What We Are,
What We Do

The stated purpose of the North Carolina Museums Council (NCMC) is to enhance public education by improving the administrative, interpretive, and collections practices of museums, historic sites, science centers and related facilities in North Carolina. NCMC also strives to stimulate public support for the work performed by these facilities, and to provide a forum in which Council members can exchange ideas, as well as foster cooperation and improved communication with the communities they serve.

The NCMC began in December 4, 1963, when 35 museum professionals met in downtown Raleigh at the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel and proposed the establishment of an organization that would connect colleagues throughout the state and promote their institutions regionally and nationally.

The leading gathering and educational opportunity presented by the NCMC is its Annual Meeting and Conference, held in late February or early March each year in various locations around North Carolina or nearby. The Council also conducts its necessary business, presents its annual awards, and offers numerous networking opportunities during this gathering.

As members and visitors can see elsewhere on this site, NCMC also gathers and provides information on programs such as FOCoS, workshops, job listings, grants, internships, and other services for its members. It is entirely operated by its volunteer officers and Board (committee chairs, section chairs and others).

For more information about our Board, see the "Contact Us" page. For more details about the Council, visit here.