NCMC Events From Around the State… March 23, 2015

1). NCMC Art Section Nominations Needed!  We are currently seeking nominations for Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary of the NCMC Art Section.  Please feel free to nominate yourself or a colleague for a specific position by emailing Denise Drury Homewood, art section chair, at artsection@ncmuseums.org.

2). The Battleship NORTH CAROLINA (www.battleshipnc.com) invites you to a Battleship Easter Egg Hunt Carnival on Friday, April 3^rd from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (last ticket sold at 1:00 p.m.). Hippity Hoppity down the Battleship trail for a fun Spring event with continuous games and egg hunts throughout the day. Make sure to bring your camera and take pictures with Buddy the Battleship Bunny. Offered again this year is a slower paced hunt area for kids who need a less stressful environment or for children with special needs who choose a slower paced environment.  Admission for the Easter Egg Hunt Carnival is only $5 per person, kids 2 and under are free. We've talked with the Easter Bunny and he told us that he has even more surprises this year. Stay tuned as the eggs and festivities hop out of the basket. This event is weather dependent. The Battleship NORTH CAROLINA would like to thank Sunny 104.5 for their sponsorship of this event.

3). New Winston Museum (www.newwinston.org) will host “The Winston-Salem Medicis,” a conversation with local artist and former director of Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Nicholas Burton Bragg on Thursday, March 26^th at 5:30 p.m. Current Reynolda House Programming Director, Phil Archer. Dr. Mike Wakeford, Division of Liberal Arts faculty at UNC School of the Arts, will moderate. The discussion will give insight into the role that members of tobacco and textile industry families played in supporting regional arts and philanthropy. The speakers will compare local endeavors with similar philanthropic efforts taking place in early 20th Century America.  This event is part of New Winston Museum’s 2015 Salon Series calendar. The series continues on next month with the focus of Medicine. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Museum at 336.724.2842 or info@newwinston.org.

4). The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History (www.northcarolinamuseum.org) presents the fifth program in a sports related series of History Talks: North Carolina Humanities Council’s Hometown Teams statewide scholar, Pamela Grundy with “Back Then, That Was the Thing To Do” North Carolina’s Women’s Basketball  at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 28^th.  This program will be held on the 3rd floor of the museum and is Free to the public.  Also on this morning will be the Easter Bonnet/Hat workshop, Parade and Egg Hunt from 10-11:30 a.m. for ages 4-11. Museum members are Free, $5 for non-members.  Workshop will be held in the 2nd floor classroom.

5). Greensboro Historical Museum (www.GreensboroHistory.org) is excited to announce that the Emancipation Proclamation is coming to the Museum. On Saturday, March 28^th the Greensboro Historical Museum is opening its new exhibition, Emancipation Proclamation: Voices to Freedom. Visitors will follow a path through Greensboro’s history that includes powerful stories of 300 years of African American experience seeking liberty and freedom. The highlight of this four week exhibition is a Leland-Boker 1864 edition of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln, on loan from the Lincoln Foundation Collection of the Indiana State Museum. The Lincoln Financial Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Lincoln Financial Group, has arranged for this rare document and other Lincoln artifacts, including an inkwell and Matthew Brady images from the Lincoln family album, to be loaned to the Museum. The exhibit will include several special programs throughout its visit. Admission to all programs is free, but reservations are highly recommended. To see the complete program calendar or to make reservations, please call (336) 373-2982 or go to www.GreensboroHistory.org.  This special exhibit will be on display until Sunday, April 26^th. Admission is free.

6). Hands On! (www.handsonwnc.org), a Child's Gallery in Hendersonville, will host NanoDays Kick-off Celebration on Friday, March 27^th, and continue with nano exhibits and activities Tuesday, March 31-Friday, April 3rd. NanoDays at Hands On! is part of a nationwide festival of educational programs about nanoscale science and engineering. NanoDays events combine fun hands-on activities with presentations on current research. A range of exciting NanoDays programs demonstrate the special and unexpected properties found at the nanoscale, examine tools used by nanoscientists, showcase nano materials with spectacular promise, and invite discussion of technology and society. Visitors can experience the power of science fiction storytelling—creating their own imagined future full of new nanotechnologies. Hands-on activities invite visitors to explore polarized light, investigate how scientists use special tools to study tiny things, and imagine how nanotechnology could change how we eat! Other activities include experimenting with heat transfer and completing an electrical circuit using the world’s thinnest material. Learn more by visiting www.handsonwnc.org.

7). The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum (www.ncmaritimemuseums.com) will host the 2015 Underwater Heritage Symposium which will showcase significant members of the diving community. The symposium will take place on April 10^th & 11^th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  During the two-day symposium, The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum will formally honor several divers who have impacted their profession through their passion for diving, documenting shipwrecks, lecturing and authoring books on their experiences, and mentoring new divers in the field.  Join The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum as they explore our underwater heritage through presentations by twelve dive professionals, view artifacts from a private collection, meet the experts, hear about their amazing adventures, and have books signed at this exciting event.  For more information, call 252-986-2995, email maryellen.riddle@ncdcr.gov, or visit www.ncmaritimemuseums.com. The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum is located at 59200 Museum Dr., Hatteras, NC 27943.  From April through mid-October, hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  From mid-October through March, hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

8). Spencer Doll & Toy Museum (www.SpencerDollandToyMuseum.com) invites you to the Antiques Appraisal Fair (Roadshow Style) on March 27^th and 28^th from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. both days.  Antiques dealer Michael Hanson will take a look at your items and will offer advice and information regarding a broad spectrum of general merchandise including toys. Bring in your family heirlooms and yard sale bargains to find out the fascinating truths about these finds! Cost is $5.00 per item. Limit 2 items per person. Members receive 2 free appraisals annually. To become a member, call 704-762-9359.

9). The Asheville Art Museum (www.ashevilleart.org) is pleased to present its latest exhibit, Keep All You Wish: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum.  Inside or outside his photo studio, Mangum created an atmosphere –respectful and often playful – in which hundreds of men, women and children genuinely revealed themselves. Keep All You Wish features a selection of images of early 20th century Southern society that show personalities as immediate as if they were taken yesterday. Although the early 20th century American South in which he worked was marked by disenfranchisement, segregation and inequality – between black and white, men and women, rich and poor – Mangum portrayed all of his sitters with candor, humor and spirit. Above all, he showed them as individuals. Each client appears as valuable as the next, no story less significant. Keep All You Wish will be on display until July 12^th.

10). The High Point Museum (www.highpointmuseum.org) invites you to make Easter Eggs with natural dyes on Saturday, March 28^th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Get ready for the Easter Bunny! We’ll provide eggs you can dip in dyes made from plant material, like onionskins and blueberries. All ages welcome. $1 per egg. Limit 2 eggs per person. Free for Historical Society members. Drop in!   Also on Saturday, March 28^th, stop by to see a Blacksmith Demonstration anytime between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  All ages welcome. FREE. For more information on these events call 885-1859 or visit www.highpointmuseum.org.