The North Carolina Coastal Region is steeped in
maritime history and nautical mystery. The
barrier islands
Main building of the NC Maritime Museum in Beaufort, across from the waterfront.
hold secrets of sunken ships and lost colonies that
have fueled the imagination since England's fleet set
sail in 1584 to establish a New World colony on
Roanoke Island that mysteriously disappeared without a
trace by 1590. Today, the avid sea faring history buff
can hoist the family mainsail and set an educational
course to explore this fascinating past at the
Maritime Museum located in the town of Beaufort, North
Carolina.
The North Carolina Maritime Museum is one of the jewels in North
Carolina's nautical crown where these repositories of
history explain and entertain families in search of an
educational and exciting vacation experience.
As you enter the museum lobby in Beaufort you are greeted by
a visual feast of nautical artifacts including a
copper navigation light used in the early part of the
20th Century to help ships keep a steady course in the
shallow waters offshore. A large clam with open shell
greets visitors and contains free sea shells for the
taking. In the film "Jaws", the monster shark lunged
at the stern of the boat in one scene and Roy Schieder
said "We're gonna need a bigger boat". To prove it
there is a mold of a Great White shark that was taken
in the Atlantic not far from Cape Lookout.
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