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Past Events
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Jul 4, 2020
CANCELLED Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House 2020 -
Feb 28, 2020
“The History and Mystery of Wine,” by Professor Elliot Engel -
Feb 16, 2020
Dedication Ceremony: Memorial to the Enslaved of the Joel Lane Plantation -
Feb 2, 2020
The History and Science Behind the JLMH Paint Restoration -
Dec 7, 2019
Colonial Christmas Open House 2019 -
Nov 24, 2019
Nature’s Gift to Christmas - Historical Holiday Wreath Decorating with Michael Ausbon -
Oct 10, 2019
Lecture: “A Look at Natural Dyes in History and Practice” by Bailey Knight -
Oct 6, 2019
Natural Indigo Dye Workshop with Bailey Knight -
Sep 12, 2019
Musical Lecture: “Military Music of the Revolutionary War” (at Mordecai Historic Park) -
Sep 10, 2019
NEW PARKING INFO! Joel Lane Museum House 250th Anniversary Celebration! -
Jul 4, 2019
Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House 2019 -
Apr 11, 2019
Lecture: “Spring Bank, Home of John Stark Ravenscroft” by Randolph Hooks -
Mar 10, 2019
Lecture: “Oh, Those Tea Parties” by Suzanne Adair -
Mar 1, 2019
“The Brilliance of Jane Austen,” by Professor Elliot Engel -
Dec 1, 2018
Colonial Christmas Open House 2018 -
Nov 15, 2018
Lecture: “Between Heaven and Hell: The End of the Civil War in Raleigh” by Ernie Dollar -
Oct 4, 2018
NEW LOCATION Lecture: “Scottish Highlanders in Colonial and Revolutionary North Carolina” -
Sep 8, 2018
Volunteer Opportunity Open House -
Sep 6, 2018
Lecture: “The Rifles and Muskets of the Revolutionary War” by Tim Langdon and Adam Young -
Jul 4, 2018
Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House 2018 -
May 3, 2018
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: All in the Family: Diomed, Sir Archie, and Henry by Jim Beckwith -
Apr 12, 2018
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: “Isaac Hunter and His Tavern” by Belle Long -
Mar 25, 2018
Gallery C presents The Best of North Carolina 2018 Reception -
Mar 2, 2018
THE TORTURED GENIUS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, a talk by Elliot Engel -
Jan 21, 2018
Lecture: “Into the Lion’s Den: William Hooper’s Harrowing Mission to Crown-Occupied Wilmington” -
Dec 2, 2017
A Colonial Christmas Open House -
Nov 9, 2017
NEW LOCATION! Lecture: “Antiques and Collections: Determining Value” by Leland Little -
Oct 15, 2017
Lecture: “Things that Went Bump in the Night in the Early American Republic” by Craig Friend -
Sep 14, 2017
Lecture: “‘In A Very Tastey Style:’ Lessons in Likeness” by Michael Ausbon -
Aug 27, 2017
An Evening by the Pool with Silent Auction -
Jul 4, 2017
Joel Lane Museum House Historic Independence Day Open House -
Jun 19, 2017
Camp Flintlock -
May 7, 2017
Lecture: “Lunsford Lane of Raleigh: Blackness, Manhood, Slavery, and Freedom in Antebellum America” -
May 7, 2017
Lecture: “Lunsford Lane of Raleigh: Blackness, Manhood, Slavery, and Freedom in Antebellum America” -
Mar 21, 2017
Joel Lane Historical Society Meeting -
Mar 3, 2017
Elliot Engel on “Queen Victoria and the Victorian Novel” -
Feb 9, 2017
“North Carolina’s Historic Architecture: Understanding the Special Character of the Tarheel State” -
Jan 19, 2017
Lecture: Historic Cemeteries and Our Heritage -
Nov 3, 2016
Lecture: George Washington’s Southern Tour -
Oct 16, 2016
North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell: Founding Father and Revolutionary Hero -
Sep 15, 2016
Lecture: The Relevance of Archaeology to Sherman’s Carolina Campaign -
May 1, 2016
Lecture on “A Stitch in Time: Samplers from the Collection at Historic Hope Plantation” by David Ser -
Apr 14, 2016
Slavery and Emancipation on ‘the Moses Mordecai Place’ in Raleigh -
Feb 12, 2016
Elliot Engel on “The Inimitable Winston Churchill” -
Jan 28, 2016
Lecture on “Gambrel Roof Houses of Northeastern North Carolina” by Reid Thomas -
Dec 5, 2015
Colonial Christmas Open House 2015 -
Nov 1, 2015
Lecture on “The Crucial Role of NC During the American Revolution” by Suzanne Adair -
Oct 8, 2015
Film: “Earl Ijames’s Colored Confederates and U.S. Colored Troops” -
Sep 17, 2015
Lecture by Michael Greer on “Breathing Life into a Dying Art: Bookbinding in the Age of the Kindle” -
Aug 23, 2015
volunteer -
Jul 4, 2015
A Historic Independence Day Celebration -
Jun 15, 2015 - Jun 19, 2015
Camp Flintlock Summer Day Camp 2015 -
May 17, 2015
NEW DATE: Lecture on “Sitting Pretty: North Carolina Furniture 1700-1850” -
Apr 2, 2015
POSTPONED TO April 2: Lecture on “Evolution of Firearms from Late 1700s to Civil War” -
Mar 17, 2015
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society—2015 -
Feb 12, 2015
CANCELLED: Film by Tony Curtis “Anglers, Whalers, and Waves: The Story of Samuel Windsor” -
Feb 6, 2015
Play: “Oldest Living Confederate Widow” -
Jan 8, 2015
Lecture on “How to Read a House: Identifying Historic Buildings” by Mitch Wilds -
Dec 6, 2014
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2014 -
Nov 6, 2014
Lecture on “Understanding Southern Silver” by Gary Albert of MESDA -
Oct 4, 2014
Genealogy Fair -
Oct 2, 2014
Lecture on “Was I Born for This? North Carolina Slave Voices” by Lucinda MacKethan -
Sep 18, 2014
Tavern Party in the Gardens 2014 -
Sep 7, 2014
Lecture on “Applying Technology in the Search of Colonial Roads” by Dale Loberger -
Jul 4, 2014
An Old-Fashioned Independence Day -
Jun 16, 2014 - Jun 20, 2014
Camp Flintlock Summer Day Camp 2014 -
Apr 27, 2014
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea 2014 -
Apr 10, 2014
Lecture on “Fine & Decorative Arts: An Era of Transition?” by Leland Little -
Feb 21, 2014
Elliot Engel on “Defining Dr. Samuel Johnson—Eccentric Inventor of the English Dictionary” -
Feb 18, 2014
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Jan 16, 2014
Lecture on “Elizabeth Keckly: Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House” -
Dec 10, 2013
Museum Store Holiday Open House and Book Signing -
Dec 7, 2013
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2013 -
Nov 21, 2013
Lecture on “African American Artisans in North Carolina” by Catherine Bishir -
Nov 17, 2013
Oyster Roast at Haywood Hall -
Nov 14, 2013
Lecture on “The Early Anglican Church in Colonial NC” by John Ward -
Oct 13, 2013
Art and Cocktails by the Pool -
Oct 10, 2013
Lecture on “Archaeology In Raleigh, NC” by John Clauser -
Sep 19, 2013
Lecture on “Exploring Northeastern North Carolina’s Early Architecture” by Reid Thomas -
Sep 12, 2013
Tavern Party in the Gardens -
Sep 5, 2013
A lecture on “Legendary Locals of Raleigh” by Stormi Souter and Elizabeth Weichel -
Jul 4, 2013
Independence Day Open House 2013 -
Jun 17, 2013 - Jun 21, 2013
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock—2013 -
Jun 6, 2013
Lecture on “Freedom Coming, Freedom for All: the Emancipation Proclamation in NC” -
May 16, 2013
Lecture by Mike Helms, “Boom and Bust: Paper Currency in Colonial North Carolina” -
Apr 21, 2013
Lizzie Lane’s Colonial Tea -
Apr 11, 2013
Lecture on “Archaeological Testing at the Bloomsbury Estates Site, Raleigh NC” -
Feb 18, 2013
Annual Meeting of the Joel Lane Historical Society -
Feb 15, 2013
Elliot Engel: “The Vanderbilts—All of Them” -
Feb 3, 2013
Lecture on “Sir Walter Ralegh: Fortune’s Tennis Ball” by Christopher Armitage -
Jan 17, 2013
Colonial Era “Aerial Photography:” The Archaeology of Claude Joseph Sauthier’s NC Maps SOLD OUT -
Dec 1, 2012
A Colonial Christmas Open House 2012 -
Nov 4, 2012
Lecture on “Beyond the Gate: Stories of Historic Oakwood Cemetery” by Bruce Miller; SOLD OUT -
Oct 18, 2012
Lecture on “Antiques: Fake, Fraud, or the Real Thing? ” by Ed Willer -
Sep 29, 2012
Antiques Appraisal Fair -
Sep 13, 2012
Lecture on “Why a Good Southern Girl Would Marry a Yankee General” by Suzy Barile -
Aug 16, 2012
Concert in the Courtyard: The Southern String Band -
Jul 4, 2012
Independence Day Celebration -
Jun 18, 2012 - Jun 22, 2012
Colonial Day Camp with Camp Flintlock 2012 -
Apr 1, 2012
Lecture on “The Book In Colonial America and Caring for Your Books” by Jane Bultman
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