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Museum Welcomes New Staff
Posted March 13, 2018 at 10:25 am
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is pleased to welcome Darcie Cook as its science content developer and Cordelia Norris as exhibits coordinator. Cook earned her … Read More »
Museum Awarded Duke Energy Foundation Grant
Posted November 30, 2017 at 4:00 pm
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Cape Fear Museum has been awarded a $9,740 grant from Duke Energy. Funds will be used to fund Electricity and Magnetism field trips for fourth graders in … Read More »
Museum Awarded Landfall Foundation Grant
Posted November 27, 2017 at 2:26 pm
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Cape Fear Museum has been awarded a $4,457 grant from the Landfall Foundation. Funds will be used to host the Bright Star Touring Theatre Company’s production of … Read More »
Museum Welcomes New Staff
Posted November 8, 2017 at 10:15 am
WILMINGTON, N.C. – Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is pleased to welcome Kate Baillon as its manager of collections and exhibits. Baillon, who relocated to Wilmington from Charlotte, … Read More »
Traveling Exhibition Tells a Story of Liberty and the American Experience
Posted October 14, 2017 at 4:15 pm
Wilmington, N.C. –Changing America: The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863, and the March on Washington, 1963, a traveling exhibition opening at Cape Fear Museum on November 5, 2017 examines the relationship between … Read More »
Photographs by Hugh Morton: An Uncommon Retrospective
Posted September 25, 2017 at 10:16 am
Wilmington, N.C. — See North Carolina through the eyes of Wilmington-born photographer Hugh MacRae Morton (1921-2006). His captivating images will be featured in the traveling exhibit Photographs by Hugh Morton: An Uncommon … Read More »
N.C. Shell Show Celebrates Natural Treasures
Posted August 31, 2017 at 9:22 am
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The state’s 42nd annual gathering of shell collectors, exhibitors and enthusiasts returns to Cape Fear Museum of History and Science October 14 and 15, 2017. The 2017 … Read More »
Cape Fear Museum Joins Smithsonian magazine’s 13th Annual Museum Day Live!
Posted August 31, 2017 at 8:56 am
Free Admission on September 23, 2017, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket Wilmington, NC — Cape Fear Museum will open its doors free of charge on Saturday September 23, … Read More »
Staff Changes at Cape Fear Museum
Posted July 28, 2017 at 1:37 pm
Wilmington, N.C. – New Hanover County’s Cape Fear Museum is excited to announce the promotion of one team member and return of another. Heather Yenco, the Museum’s registrar, was promoted … Read More »
Museum Board Announces New Members and Officers
Posted July 6, 2017 at 12:09 pm
WILMINGTON, N.C. – At its annual meeting in June, Cape Fear Museum Associates, Inc. honored retiring board members, elected new officers and one new Board member. Sean Frelke and Chris … Read More »
