Thursday, February 3, 2011

Feb 5: Free Day At Tryon Palace

Carteret County Homeschoolers

See information below and follow the link to find out more. This is limited,
you will not get into every exhibit free, but if you take advantage of the
free pass offer, you will receive discounted coupons for a future visit to
the other exhibits. Enjoy! Rachel

http://www.tryonpalace.org/pdfs/free_day.pdf

Can you imagine what it was like to be a militiaman called up

to war – against your neighbors? Or what it was like to be a

servant in the royal governor’s home? How about being a kid

in colonial North Carolina? Thanks to a generous grant from

the Harold H. Bate Foundation, you can step into the shoes of

the many different people of eastern North Carolina’s

past and experience what life was like for them.

Event Guidelines

• Passes are required for all Tryon Palace Free Day events

and may be picked up at the North Carolina History

Center Ticket Desk or the Waystation at the corner of

George and Pollock Streets. Discounted tickets for the

Pepsi Family Center and Regional History Museum are

available for $12 for adults, $4 for students.

• All activities taking place on the grounds outside, in

Mattocks Hall and the Activity Classroom are free

and open to the public, along with the
*Bern New Bern*

exhibit in the Duffy Gallery. First floor tours of all

historic buildings and the Palace cellar are also available

at no charge.

• Your Free Day Pass is good for today only. If you would

like to return and tour more of our site, bring your Free

Day Pass with you on your next visit to receive 20% off a

Governor’s Pass or Gardens and Galleries Pass, and 25%

off a Time Traveler’s Pass. These Free Day Pass discounts

are good through June 30, 2011.

• Bring your Free Day Pass to the Museum Store and

receive a 10% discount on great gifts for yourself

and others.

• Adults are welcome to participate in all of the craft

activities, if space is available. The activities are

designed primarily for children, however, so please

allow them priority.

• Due to limited materials, we ask that children only

--
Tina Bettencourt
904-477-8490

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