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The department was founded as the North Carolina Department of Art, Culture, and History. Its first secretary was Sam Ragan, poet and arts advocate who later became North Carolina Poet Laureate. [3] It was renamed to Department of Cultural Resources in 1973. [4]
1973 - Chapter 121 of the NC General Statutes (G.S. 121), known as the Archives and History Act, made the Department of Cultural Resources (the new parent agency of the State Archives) the official "archival and historical agency of the State of North Carolina."
Out of North Carolina's protected land, 250,000 acres of land and water is managed by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. [3] These areas include State Parks, State Recreation Areas, State Natural Areas, State Lakes, State Trails, State Rivers, State Forests, Educational State Forests, State Historic Sites, and NC ...
This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Blue Ridge Parkway through Virginia and North Carolina 36°26′03″N 81°03′48″W / 36.4343°N 81.0632°W / 36.4343; -81.0632 ( Blue Ridge Alleghany , Ashe , Watauga , Avery , Mitchell , Yancey , Buncombe , Henderson , Haywood , Transylvania , Jackson , Swain
After Pat McCrory, a Republican was elected Governor of North Carolina in 2012, he named Kluttz, a Democrat, to be Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources. This position oversees the State Library of North Carolina, the North Carolina Museum of History, the North Carolina Symphony and other cultural and nature-related agencies. [4]
North Carolina Population Density Map (2010) The Culture of North Carolina is a subculture in the United States . As one of the original Thirteen Colonies , North Carolina culture has been greatly influenced by early settlers of English , Scotch-Irish , Scotch , German , and Swiss descent. [ 1 ]
The State Library of North Carolina is an institution which serves North Carolina libraries, state government employees, genealogists, and the citizens of North Carolina. . The library is the main depository for North Carolina state publications [1] and serves the needs of North Carolina government agencies and state government employees by providing access to information resources that are ...