Webcast celebrates traditional 18th century holiday at Tryon Palace, Nov. 19

From a press release:

Webcast celebrates traditional 18th century holiday at Tryon Palace, Nov. 19

Enjoy a virtual visit to Tryon Palace during a live broadcast Nov. 19 at 10 a.m. from His Royal Governor’s Cooking Office. The 45-minute webcast will explore the history of the holidays with an 18th-century cooking demonstration, a hands-on historic craft to make at your location and an interactive discussion exploring colonial holiday traditions. Sign up for the webcast here.

Tryon Palace education staff will explain how the cooks worked with the massive fireplace, which was in a separate building from the palace, lest there be a fire! Teachers and students can send questions that will be answered in real time. Information on the craft will be available for teachers after sign-up and prior to the webcast. For additional information, please call (252) 639-3584. The webcast is part of a series organized by the Connection to Collections Project (C2C) in the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, in cooperation with the Tryon Palace staff. A federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the Connecting to Collections Initiative makes this forum possible. The N.C. Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, also supports Connecting to Collections programs. Since 2010, Cultural Resources has led the C2C project to guide North Carolina archives, museums, libraries, and historic sites with disaster preparedness, preservation of collections and disaster recovery.

About the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources:
The N.C. Department of Cultural Resources (NCDCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state’s cultural resources to build the social, cultural and economic future of North Carolina. Led by Secretary Susan W. Kluttz, NCDCR’s mission is to enrich lives and communities by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history and libraries in North Carolina that will spark creativity, stimulate learning, preserve the state’s history and promote the creative economy. NCDCR was the first state organization in the nation to include all agencies for arts and culture under one umbrella.

Through arts efforts led by the N.C. Arts Council, the N.C. Symphony and the N.C. Museum of Art, NCDCR offers the opportunity for enriching arts education for young and old alike and spurring the economic stimulus engine for our state’s communities. NCDCR’s Divisions of State Archives, Historical Resources, State Historic Sites and State History Museums preserve, document and interpret North Carolina’s rich cultural heritage to offer experiences of learning and reflection. NCDCR’s State Library of North Carolina is the principal library of state government and builds the capacity of all libraries in our state to develop and to offer access to educational resources through traditional and online collections including genealogy and resources for people who are blind and have physical disabilities.

NCDCR annually serves more than 19 million people through its 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, the nation’s first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the N.C. Arts Council and the State Archives. NCDCR champions our state’s creative industry that accounts for more than 300,000 jobs and generates nearly $18.5 billion in revenues. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov