Press Releases

The North Carolina Museum of Art presents two free exhibitions opening in April 2016, both featuring work by North Carolina artists.

From home life in the 1700s to sports competition in the 1990s, the roles and accomplishments of women are evident all year at the Museum of the Albemarle. 

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) has received a grant from the John William Pope Foundation for $500,000 to name one of the Museum’s gallery spaces. 

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) announces several special exhibitions taking place in the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017. 

The works of art students from Craven County Schools are now on display in the Duffy Exhibition Gallery at the North Carolina History Center.

In celebration of American Red Cross month in March, the North Carolina Symphony is teaming up with the Red Cross to present “Art from the Heart,” – a display of therapeutic artwork from Wounded Warrior Battalion Marines and world-renowned artist Craig Bone.

The Outer Banks Community Quilt Show will open on Friday, March 4, with an opening reception from 6-8 p.m.in the Art Gallery at Roanoke Island Festival Park.

The first African American and also the first North Carolinian to serve as quartermaster general is being honored with the "Albemarle Profile: Maj. Gen. Hawthorne L. Proctor, Jr., U.S. Army (Retired)" exhibit at the Museum of the Albemarle now through September.

Photos from the across 10 categories in the 2015 Wildlife in North Carolina Photo Competition will be on display at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences beginning Saturday, February 6 and through the end of July 2016

Did you know that the land of the Carolinas once extended ocean to ocean, covering parts of what is now Florida, Mexico, Texas, and California? King Charles II granted this land in 1663 to several of his supporters-the "Lords Proprietors"-in return for their service to the Crown during the English Restoration.