing at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences on First Friday, January 4 at 7pm. Even luckier, it’s free. While digging a new subway line in London, a construction crew discovers an unusual skeleton and an alien space ship that has powerful psychic effects on the people nearby. A detailed study of the artifacts leads scientists to form some shocking conclusions about the origin of the human race. “Five Million Years to Earth” (1967, originally “Quatermass and the Pit”) is one of three films based on Nigel Kneale's “Quatermass” British sci-fi TV series.

8). N.C. Transportation Museum  The N.C. Transportation Museum is pleased to host a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution and the N.C. Humanities Council. The “Journey Stories” exhibit opens Jan. 5 with a reception for invited guests. The exhibit is free to anyone to view during its six week appearance at the museum, through Feb. 16. Regular museum admission applies to view other exhibits and to ride the on-site train. Journey stories are tales of how we and our ancestors came to America, a central element of our personal heritage.