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Traveling through time...
Become alive to history!
Explore a world of artifacts in a multitude of museums. Learn
about the Native American lifestyle. See Civil War memorabilia.
Rediscover long-forgotten Colonial treasures. Stand inside 18th
century buildings. Stroll through Colonial gardens. Board a
replica of a 16th century sailing ship. Experience life on a
southern plantation.
Visit one of America’s first lifesaving stations – now more than
125 years old – and climb a lighthouse that’s still “beaming.”
Historic Albemarle
Tour Site
Let the kids pick up starfish, pet skates and peer at sharks
swimming in an overhead aquarium. Show them fossils that are
billions of years old and dig for coral, shells and shark’s
teeth.
Spend an afternoon walking through 400 years of interactive
history exhibited in one building. See an animated pirate,
“shoot” ducks from a blind and climb into the hold of a creaking
“old” ship.
Taking the Historic Albemarle Tour, which winds through
northeast North Carolina, is like encountering pages from a
history book that teach us volumes about the present. It’s a
story of growth and change... of wilderness
walks and uncharted horizons...a multi-dimensional register of
mankind that adds to our sense of place. It shows us who we are,
where we came from and where we’re going.
Since 1975, the tour has helped thousands of people follow in
the footsteps of Indians and colonists, soldiers and on the HAT…
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