. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. Xake a tour through colonial history March 8 to June 6 at the "Raleigh and Roanoke" exhibit at th
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. "The Back Page" is an update on Sea Grant activities — on research, marine education and advisory services. It's also a good place to find out about meetings, workshops and new publications. For more information on any of the projects described, contact the Sea Grant offices in Raleigh (919/737-2454). For copies of publications, write UNC Sea Grant, NCSU, Box 8605, Raleigh, 27695-8605. Xake a tour through colonial history March 8 to June 6 at the "Raleigh and Roanoke" exhibit at the Museum of History in Raleigh. A collection of 157 artifacts and documents from the British Library in London will be on display, depicting life on and around Roanoke Island 400 years ago. "Raleigh and Roanoke" will show an armor from the Tower of London; drawings and paintings by John White, governor of the "lost colony;" Renaissance maps and navigational in- struments; coins; medals; books; let- ters and more. It will be one of the largest museum exhibits ever in the Southeast. The display is part of the state's ongoing 400th anniversary celebration of the first English settlement in America. It traces the lifestyles of the English, Spanish and Indians at the time of Sir Walter Raleigh and the at- tempts to explore North Carolina's Outer Banks. In conjunction with the exhibit, seminars; a lecture series, "Archaeology in North Carolina;" demonstrations; films; performances; and workshops will also be offered. Children can participate, too, by visiting the museum's Discovery Room, where they can try -on Elizabethan clothing and armor, use a cross staff to determine latitude and learn nautical terms and Indian The exhibit is free to the public. For tours, interested school groups should call the Capital Area Visitors Center at 919/733-3456. Other groups are asked to call the museum at 919/733-3894. For further information, write the
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