History

Come and learn the history of the Native Hatteras people, the Croatoan.  Learn about their way of life. 

See original artwork demonstrating how they lived, fished, hunted, gardened. 

Come and learn some of the Algonquian language.  There is no where else in the world that has a display of Algonquian words and their meanings.

Wingapo = Welcome.

Archaeology

Experience the Archaeology. 

See the artifacts that have been discovered on Hatteras Island.

Native tools, bowls, arrowheads, spear points, pipes, jewelry.

See the transition in the archaeological finds as the English made contact with the Native Croatoans. 

The repurposing of English materials, such as a piece of leaded glass reshaped into an arrowhead. 

See artifacts from the Lost Colonists of 1587.  A Nuremburg token, a piece of a Rapier Sword, writing slate and lead pencil, a silver ring, and many more!

Discovery

Discover the Truth. 

Prepare to unlearn the mythology you have been taught about the first English-Native contact here in the New World.... and learn the real truth of how the Lost Colony of 1587 was never lost but abandoned.  Learn how they assimilated with the Native Croatoan tribe and became one family.

Museum Owner & Curator, Author, and Amateur Archaeologist Scott Dawson will take you on a tour through time.  Scott is at the museum daily to answer all your questions and take you on a journey through the real history of Hatteras Island.

Discover how a forgotten tribe, the Croatoan, made one of the most profound impacts on the History of North America.