New Bern Academy Exhibits

Open every Friday, Saturday & Sunday, 12:30 – 4:30 PM

FREE admission to four exhibits at North Carolina’s first chartered public school by the NC General Assembly in 1764.  During the Civil War, the building was converted to a hospital, called the Academy Green. At this site the 35th Regiment of the United States Colored Troops mustered prior to battle.

Self touring of this historic building built in 1809.

Exhibits include –  Face to Face: Civil War Sketches and  Stories; New Bern Architecture; Civil War Military Occupation; and History of Education.