Hands-On History Day at N.C. State Historic Site Offers Glimpse of Pirates, Colonial Life on Nov. 21

RALEIGH, N.C. - Nov. 8, 2013 - PRLog -- SEDALIA, N.C. – Ahoy, mateys! The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum is hosting the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources' traveling exhibition “Blackbeard's Queen Anne's Revenge 1718.” The exhibition includes artifacts pulled from the underwater wreckage of Blackbeard the pirate's infamous flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge (http://www.qaronline.org/). Items on display include dishes, ship tools, cannon balls, lead shot and more.

The museum is hosting a Hands-On History Day featuring the exhibition Thursday, Nov. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities include both colonial living stations and pirate-themed crafts and games including quill writing, candle making, musket demonstrations, pirate gear, treasure maps and digging for buried treasure. The Hands-On History Day events are free but require a group reservation, which can be made by calling (336) 449-4846.

The Queen Anne's Revenge exhibition will run at the museum from Tuesday, Oct. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 7, and will be open to the public during normal museum hours, Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission to the exhibition will regularly be $2 for children and $3 for adults. Pre-arranged special groups and school groups are free; pirate-themed children's activities can be available upon advance request. Saturday, Nov. 23, and Saturday, Nov. 30, are family days offering free admission, crafts and activities for all visitors.

For more information on the exhibition, call the museum at (336) 449-4846 or email Kara Deadmon at kara.deadmon@ncdcr.gov.

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum is part of the Division of State Historic Sites within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources. The museum interprets the history of Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, an African-American educator, and the Alice Freeman Palmer Memorial Institute, a well-respected African-American boarding school open from 1902-1971. For more information on the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, visit www.nchistoricsites.org/chb.

The artifacts were recovered by the Underwater Archaeology Branch of the Department of Cultural Resources, which also manages the conservation lab where recovered items are cleaned and preserved.

About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:

The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan Kluttz, NCDCR's mission is to enrich lives and communities by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state's history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.

Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art, NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and spurring the economic stimulus engine for our state's communities. NCDCR's Divisions of Archives and Records, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina's rich cultural heritage to offer experiences of learning and reflection. NCDCR's State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state to develop and to offer access to educational resources through traditional and online collections including genealogy and resources for the blind and physically handicapped.

NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state's creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visitwww.ncdcr.gov.