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Cape Fear Museum
The Cape Fear Museum of History and Science in Wilmington, North Carolina was founded in 1898 and is now the oldest history museum in the state. It would initially began collecting confederate artifacts and today is collecting images and relics that assist the folks to understand history, cultures of the area and science, starting out in just a single room, it now houses over 50,000 artifacts. Featured exhibits include; B. W. Wells: Pioneer Ecologist and photography in focus, with ongoing exhibits that include; Cape Fear stories, Wilmington's giant ground sloth, Land of the Longleaf Pine, Willistown Auditorium, Maritime pavilion and the new Michael Jordan Discovery Gallery. Its outstanding collection represents every aspect of life in the area, from photographs to household utensils to industrial tools. Their permanent collection houses a number of categories that include; governance items, agricultural tools and equipment, educational materials, religious materials, leisure equipment, household objects, police, fire and military materials, commerce-related relics, charitable items, employment related objects, clothing and other personal belongings and transportation items. The museum hosts many exciting and interesting programs for school children, adult programs, scout programs, family programs and summer programs, so that every member of the family can enjoy what they choose to like and visit whenever they want since the museum is free to the public.

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Burgwin-Wright Museum House
John Burgwin would use the old jail as the foundation for his new home, when he began constructing it in 1770, who was a planter, treasurer of the colony and merchant. In 1781, considered to be the most desirable house in the town, Lord Cornwallis would make it his headquarters just before his defeat and surrender at Yorktown, Virginia; and in 1799, Joshua Grainger Wright would buy the house for 3500 Spanish milled dollars, and it would become a residence until 1937, when it was purchased by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina. Now, the magnificent house has been completely restored, and is the oldest house museum in the southeastern area of the state, with a lovely Georgian style, filled with 18th and 19th century furnishings and stories of the people that have lived here. The house has a terraced garden, a formal or parterre garden and an orchard with plants and trees. It is one of the finest examples of early American architecture and contains a free-standing structure that houses the kitchen, and craft room, with the open hearth in the kitchen being used for demonstrations of colonial cooking.

April 26, 2011