Regional history is showcased at this sprawling museum featuring an 18th-century farmhouse.
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Quick facts
- What is the rating of Museum of the Albemarle?
- Museum of the Albemarle is rated 4.7 out of 5 based on 565 reviews.
- Where is Museum of the Albemarle located?
- 501 S Water St, Elizabeth City, NC 27909, United States
- How can I contact Museum of the Albemarle?
- Phone: +1 252-335-1453 · Website: museumofthealbemarle.com
The Museum is a two story level of antiques, the staff is very friendly and can help with any questions you have as a first time visitor. The atmosphere is very intimate and fun to explore as a family, the architecture and fine arts are unbelievable and very realistic we had a blast shopping at the Christmas Store I found the Key to my Heart lol. So if you’re in Elizabeth City please check this out it’s free and worth the Memories!
Visited the Northeastern North Carolina Surfing Exhibit today at MOA. Admission is Free. The exhibit was awesome! There is a wall outside the exhibit where visitors can bring a sticker from their favorite surf shop, attach the sticker to the wall and get a photo on a surfboard in front of the wall. Inside the exhibit we saw so many local surf boards shaped from locally owned surf shops and shapers on Hatteras Island and Nags Head areas. Displays of vintage boards and accomplishments of local surfers are also included in the exhibit. There is so much history of NE North Carolina at MOA. We enjoyed the rest of our time visiting the history exhibits. Great time for friends and family!
My husband and I really enjoyed visiting the Museum of the Albemarle. The best thing about the museum are the people that work there. We had multiple museum employees greet us and share information and wisdom with us. We liked how the information was shared. You can scan a QR code to open a webpage that takes you on a tour thru the museum. It shares much of the same material you can read and some anecdotes and info not on the displays. This museum is free to visit.
Amazing history. I love every moment of it. I want to give good advice and ask the staff which have a rich knowledge of the museum and area, make sure to get there when it 1st opens it is very time consuming!
Great place to start your visit. There's no charge to get in, but they take donations. The museum has a little shop inside.
Restrooms are clean, elevator available, wheelchair ramp outside the building. There's Spanish guide available.
Elizabeth City it's very small, but you can walk to Seven Sounds Brewery, and there are a couple of restaurants to walking distance. Free parking available across the museum.
Restrooms are clean, elevator available, wheelchair ramp outside the building. There's Spanish guide available.
Elizabeth City it's very small, but you can walk to Seven Sounds Brewery, and there are a couple of restaurants to walking distance. Free parking available across the museum.
This museum was well worth the long drive and visit. It took us about 3 hours to see everything and there was a section that was closed off.
In addition to the regular sections of the museum they had special exhibit on the contributions of women and one called High on the Hog which was about the history of slaughtering and processing pigs. It was really interesting. Aside from those there was a section on the history of Native Americans as well as the history of the area.
The museum is fully accessible and has benches throughout. I was able to easily navigate it with my scooter. One thing that was disappointing was the first floor bathroom. There was a handicap sign on the outside but no handicap stall inside. Then when I looked a little further I found a door that said “nursing room”, when I looked inside there was a handicap toilet set up. It was strange.
The staff here are really nice and helpful. The gift shop was really nice, I spent way too much in there. I was also able to buy gifts from the local area.
Take the time to enjoy this gem of a museum!
In addition to the regular sections of the museum they had special exhibit on the contributions of women and one called High on the Hog which was about the history of slaughtering and processing pigs. It was really interesting. Aside from those there was a section on the history of Native Americans as well as the history of the area.
The museum is fully accessible and has benches throughout. I was able to easily navigate it with my scooter. One thing that was disappointing was the first floor bathroom. There was a handicap sign on the outside but no handicap stall inside. Then when I looked a little further I found a door that said “nursing room”, when I looked inside there was a handicap toilet set up. It was strange.
The staff here are really nice and helpful. The gift shop was really nice, I spent way too much in there. I was also able to buy gifts from the local area.
Take the time to enjoy this gem of a museum!
All around great museum for our area. If you love history and just a good time walking around with interesting exhibits, check it out. Staff is very helpful, building is nice and inviting. Good for anyone to come by and learn a few things. Make sure to find out what events and displays are coming, you'll love it all.
This is our second time back to this local Museum. First time we went was pre-covid for a program which the kids had a blast at. This time was a random rainy day decision. We brought our two daughters, ages 11 and 4, to view the local history and see what's new. The museum itself is free, donation bin available and focuses mostly on local history and artifacts found from the region, but also has other exhibits that they switch out from other areas, in this case it was artifacts found in ancient middle east.
What made this visit special is that not only is the building clean and fun to walk around, but the people who work there are informative and will stop and take the time to talk with you, whether for information on the exhibits or local area, programs coming up, and a good conversation. We were even surprised to learn that this museum has a local archeologist whom we were able to speak with for a few minutes. You might think it is silly for us to be excited about that, however my oldest wants to be an archeologist and a geologist when she grows up, so her meeting this wonderful woman who talked about what she has done in her life and how to get there was like my daughter met a famous person. Her excitement when we left couldn't be contained. We were also told about a teen volunteer program within the museum in which I will be asking questions on later, as I have a very interested girl.
I'm happy that a rainy day decision became something more enjoyable than expected. Thank you!
What made this visit special is that not only is the building clean and fun to walk around, but the people who work there are informative and will stop and take the time to talk with you, whether for information on the exhibits or local area, programs coming up, and a good conversation. We were even surprised to learn that this museum has a local archeologist whom we were able to speak with for a few minutes. You might think it is silly for us to be excited about that, however my oldest wants to be an archeologist and a geologist when she grows up, so her meeting this wonderful woman who talked about what she has done in her life and how to get there was like my daughter met a famous person. Her excitement when we left couldn't be contained. We were also told about a teen volunteer program within the museum in which I will be asking questions on later, as I have a very interested girl.
I'm happy that a rainy day decision became something more enjoyable than expected. Thank you!
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