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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.

News and Resources

Board Minutes & Bylaws Updated minutes

New Job Listing: Historic Interpreter I, Bennett Place State Historic Site . North Carolina Connecting to Collections is looking for a Museum Specialist and an Administrative Officer. More details at the job listing page

Museum and Library Grants Workshop, Raleigh, NC Museum of History

The Summer 2010 Muse News is out! Take a look!

Call for 2011 NCMC Annual Conference session proposals.

2010 Society For the Preservation Of Old Mills (SPOOM) Conference, Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2010

The North Carolina Museums Council's FOCoS (Free On-Site Consulting Service) is a valuable program available to small museums located in North Carolina, including historic sites and societies. Applications for the 2010-2011 cycle must be submitted by May 14, 2010, and can be downloaded from the NCMC web site. More info here

2010 NCMC Award winners!

The Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies invites staff and volunteers of historical organizations, libraries with special collections, and other cultural organizations to its spring workshops, "Hands-on History and Marketing Our History".

2010 CurCom Fellowship Award Announcement –DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 2/10/2010

Agencies Plan to Protect Historical Collections and Heritage Holdings, Feb 8th, 9a.m. Greesboro Public Library

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