These seemed like odd "oh by the way" topics, too far distantly related to shipwrecks for the space they were given. The panel on when Hatteras Village received electricity All the space dedicated to the evolution of diving equipment I could understand having some diving gear and talking about scavenging shipwrecks, but going into the history and displaying all the different breathing apparatus didn't quite fit in with the "mission" of shipwrecks.Ģ. Some things seemed out of place to me, such as:ġ. People often do not realize that only a small percentage of a museum's artifacts are on display at any given time - again BRAVO! Glass wall allowing visitors to view the conservation lab and what happens before an artifact is put in a museum exhibit. Every museum should have this type of exhibit - BRAVO! And the story of Blackbeard's ship Queen Anne's Revenge makes the point - Arrrr! Well done, Matey!ĥ. Panels and displays discussing what all is involved in conservation, documentation, archaeological information, stabilization, preservation, storage,Īnd displaying of an artifact - the "so what" factors of finding anything from a previous time period or civilization and the basic reason museums exist. Unique exhibit - how citizens used goods scavenged from shipwrecks including books, tables, and even sewing machines.Ĥ. It's story of survival is pretty incredible.ģ. First-order Fresnel lens - this is the largest order of lens Fresnel made for lighthouses, and the first one I've been this close to. The design of the building - the side facing the street looks like the main frame of a wooden ship.Ģ. A few things that caught my eye right away were:ġ. Having worked at a museum for 15 years, I can appreciate what all goes into the exhibiting, labeling, and rotating of artifacts, as well as the best use of space and general traffic flow. It is a nice little museum with a unique story to tell. It took less than an hour for my hubby and I to go through. The national seashore is one of three area parks administered by the National Park Service, including the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site on Roanoke Island and the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill Devil Hills.This museum was recommended by locals as well as found in the North Carolina Visitor's Guide, and I'm glad we stopped here. Abounding in natural beauty, the national seashore is home to several threatened and endangered species, including the piping plover and loggerhead sea turtle. Located on Hatteras Island, northeast of Ocracoke, is the Buxton Woods Coastal Reserve, which contains the Cape Hatteras lighthouse, relocated 3,000 feet farther inland in 1999, and a World War II British cemetery. Stretching between Bodie Island in the north and the southern tip of Ocracoke Island in the south, the landscape comprises beaches, dunes, maritime forests, salt marshes, and shrub thickets. Separated from the mainland, the islands constantly move and morph in response to storms, ocean currents, sea-level changes, and wave and wind action. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore is formed by a series of narrow bow-shaped barrier islands. Designated as the nation’s first national seashore in 1937, Cape Hatteras made history again in 1942 when Germany launched the submarine assault Operation Paukenschlag, resulting in the sinking of 397 ships just off the coast. To help navigate the coastline’ s deadly Diamond Shoals, which had earned the region the nickname “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” a lighthouse was built upon the coast of Hatteras Island in 1803, later replaced in 1870 by the current 208-foot-tall Cape Hatteras lighthouse. Pirates, including the legendary Blackbeard, would later store goods looted from Spanish and British ships in the seashore’s many coves and inlets. European settlers first arrived in 1584, eventually establishing the famous “lost colony” on nearby Roanoke Island. Forming part of the 200-mile-long chain of barrier islands known as the Outer Banks off the coast of North Carolina and Virginia, this 70-mile-long stretch of seashore was originally inhabited by Carolina-Algonquian speaking tribes.
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