A very photogenic and often overlooked venue onsite is life-size bronze statue of The Flyer and everyone present on day of first flight Dec 17, 1903. Made to climb on, located behind big hill.
It offers a variety of activities, including building a dug-out canoe, working a fish trap, planting and harvesting crops. The art gallery, fossil pit, museum store, and boardwalks are free.
Visit in the winter, when the gardens are decorated with thousands of Christmas lights.
The museum shows short maritime films during the day, from 10 am - 3:30 pm. It also has free activities for kids from 10:30 am - 12 pm Tuesday through Thursday.
The museum not only includes Native American artifacts and art, but also has a bird observation room and several acres of nature trails.
Don't miss a Mirlo rescue talk each day. Most decorated maritime rescue in American history. 6 US Life Savers saved 42 sailors from blazing fuel tanker torpedoed by German UBoat in WWI. In a rowboat! Read more.
The History Center holds nearly 300,000 items, including books, photographs, maps, newspapers, oral histories, audio & video recordings and original works of art.
The Museum is a working boatshop where volunteers and staff take on projects including small craft restoration, exhibit design, and new boat construction.
A living-history site where visitors can explore the farmhouse, outhouse, cookhouse, barns, woodshed and blacksmith shop. Hands-on activities include cooking, planting and 19th-century games.
The Lost Colony, America's longest running symphonic drama, tells the tale of the 117 pioneers of Roanoke Island who vanished. Their fate remains unknown & is America’s greatest cold case.
Watch "Roanoke" at the visitors center to learn the background of the Roanoke voyages and Sir Walter Raleigh's efforts to colonize the area.
Its fourteen stainless steel, wing shaped pylons are organized in an orbit of 120 feet, symbolic of the length of the Wright Brothers' first historic flight. Free Admission.
Its fourteen stainless steel, wing shaped pylons are organized in an orbit of 120 feet, symbolic of the length of the Wright Brothers' first historic flight. Free Admission.
This museum depicts the history of aviation in Dare County after the Wright Brothers. Models of aircraft that played a part in the history of Dare County aviation are displayed in the lobby.
Not open on the weekends, tour times are Monday, Wednesday, & Friday from 11am to 3pm.
