Core Sound Waterfowl Museum
History Museum
Why pick this one
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum offers decoy-carving and quilting demonstrations, touchable exhibits, and tailored group programs at its Harkers Island museum.
Best for
- Visitors interested in Core Sound decoy carving and waterfowl heritage
- School groups seeking outdoor learning and community tradition-bearers
- Groups wanting customized demonstrations, speakers, and experiences
- Visitors exploring Down East Carteret County culture and coastal environmental change
- Visitors seeking seasonal Parlor Talks or periodic exhibits in Morehead City
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors seeking a centrally located museum rather than the main facility at the end of the road on Harkers Island
- Visitors seeking a museum focused on history outside coastal eastern North Carolina
Specialties
- Core Sound waterfowl decoy history
- Decoy carving demonstrations
- Quilting demonstrations
- Down East Carteret County community heritage
- Coastal environmental history
What makes them different
- Permanent Core Sound Heritage Gallery covering life and culture in Down East Carteret County
- Decoys of Core Sound exhibition includes the Roy and Ina Willis Collection and Eugene Willis and Tommy Salter Collection
- Hands-on demonstrations of decoy carving and quilting
- Group visits can include customized demonstrations, speakers, experiences, and Down East cooking prepared by volunteers
- Community outpost at 806 Arendell Street in Morehead City hosts seasonal Parlor Talks and periodic exhibits
- Years in business
- 34
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 1785 Island Rd, Harkers Island, NC 28531
- Phone
- +12527281500
- Website
- http://www.coresound.com/
- user@domain.com
Services
- Historical exhibitions
- Hands-on educational programs
- School field trips
- Group tours
- Community events
- Museum store and gift shop