Welcome to Frisco Native American Museum

About Us
Must Dos
Programmed Activities

About Frisco Native American Museum:

At A Glance

Visit us on the web at:
www.nativeamericanmuseum.org
Email: Click Here
Address: Hwy 12 Frisco Click for map
Phone: (252) 995-4440
Latitude: 35.233603
Longitude: -75.625194
Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10:30AM - 5PM
Payment:
Entry Fee: $5 per person, $15 per family, $3 for seniors

Located on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center is a non-profit educational foundation created for the purpose of preserving Native American artifacts, art, and culture.

Housed in a building with a 100 years of history, the Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center contains a nationally recognized collection of Native American artifacts, exhibits, and natural history displays.

Galleries filled with native art wind through the facility and include information on Native Americans across the United States as well as artifacts from the first inhabitants of Hatteras Island. Local finds include a dug-out canoe discovered on museum property as well as items recovered from the site of East Carolina University’s archaeological dig at Buxton Village.

In addition to traditional exhibits and tours, the museum’s activities also include Native American workshops, Scout badge work, school science projects, Native American studies, programs for the visually impaired, senior citizen seminars, and special events such as Journey Home: Annual Inter-tribal Powwow
and Dancing Moccasins: Living History weekend

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Must Dos:

Explorer's Fossil Pile

Enjoy the museum's nature trail and explore the fossil pile located near the maritime forest pavilion. What looks like a big table filled with sand is actually a treasure trove from deep sea dredging and is filled with sharks teeth, fossilized shells, and other fossils dating back millions of years. Available daily.

Nature Trails

Acquired in 1989, the museum's nature trails wind through several acres of beautiful maritime forest. Two bridges cross a small stream, and the trails overlook a large pond that has an outlet to the sound. Throughout the trails, visitors can find plenty of labeled specimens and exhibits, open spaces with benches for resting and roped walkways wind through wooded areas. Among the many surprises of the marshland is an authentic North Carolina round-bottom shad boat (built in Dare County) that provides a glimpse of the past.