NCMC Events From Around the State… October 27, 2014

1). North Carolina Preservation Consortium (www.ncpreservation.org) announces that registration is now open for Significant Preservation: Inventories and Assessments for Strategic Planning, the North Carolina Preservation Consortium (NCPC) annual conference. November 7, 2014 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Please visit www.ncpreservation.org/events.html for more information and to register.   

2). The Charlotte Museum of History (www.charlottemuseum.org) invites you to join them on Saturday, November 1^st at 1:00 p.m. for their next lecture in the History Talks Lecture Series.  Historian and Professor Dr. Turk McCleskey will discuss his book, The Road to Black Ned’s Forge:  A Story of Race, Sex, and Trade on the Colonial American Frontier.

3). Hands On! A Child's Gallery (www.handsonwnc.org) is proud to present a SciGirls Professional Development Training, Monday, November 3, 2014, 9 AM - 4 PM. SciGirls is a PBS Kids television series out to change how tweens think about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM!   In each episode, girls in your programs can join bright, curious real girls in putting STEM to work.  Then they can check out the PBS SciGirls website to play games, watch episodes, share projects, and connect with other SciGirls in a totally safe social networking environment!  SciGirls Trainings integrate inquiry-based STEM instruction with a commitment to gender equity.  Christi Whitworth, Education Director of Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute and the North Carolina Girls STEM Collaborative Lead guides this training.  Educators attending SciGirls Trainings will learn the latest research for exciting and engaging girls (and boys) in STEM; experience hands-on STEM activities; and gain access to free materials for hands-on, video-enhanced activities that put a creative twist on teaching STEM.  There is a $15 fee to attend this training. There are only 30 spaces open for this training!  REGISTRATION LINK: http://www.ngcproject.org/hands-scigirls-training. Registration closes one week before the training date.  Lunch is on your own. Directions to Hands On! and information regarding parking is available at http://handsonwnc.org/visit/directions/.   

4). The Museum of Anthropology (www.moa.wfu.edu) invites to a Kachina Doll Workshop on Sunday, November 9th, 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Kachina dolls are used by the Hopi people of the United States Southwest to portray the spirits that they believe surround them.  In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, participants in this program will learn about the Hopi people and their beliefs and make their own kachina doll. The workshop is open to all ages.  The fee is $10 ($7 for MOA Friends) per doll.  Advanced registration is required. Call 336.758.5282 or reply to this email to register.

5). Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex (www.museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov) will open a display on November 1 showcasing the signature page of North Carolina’s copy of the newly approved United States Constitution from 1789. This document established North Carolina as the 12th State to join the United States. The signature page will be accompanied by copies of the other pages from the document, as well as historical information on the ratification itself. The manuscript is on loan courtesy of the State Archives of North Carolina and will be on display through December 14, 2014.  The display at the Museum of the Cape Fear compliments an exhibit at the Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum. From State House to Statehood highlights some of the locations in downtown Fayetteville that featured in the 1789 visit of delegates from all over the state and chronicles past Fayetteville’s commemorations of the event.  Both the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex and the Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum will offer events to commemorate the ratification anniversary. The Museum of the Cape Fear will sponsor a mini-symposium on Saturday, November 22 in the Pate Room of the Cumberland County Headquarters Library in downtown Fayetteville. The Transportation and Local History Museum will offer a tour of sites and other special events.  Visit http://www.ncdcr.gov/ncmcf to learn more about the museum and other programs.

6). North Carolina Museum of Natural Science (www.naturalsciences.org) opens the World’s Largest Dinosaurs exhibition!  “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs,” a major new exhibition, explores the amazing biology of a group of uniquely super-sized dinosaurs: the long-necked and long-tailed sauropods, some of which may have reached lengths of 140 feet! The exhibition runs through April 12, 2015.  The exhibition draws on cutting-edge paleo-biological research that looks in part to living organisms to make inferences about how these giants were able to thrive, as a group, for approximately 140 million years. This innovative exhibition — including the centerpiece, a life-sized, detailed model of a 60-foot-long Mamenchisaurus — takes visitors beyond the bones and into the bodies of these titans, shedding light on how heart rate, respiration, metabolism and reproduction are linked to size.

7). Old Salem Museums & Gardens (www.oldsalem.org) invites you to their next Garden Workshop, Soils, Fertilizers, and Nutrient Management, on October 30^th.  Learn the techniques of proper soil preparation, the most important aspect for plant growth. Noon – 1:00 p.m. FREE. Frank L. Horton Museum Center. To register, email vhannah@oldsalem.org or call 336-721-7357.

8). The N.C. Museum of History (www.ncmuseumofhistory.org) announces its 19th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration. This free family-friendly festival will take place on Saturday, Nov. 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Members of all eight state-recognized tribes come from across North Carolina to participate in this exciting celebration. Passionate about sharing their heritage, these musicians, dancers, craftspeople, storytellers and others provide many opportunities to learn about the state’s Indian culture, past and present. With so much to see and do, stay the day and grab lunch from vendors. Try some traditional American Indian foods with a modern twist, such as Indian tacos or Sappony salsa. For a schedule of all performances and presentations, visit NCMOH-programs.com or call 919-807-7900.

9). Bellamy Museum (www.bellamymansion.org) and the Historic Wilmington Foundation (www.historicwilmington.org) invite you to join them on a Modernist Tour on Saturday, November 1^st from 1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.  Tour four exciting Modernist style sites on their 2014 tour. Tickets on Sale Now!

Price: $25 in advance; $30 day of tour. Call 910-251-3700 or for online purchases visit: https://historicwilmington.z2systems.com/np/clients/historicwilmington/eventRegistration.jsp?event=11&.

10). North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher (www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher) invites you to haunt the Aquarium for Halloween fun! Pirate skeletons, caped superheroes and fairy princesses once again haunt the North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher for Trick or Treat Under the Sea on Wednesday, Oct. 29 and Thursday, Oct. 30.  Grab your costume and troll the Aquarium for spooky good times. Halloween games and magic shows will have the family shrieking with delight. Haunted gardens, live animal encounters and scary divers swimming among the sharks get the adrenaline pumping. Local merchants, also costumed for the event, give away treats and coupons to trick-or-treaters. Advance tickets available online at http://www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher and at the Aquarium, $11 each. Children 2 years old and younger are free. Tickets may also be purchased at the door. Children 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult. Be green and bring your own trick-or-treat bag.