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Upgrades to HVAC System Help Tryon Palace Remain Steward of North Carolina History

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - 2:20pm

Visitors to Tryon Palace will soon see signs of construction around the grounds due to an ongoing project to update the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in the Governor’s Palace. Parts of the current system are original to when the reconstructed Palace was built in 1959, and...

Tryon Palace Presents Award-Winning Bryce Lane in Monthly Garden Series

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:05pm

NEW BERN, NC – Feb. 17, 2018 Tryon Palace’s February garden lecture series features Bryce Lane, three-time Emmy award-winning television personality. This free lecture will take place in the Cullman Performance Hall at the North Carolina History Center at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17. Lane will...

Tryon Palace’s February Lunch and Learn to Highlight Craven County’s Enslaved Population

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

NEW BERN, NC – Feb. 16, 2018 Research regarding Craven County’s enslaved population will be the topic of Tryon Palace’s next installment during its monthly Lunch and Learn series. “To Know Them By Name” will be held Friday, Feb. 16 at noon in the North Carolina History Center. In honor of Black...

‘How Free is Free: Civil Rights Act of 1866’ Examines the Role of African Americans after the Civil War

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

NEW BERN, NC – Feb. 15, 2018 Tryon Palace will hold a lecture examining the roles of African Americans after the Civil War at this month’s African American Lecture Series. “How Free is Free: Civil Rights Act of 1866,” featuring comedian, Timothy A. Shopshire, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 7...

Behind-the-Scenes Tours to Feature Tryon Palace Costume Shop, Conservation Lab, Gardens

Wednesday, February 7, 2018 - 4:00pm

NEW BERN, NC – Feb. 6, 2018 Tryon Palace will host behind-the-scenes tours of the costume shop, Conservation Lab and Tryon Palace gardens throughout the month of February. All tours begin at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays, with a different tour offered each week. Tours of the Tryon Palace costume shop will be...

Tryon Palace Open Free to the Public on Annual Free Day

Saturday, February 3, 2018 - 3:55pm

NEW BERN, NC - Feb. 3, 2018 Tryon Palace is open free to the public during its annual Free Day on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guests can enjoy free tours of the Governor's Palace, Kitchen Office, Stable Office, and Dixon and Stanly houses (limited to first floors), access to 16 acres of...

“WinterFeast: Oysters, Brews, and Comfort Foods” is a Week Away

Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 9:10pm

NEW BERN, NC – Jan. 19, 2018 WinterFeast, the Tryon Palace Foundation’s annual oyster roast and fundraising event, returns on Friday, Jan. 26, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. “WinterFeast: Oysters, Brews, & Comfort Foods” will be held at North Carolina History Center, located at 529 South Front St...

‘From Bre’r Rabbit to the Blues’ Features Stories and Songs of Resistance, Reconstruction and Revolution

Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 4:50pm

NEW BERN, NC – Jan. 18, 2018 Tryon Palace will hold a performance featuring folklore, music, songs and dance to recreate the day-to-day resistance of African Americans from the Civil War to the Post Reconstruction years of American History at this month’s African American Lecture Series. “From Bre’...

Tryon Palace to Present “Lumbee Tribe Cultural Performance by Ryan Dial-Stanley”

Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 4:50pm

NEW BERN, NC – Jan. 20, 2018 Tryon Palace will present “Lumbee Tribe Cultural Performance by Ryan Dial-Stanley” on Saturday, Jan. 20. Ryan Dial-Stanley, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of N.C. and a student at UNC Chapel Hill, will describe and demonstrate different Indigenous performing arts such as...

Tryon Palace Showcases Various Quilting Techniques in “Pieced with Care” Exhibit

Thursday, January 18, 2018 - 4:50pm

NEW BERN, NC – Jan. 20, 2018 Tryon Palace will showcase various quilting techniques in a new exhibit “Pieced with Care.” “Pieced with Care” will open on Saturday, Jan. 20 and will be on display until March 25, 2018. The exhibit will be held in the Duffy Exhibition Gallery located inside the North...

Upgrades to HVAC System Help Tryon Palace Remain Steward of North Carolina History

Tryon Palace Presents Award-Winning Bryce Lane in Monthly Garden Series

Tryon Palace’s February Lunch and Learn to Highlight Craven County’s Enslaved Population

‘How Free is Free: Civil Rights Act of 1866’ Examines the Role of African Americans after the Civil War

Behind-the-Scenes Tours to Feature Tryon Palace Costume Shop, Conservation Lab, Gardens

Tryon Palace Open Free to the Public on Annual Free Day

“WinterFeast: Oysters, Brews, and Comfort Foods” is a Week Away

‘From Bre’r Rabbit to the Blues’ Features Stories and Songs of Resistance, Reconstruction and Revolution

Tryon Palace to Present “Lumbee Tribe Cultural Performance by Ryan Dial-Stanley”

Tryon Palace Showcases Various Quilting Techniques in “Pieced with Care” Exhibit

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