The North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort is a state-funded museum that is dedicated to care, display, and interpretation of our state’s rich maritime heritage. The public funding allotted provides for many basic needs. Public funding, …

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The best way for you to help us — quite simply... Friend Us! Because we are a member supported organization, membership dollars are the foundation of our budget. Revenues from our membership program are instrumental in allowing the Friends to help the Museum …

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Your Ocean, Our Shores, North Carolina's Maritime Heritage... Preserve them. Be a Friend of Beaufort's Maritime Museum. The reason the Museum can provide a large variety of programs and exhibits for the community is largely due to member support. State …

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The Museum offers a very popular summer program for children and various ways for adults to learn to sail. Junior Sailing Program The Museum’s Junior Sailing Program offers two week sailing sessions starting in mid- June for youth ages 8 and older. …

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In purchasing your boat from The Friends of the Museum you will be supporting the mission of the Museum, maritime history and the popular Friends’ supported programs. Whether you want a sailing dinghy or a fishing skiff, we often have one for …

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The Friends of the Museum administers a number of specialized Museum programs that involve community members with particular maritime interests. The best way to get more out of your membership at the North Carolina Maritime Museum is to join and …

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