North Carolina
Maritime Museum System
John Moseley
Luncheon Lecture
January 8, 2026 11:00 AM
John Moseley is the Curator of Education for the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport. Originally from Jacksonville, Florida, he graduated from The Citadel in Charleston, SC with a bachelor’s degree in history in 1989. In 2001, he returned to school to work on his master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. While there, he was awarded the 2003 North Carolina James Madison Fellow and graduated in 2005, with a master’s degree in American history focusing on the Colonial and Early Republic period.
After graduation, he became a high school and middle school educator specializing in United States History, North Carolina History, and the United States Constitution. In April 2011, John began working at Fort Fisher State Historic Site in charge of the on-site and off-site educational programming, the Volunteer Coordinator and trainer, Safety Officer and instructor for 18th,19th, and 20th Century Historic Small Arms and Artillery. In September 2022, he transferred to the State Division of Museums in Southport to overhaul their educational programming and develop new avenues of community support.
His proudest professional moment occurred in October 2019 when he submitted a recommendation for the emplacement of a NC Highway Marker to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots at Camp Davis. On September 24, 2021, the North Carolina Highway marker was dedicated in the community of Holly Ridge, North Carolina to recognize this unique World War II story. Currently, he continues researching the Cape Fear area’s activities during World War II, its Medal of Honor recipients, and the Women Airforce Service Pilots in North Carolina.
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North Carolina Maritime Museum Systems
Welcome to the North Carolina Maritime Museums
The three North Carolina Maritime Museums preserve, protect and present North Carolina’s coastal history. They paint a picture of the history and maritime culture that includes fishing, boat building, piracy, decoy carving, life-saving, war, underwater archaeology, shipwrecks, boating, the seafood industry, and marine life, science and ecology. Each of the museums is unique, and offers year-round public programming, and free admission. Donations are appreciated.
Our brief history with longstanding maritime traditions
The North Carolina Maritime Museum began as a collection of natural history specimens in the U.S. Fisheries Laboratory on Pivers Island, N.C. circa 1904, but did not become the North Carolina Maritime Museum in its present incarnation until 1984.The Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center was added in 1992.
In July of 1997 the North Carolina Maritime Museum was transferred from the N.C. Department of Agriculture to the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.
In late summer and early fall of 1999, the N.C. Maritime Museum expanded operations to include branch museums on Roanoke Island and at Southport.
In February 2007 the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Roanoke was transferred to Roanoke Island Festival Park. Also in 2007, the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum was brought into the Department of Cultural Resources.
The new maritime museum system now is comprised of the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort and the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport.
Today, the North Carolina Maritime Museums are part of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.