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    Small Wonders Join us Saturday mornings at 10 am for this weekly FREE PROGRAM!
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    Take A Child Outside - EVENT CANCELED EVENT CANCELED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER!
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    Cape Fear Firefighters Join us at the Museum on FREE SUNDAY to learn more about what it takes to be a firefighter in the Ca...
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FIRE!On View May 20, 2022 - November 26, 2023
reflections in black and whiteOn view beginning June 23, 2023
Exhibitions currently on view
wilmington massacre & coup d'etat of 1898Timeline of Events
online photograph collectionView nearly 15,000 images
oral history collectionListen to more than 70 oral histories
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    Cape Fear Firefighters

    FREE EVENT! Join us at the Museum to learn more about what it takes to be a firefighter in the Cape Fear region and how it has changed over the decades. Read on...
  2. Project Grace Update: Revised development agreement includes $4.6 million in cost savings

    The amended agreement will be considered by the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners at the August 7 meeting. Read on...
  3. Black and White images from Reflections exhibit

    Museum Opens Exhibition, Reflections in Black and White

    Cape Fear Museum’s in-house exhibition, Reflections in Black and White, is now open. Explore everyday life for Black and white Wilmingtonians through a selection of period photographs. Read on...
  4. Fire Exhibition

    Museum Opens In-House Curated FIRE! Exhibition

    Cape Fear Museum of History and Science announces the opening of Fire!, our newest in-house exhibition. Museum staff researched, curated, designed and fabricated this dynamic, dramatic exhibition. Read on...
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