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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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- Archaeology and the Ancient History of North Carolina Uses images of artifacts, maps, and artwork to accompany brief overviews of the movements of American Indians as they made their way to North Carolina.
- North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Students' Page Find information and links to cool places to go in North Carolina, historical resources, volunteer programs and opportunities, and information for the high school student getting ready to graduate.
- 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: 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.
- 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.
Related pages
- Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum: Students can learn about their county's history through artifacts and other exhibits at the Greater Fair Bluff Historical Society Depot Museum.
- Horizons Unlimited: This wonderful education center and museum provides hands-on programs for students in the areas of history and the physical and biological sciences.
- Occaneechi Indian Village: Enjoy authentic Native American food, dance, crafts, demonstrations, and traditions at the Indian village.
Learn more
- Learn more about American Indians, Columbus County, North Carolina, anthropology, artifacts, culture, fossils, history, industries, local history, railroads, trains, transportation, and wildlife.
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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 specimens, Waccamaw Siouan Indian artifacts, early European settlers, railroad including a caboose, 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. Their mailing address is P.O. Box 386 Lake Waccamaw, NC 28450. Call (910) 646-1992 for more information.
Hours:10 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 1-3 p.m. Sunday.