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Waterfowl Museum
1785 Island Road 
P.O. Box 556
Harkers Island, NC 28531
Telephone: 252-728-1500
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The holidays and THE weekend are upon us !!!!    

Have you started your Christmas shopping yet? 
Come to the museum gift store before Waterfrowl Weekend for the best selection:

• We have Kara Smith & Joey Styron’s new Christmas CD – Sacred Season.  It is beautiful!
• Did you know that crab pot trees now come in 8 foot size?  Price is $197.00   - Taking orders now. 
• We also have the Kennedy rockers that were once so popular at the Core Banks gun clubs .........
• And the Down East Community Quilt book.  It includes the story behind every square of Quilt #1..

Dec 4-5-6  ... Waterfowl Weekend [read press release]

Dec 12 – Core Sound Christmas Breakfast

The Gallery Opening Luncheon

Gallery Opening Weekend a Great Success!

Sen. Hagan Luncheon
The Friday Luncheon with Senator Kay Hagan
(photo by Tina Willis Rodriguez)

The Weekend began on Friday with a Gallery Opening Luncheon
featuring Senator Kay Hagan as speaker, Beaufort Grocery as caterer
and many special guests followed by a Ribbon Cutting for our new galleries.
The gallery design is simply incredible. All of Carteret County should be proud.
Sponsored by Progress Energy, NC’s Eastern Region and Carteret County News-Times.

Saturday was CORE SOUND COMMUNITY DAY with arts and craft vendors,
a children’s area filled with games and Halloween carnival activities sponsored by Harkers Island Elementary School, clam chowder sponsored by the Down East Business Association,
the Down East Library’s Used Book Truck,
music throughout the day (including Unknown Tongues) and special guests.
Core Sound Oyster Roast (and Pork Chop Supper) in the evening.

Sunday Afternoon – Reception began at 2, with a performance by Carteret Chorale and a lighthouse program by Dr. David Cecelski at 3 followed by announcements of the winners for the Cape Lookout Lighthouse 150th Anniversary Art and Photography Exhibition 

The weekend concluded with a Ceremonial Relighting of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse at Shell Point at 5 pm in honor of the November 1, 1859 first lighting
of the current Cape Lookout Lighthouse.



Yes, we're ALMOST HOME!    CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

2009 Poster
"Coming Home Again" by Vance Garvin 2009 Poster
On Sale Now. $100. Call to Reserve yours. 252.728.1500
More Information

In 1997, ground was broken for our new Museum and Heritage Center located at Harkers Island. Since 1996, we have raised $3.2 million for construction and artifact display. Twelve years of hard work, dreams and program development has brought us to this final construction phase that we are describing as “Almost Home.”

And some really good news! Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation has announced a grant of $25,000 to the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center for completion of its exhibition gallery spaces. Read the press release...

What began with a vision to protect, preserve and document the unique heritage and culture of Coastal North Carolina, in particular Down East Carteret County, is now nearing completion. We are beginning to celebrate this month as part of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse 150th Anniversary. Read more...

New Library Floor
New Library Floor

Sponsored by Cape Lookout National Seashore
Hosted by Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center, Harkers Island, NC
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Core Sound Waterfowl Museum quilt square

THE COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT

The museum is putting together a community quilt in celebration of the Opening of the Museum Gallery planned for the FALL of 2009. The 6"x6" quilt squares include anything that helps tell the story of the people and places that represents Down East heritage. This project will be something like the MHC Sesquicentennial Quilt the folks in MHC made last year. Response has been so good that we now have FOUR separate quilts in the making. All FOUR quilts will ultimately be displayed in the exhibit gallery at the museum. We work at the museum on Wednesdays and Thursdays. If you like to quilt, come give us a hand. The fourth quilt is now being pieced. Want to know more?
Please contact Sharon Bailey at the museum (728-1500).


CSWM&HC Programs & Projects

Project SOW – Students Observing Water

Project SOW – Students Observing Water is a cooperative effort between NC middle school science teacher and Core Sound Museum.  The project emphasizes the importance of water quality and allows students from across the state to compare and contrast water quality in various river basins.  Water samples will be taken between the 1st and 10th of the months of September, November, January and March of each year. MORE (including downloadable Water Sample Data Sheet)

National Park ServiceLook for more exciting programs of local history, heritage and lore from Museum partner, Cape Lookout National Seashore. Summer programs feature the Shackleford horses, Cape Lookout Lighthouse, Portsmouth Village and exploration of the barrier island ecology with park rangers. For mor information visit the Cape Lookout National Seashore visitor center, next door to the Museum.
 

Update: September 23 by Conk Point Graphix
Original designer: Vanda Lewis & Casey Amspacher