Digital Collections & Online Exhibits

Thanks to the hard work of the State Archives and State Library and many of our historic sites and museums, and to some innovative partnerships we’ve formed, you can browse thousands of items from our collections online and get great overviews of various subjects like the Civil War and aviation history.

Explore Our Digital Collections

Nearly 90,000 historic and recent photographs, state government publications, manuscripts and other primary materials from the collections of the State Archives, State Library and several of other institutions available online in one place.

Begin Exploring Our Online Collections Today

Our digital collections give you access to tens of thousands artifacts, publications, photographs, works of art and other materials related to North Carolina, and offer a small glimpse into the hundreds of thousands of these materials that make up our collections in total.

Digital NC

Yearbooks newspapers, images and memorabilia from cultural heritage institutions from across North Carolina aggregated in one place.

North Carolina Maps

A comprehensive, online collection of historic maps of the Tar Heel State, featuring maps from three of the state's largest map collections.

Outer Banks History Center Flickr

More than 500 images of the North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the broader northeastern region.

State Government Social Media Archive

A free and open archive that provides access to hundreds of thousands of social media records from selected North Carolina state agencies.

State Archives Flickr

More than 10,000 photographs and other audio-visual materials that showcase an array of subjects from North Carolina's past.

State Government Web Archives

Archived websites created by North Carolina’s state agencies back to 1996 as preserved by the State Archives and State Library.

NCpedia

Part digital collection, part online exhibition, NCpedia is the online encyclopedia of all things North Carolina. More than 7,000 articles are accompanied by materials from across our collections, timelines, resources for educators and more.

Explore North Carolina History and Culture on NCpedia

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Digital Collections