Best-Selling Author Names Maritime Museum Must-Visit Destination

THE NORTH CAROLINA Maritime Museum has been mentioned as a must-visit destination by travel writer Patricia Schultz in her new book – “1,000 Places to See in the U.S.A. and Canada Before You Die.”  Schultz also wrote “1,000 Places to See Before You Die,”  one of the best selling travel books ever published, and the basis of the new reality television show of the same name on “The Travel Channel.” 

Admission to the Museum is free.  Visitors experience coastal plant and animal life, the history of the U.S. Lifesaving Service, whaling on the North Carolina coast, piracy, full-sized watercraft and models from sailing skiffs to commercial boats, plus much more.  Artifacts from the vessel believed to be Blackbeard’s flagship, the Queen Anne’s Revenge, are on permanent display at the museum, raised from the nearby shipwreck. 

Across the street from the main museum, the Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center houses a working boat shop and model shop where visitors can watch the restoration and construction of wooden boats. 

The museum is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1-5 p.m.  For more information about the N.C. Maritime Museum, call (252) 728-7317 or go to www.ncmaritimemuseum.org.

The North Carolina Museum is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.

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