Statewide Endangered Artifact Campaign

Jun 18, 2013

Thanks to one of our project partners, NCPC, for this guest post. North Carolina’s Most Endangered Artifacts is a statewide preservation awareness and fundraising campaign sponsored by the North Carolina Preservation Consortium that promotes the survival of tangible heritage in our state’s archives, historic sites, libraries, museums, and other collecting institutions. From North Carolina’s mountains, […]

Does History Really Repeat Itself?

Jun 11, 2013

Are we vulnerable to serious flooding again this summer and fall? “Hurricane Floyd Beats Out Fran with Record Flood Levels on North Carolina Rivers” “Flood levels from Hurricane Floyd exceeded those from Hurricane Fran, which occurred in September 1996.” Who remembers this headline? I sure do, and not because I had any major weather damages, […]

Museum Studies Supply and Demand

Jun 04, 2013

North Carolina offers 7 graduate training programs to prepare masters’ level history students for museum careers. These are, from west to east, Western Carolina University, Appalachian State, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, NC State, UNC Wilmington, and East Carolina University. Most of these programs are concentrations within a public history degree program. These programs have served as a […]