Onslow County Museum opens America 250 exhibit with guest curators, gallery talks planned

Emily Baker, collections manager at the Onslow County Museum, described the museum’s America 250 exhibit, which opened last month and features scenes of Swansboro and life during the American Revolution.

Baker said panels portray colonial families, the colonial court system, naval-stores industry and a section honoring Black patriots. "We used the software that we have to essentially create these pictures, based off of things that our guest curators had in their minds and imaginings," she said, adding that the exhibit is designed to be colorful and engaging for younger visitors.

The museum plans gallery talks led by guest curators to expand on label information and invited the public to consult the museum website’s America 250 calendar for scheduled events. Baker encouraged visitors to call or follow the Onslow County Museum’s Facebook page for details. The segment did not announce new acquisitions or budget items; it focused on exhibition programming for the coming year.