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Events

Plan to join us for exciting and educational events taking place at the Joel Lane Museum House.

There are events designed for both the young and the young at heart. Everyone is sure to be entertained while learning about how fascinating history is. 

Apr
8
2010

Lecture on 18th-Century Architecture in North Carolina

Peter Sandbeck of the Division of Historical Resources in the Department of Cultural Resources will speak at 7 pm on Thursday, April 8, 2010 in the Visitors Center on Architecture in 18th-Century North Carolina.

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Jul
4
2010

Celebrate Independence Day and Learn Our History!

Sunday, July 4 from 1-4 pm, the volunteers and staff of the Joel Lane Museum House will remember that great day when our country was freed from the bonds of tyranny.

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What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie