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Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center
  • About/
    • This is Core Sound
    • History, Mission, Vision
    • Leadership
  • Visit/
    • What to Expect
    • Collections
    • Book an Adult/College Group
    • Book a School Group
    • Directions, hours, contact
  • Give/
    • Annual Giving
    • Ways to Give
    • Memorials & Honorariums
    • Membership: Join & Renew
    • Volunteer
  • Education/
    • Summer Camps
    • Kids Programming
    • STEM Education
    • Teacher Resources
    • Book a School Group
  • Events/
  • Resources/
    • Museum Projects
    • Museum Partnerships
    • Community Nights
    • Parlor Talks
    • Podcast
  • Rent/
  • SHOP/
    • Crab Pot Trees
    • Christmas Angels
    • Island Anchors
    • Aluminum Decor
    • Raffles
    • Shop All
    • Shopping Cart
  • Sign InMy Account
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center

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Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center
  • About/
    • This is Core Sound
    • History, Mission, Vision
    • Leadership
  • Visit/
    • What to Expect
    • Collections
    • Book an Adult/College Group
    • Book a School Group
    • Directions, hours, contact
  • Give/
    • Annual Giving
    • Ways to Give
    • Memorials & Honorariums
    • Membership: Join & Renew
    • Volunteer
  • Education/
    • Summer Camps
    • Kids Programming
    • STEM Education
    • Teacher Resources
    • Book a School Group
  • Events/
  • Resources/
    • Museum Projects
    • Museum Partnerships
    • Community Nights
    • Parlor Talks
    • Podcast
  • Rent/
  • SHOP/
    • Crab Pot Trees
    • Christmas Angels
    • Island Anchors
    • Aluminum Decor
    • Raffles
    • Shop All
    • Shopping Cart
  • Sign InMy Account
January 05, 2024

Hello ENC! Lifestyle Show Feature

January 05, 2024/ Kayla Brown

Join Harkers Island native, Chris Yeomans, and the WNCT9 HelloENC! crew to learn more about “How ENC Came To Be.” They discuss decoys, Down East, and what it means for our museum to be a part of this wonderful community. Check it out!

January 05, 2024/ Kayla Brown/
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Kayla Brown

April 03, 2018

Stewed Onions

April 03, 2018/ Adam Ryan Stancil
April 03, 2018/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
this is core sound

Adam Ryan Stancil

August 28, 2017

Core Sound's Place: 25th Anniversary Film→

August 28, 2017/ Adam Ryan Stancil
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Museum, this is core sound

Adam Ryan Stancil

March 03, 2017

This is Core Sound: Kayaking

March 03, 2017/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This is Core Sound: Kayaking

Exploring Core Sound from a new vantage point, the seat of a kayak, has its perks.

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March 03, 2017/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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February 01, 2017

This Is Core Sound: Quilters

February 01, 2017/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: Quilters

Stitch by stitch, the quilters to Core Sound are preserving a dying tradition that's been passed down for generations.

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February 01, 2017/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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November 21, 2016

This Is Core Sound: World Champion Decoy Carver "Brother" Gaskill

November 21, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: World Champion Decoy Carver "Brother" Gaskill

Brother Gaskill, a Harkers Island native, has been carving for over 20 years. He's a world-champion decoy carver who's won over 100 "Best of Show" awards and received two Second Place awards at the Ward World Championships in 2014 and 2015.

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November 21, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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November 19, 2016

This Is Core Sound: Crab Pot Trees

November 19, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: Crab Pot Trees

Crab Pot Christmas Trees, handmade right here in Core Sound, represent more than the holidays for Core Sounders. They stand for the resourcefulness, creativity and hard-work bred into all of us, and they represent opportunity for economic development in our community. 

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November 19, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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October 28, 2016

This Is Core Sound: Mulleting with Cayton Daniels

October 28, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: Mulleting with Cayton Daniels

In Core Sound, mulleting is more than just a way to make a living — it is a way of life. It's a tradition that runs deep, especially for sixth generation commercial fisherman Cayton Daniels of Cedar Island.

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October 28, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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October 20, 2016

This Is Core Sound: Artist & Carver Ken Humphries

October 20, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: Artist & Carver Ken Humphries

Ken Humphries, Core Sound decoy carver, carries out the tangible heritage of Core Sound. 

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October 20, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil/
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October 12, 2016

This Is Core Sound: Cape Lookout

October 12, 2016/ Adam Ryan Stancil
This Is Core Sound: Cape Lookout

Long before Cape Lookout was a National Park it was a place of human feeling. An ancestral homeland. People lived and died there. To understand Cape Lookout you must see it the eyes of people whose ancestors once lived there.

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1785 Island Road | PO Box 556
Harkers Island, NC 28531
(252) 728-1500

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Morehead City, NC 28557
(252) 728-1500

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