Council of American Maritime Museums Profile video rhrough rhe porrholes and can imagine rh ey are descending ro rhe sea floor. In a building pracrically bursring ar rhe seams, a ren-foor wooden model of a menhaden boar is kepr from being losr
(left) Commercial FishingAmerica's Firsr Indusrry. 1his
exhibit highlights the state's historic fisheries including saltwater species, river fisheries, and shellfish.
Throw Away The Oars, an exhibit ofoutboard motors, includes an Elto Light Twin manufac-
tured in 1926 by the Elto Outboard Motor Co. in Milwaukee. 1his was the first ofa series using aluminum, making it lighter, and therefore expanded their appeal to women. What naturally follows outboard motors is an outboard engine repair shop, ofcourse. Exhibit staffreplicated an outboard repair shop circa the 1950s complete with vintage oil cans and spider webs.
among rhe orher exhibirs by irs sheer size and uniqueness. Builders ar Beaufort's Fish Meal Company consrrucred rhe North Carolina, was no ted for a wide Revenue C urter Service, Steamboat Inrange of marine consrruction-from rac- spection Service, and US Coast Guard model when foul wea rher kepr rhem from working on rhe full-si zed boars for rhe ing runabouts ro large naval and co mmer- in North Carolina is summarized in company. cial ships. They built navy minesweepers 1he Sea Shall Not Have 1hem. Artifacts All generations delighr in observ- during World War II and, unril the 1990s, and photographs represent each service ing li ve sea horses, shellfish, flound er, sea performed major repairs on government and the lives of the people who served. A urchins, and orher marine life-all spe- and privare vessels. Displayed in a retail diorama, Soldiers of Surf and Storm, co ncies fou nd in local waters-in rhe rains rools, equipment, and araquariums. Somerimes folks lose rifacrs rhar explain rhe operarion track of how long they have been and rescue procedures practiced engrossed in warching these "criralong the Outer Banks (known rers." Curaro rs use the small aquaras rhe "Graveyard of the Atlaniums ro insrrucr groups about the tic") in the 1800s and 1900s. A life hisrories of vario us organisms. Fresnel lighrhouse lens of a size Through educarional program s similar ro rhose used in inshore and exhibirs, the museum sraff sounds and bays completes rhi s tribute ro rhe courageous crews srrives ro demonsrrare ro visirors. th e close relationship the aquatic that served along North Carolienvironmem has with humans and na's Outer Banks. their acriviries in and on the water. The museum's small craft A perfect blending of rhese themes collection houses some sixty Volunteer crew at the Watercraft Center restore the 21-joot is found in rhe Coastal Marine boars. Some are exhibited in rhe Barbour inboard runabout. (Photo by George Denmark) Life exhibir, which surrounds the adjacenr boar shed and ar rhe aq uari ums. This exhibit features museum's Warercraft Center. A a diorama of a fouling community and showroom backgro und is a 1958 Barbour full-sized sprirsail skiff, built in 1910 and shows th e planrs and animals which arrach "Silver Clipper," a 16-foor runabout made resrored by the museum in the 1970s, is ro hard surfaces-like rhe borrom of your of mahogany. Nearby is a Simmo ns Sea prominenr in rhe exhibir area and repreboar! Phorographs illustrate adaprario ns Skiff model. These skiffs were designed sented in the museum's logo. Examples various marine animals use as camouflage, and built in W ilmingron beginning in the of the North Carolina shad boar are diswhile revolving panels show the effects of 1940s and were very popular for sport fish- played here, warercraft developed in the human acrivity on our ocean and riverine ing and recreation rhroughour rhe region. mid-1870s by George Washingron C reef The hisrory of the Un ited Stares and designated by the General Assembly environmenr. Barbour Boarworks in New Bern , Lighthouse Service, Life-Saving Service, in 1988 as rhe official North Carolina SEA HISTORY 109, WINTER 2004-2005
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