The Lost Colony Center for Science and Research has funded field trips over the last 36 months attempting to locate the lost indian village Tranaskeooc.

NC Museum of History exhibition ~ Mysteries of the Lost Colony

• Beginning this fall (2007), explore one of history's most astonishing unsolved mysteries in a major exhibition at the N.C. Museum of History in Raleigh. Mysteries of the Lost Colony and A New World: England's First View of America opens Oct. 20. It is presented through the collaboration with the British Museum in London, England. The exhibition will run through Jan. 13, 2008. Mysteries of the Lost Colony examines England's first attempts at a permanent settlement in America and what may have happened to the colonists at Roanoke Island. At its heart is A New World: England's First View of America, a traveling exhibition from the British Museum. This exhibition focuses on more than 70 watercolors made by John White on the voyages to Virginia (now North Carolina) in the 1580s. This is the first time in more than 40 years that the complete collection of White's original watercolors will be shown outside of England. Visit www.ncmuseumofhistory.org or call (919) 807-7900.
     - Excerpt from N.C. Museum of History press release. (Read full press release on Newspaper/Magazine page.)

Virginia Dare's 420th Birthday Celebration!

• The Lost Colony Center for Science and Research has been invited to join The Lost Colony Outdoor Drama for Virginia Dare's birthday celebration. Annually in August, the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site in Manteo, NC, celebrates Virginia Dare's birthday with events happening all day at Fort Raleigh. Lost Colony Center members have been invited to join Fort Raleigh personnel in receiving guests and providing information about the Lost Colony.



• Join us for a day of free activities for the family on August 18. Music with the Queen at The Elizabethan Gardens at 11:00 a.m. features Colony music. The evening performance cameos an infant actor as baby Virginia. The performance begins at 8:30 p.m. Call (252) 473-3414 for reservations or visit www.thelostcolony.org for more information.

• DNA Symposium, September 7-9, 2007



• Weekend research field trips: Running every weekend throughout the summer, the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research is hosting weekend field trips to the sites currently being researched. These sites have features and/or artifacts believed to be connected to the colonists, such as hand-dug wells and old burial grounds.

Round-table discussion featuring the Buxton dig article in the Winter 2006-07 issue of American Archaeology

• 2nd Tuesday of March, April, May and June, 2007, 7 p.m., at Barnes & Noble, Greenville, NC

Archaeological dig in Buxton, Outer Banks, NC, from June 23, 2006 to July 9, 2006.

• A presentation will be given on July 9, 2006, in Buxton at the Fessenden Center, to provide information to the public about the findings of the dig and the future plans for the archaeological site.
• Photographs from the dig

Farm Life School building in Martin County, NC, purchased and donated to the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research, May 2006.

• The site will serve as office space for archaeologists and students, provide a lecture auditorium, and a place to clean, study and display artifacts pertaining to the Lost Colony.

Seafood Festival in Engelhard, Hyde County, NC, on May 21, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• Full day of demonstrations, interactive workshops and lectures to acquaint the public with the newest methods being used to search for the Lost Colonists. These workshops will explore multiple theories, both old and new, about their fate.
• The use of space age images from new remote sensing data, such as satellite optics and airborne radar, will be presented. Croatan Indian sites are being sought with these new remote sensing technologies.

Lost Colony Center Director, Fred Willard, and other distinguished researchers present findings and up-to-date information on local television program

• 3rd Friday of each month, beginning September 24, 2004, Lost Colony Center participants are featured guests on DownEast Today Morning Show
• Show airs Monday - Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. on UPN 48 Network

Historical and Underwater Archaeology Program and Abstracts - St. Louis, Missouri, January 7-11, 2004

• Lost Colony Center for Science and Research presented at Annual National Archaeology Conference
• Presented remote sensing application for the Buck Ridge purported Tramaskecooc Indian site and Indian trail
• Research using ECSU images presented

Association for the Advancement of Educational Research Conference - Ponte Verde, Florida, December 2-6, 2003

• Lost Colony Center's research paper "Migration Patterns of Coastal N.C. Indians" presented as the National Academy Invitational Presentation
• AAER Conference Program
• Copy of Press Release from Conference
• Lost Colony Symposium - (TBA)
• Co-sponser with Elizabeth City State University's Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Education and Research (CERSER)
• New findings will be presented suggesting the Roanoke Fort may not be where most scholars believe it to be

Monument to Roanoke Voyages

In 2001, a monument was erected on Highway 12 on the Outer Banks, NC, based on research conducted and presented by Fred Willard, Director of the Lost Colony Center for Science and Research.

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