Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum
Take a field trip to the Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum and learn about the history and people of Columbus County.
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- America on the Move A combination of exhibits, artifacts, photographs, and articles written by historians and curators that tell the story of American transportation from the growing number of transportation networks before 1876 to the global nature of transportation in Los Angeles in 2000.
- Lesson plan: Why is the past important? As an introduction to the study of North Carolina's archaeological heritage, students will use personally owned object to share the importance of their past and connect this importance with reasons why the human past is important.
- Lesson plan: Shadows of North Carolina's past Students will infer past Native American lifeways based on observation, construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history, and compare these lifeways and discuss how they are different and alike.
- Lesson plan: Trade and Transportation in the United States Students will imagine what it would be like to operate a plane, train, or truck along a trade route across the United States.
Related pages
- Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum: Students can learn about their Columbus County's history through artifacts and other exhibits at the Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum.
- Museum of the Cherokee Indian: Official site of the museum of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.
- Occaneechi Indian Village in Hillsborough: A reconstruction of a traditional Occaneechi village.
Related topics
- Learn more about American Indians, Columbus County, North Carolina, anthropology, artifacts, culture, fossils, history, industries, local history, railroads, trains, and transportation.
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The museum, housed in a 1904 Atlantic Coastline Railroad Depot, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Exhibits include a 300-year-old Indian canoe, marine fossils recovered from the lake, natural history specimen, Waccamaw Siouan Indian artifacts, a railroad, early European settlers artifacts, local industries including turpentine, cypress shingles, logging, and tool manufacturing, and many photographs.
The museum offers a variety of programming, the majority of which are free of charge to the public. School groups are welcome. The museum is located at 201 Flemington Drive in Lake Waccamaw, NC. They are open Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. Call (910) 646-1992 for more information.
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