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Artifact Conservation

We Need Your Help!

The North Carolina Museum of History holds an impressive collection of North Carolina Civil War flags and uniforms. Many of these artifacts need extensive conservation before they can be exhibited. Textile conservation is a time-consuming, specialized, and expensive task-hundreds of hours are needed to stabilize just one flag or uniform.

You or your organization can help save North Carolina's Civil War heritage by supporting the museum's conservation work. Please mail your check, payable to the North Carolina Museum of History Associates, to the address below and indicate that your donation is for Civil War flag conservation. The Museum of History Associates is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, and gifts are fully tax deductible. Thank you!

Mr. Heyward McKinney, Budget Officer
N.C. Museum of History Associates
5 East Edenton St.
Raleigh, NC 27601-1011

Please click here for tips on caring for your own important objects.

The artifacts featured below are from the Alfred May collection. Please click on the images to view larger versions.

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