A & A Atlantic Outer Banks Cruises
Stuart Wescott
Slip 52 - 53 Manteo Waterfront Marina
Queen Elizabeth St.
PO Box 816 Manteo NC 27954
252-473-1475 or 252-489-9151
1-800-611-2021
EMAIL
www.outerbankscruises.com
The Capt. Johnny is a 49 passenger tour cruise vessel that departs from the Manteo Waterfront. Guaranteed Dolphin Watch, sightseeing, eco tours, private cruises. Since 1995.

Crystal Dawn-Country Girl
Vanessa Foreman
100 Patty Lane
Manteo, NC 27954
252-473-5577
FAX 252-473-9444
EMAIL

Down East Rover Sailing Cruises
Captain Mark Kopp
207 Queen Elizabeth Street, Slip #50
P.O. Box 0368
Manteo, NC 27954-0368
252-473-4866
Toll free 1-866-SAILOBX
EMAIL
www.downeastrover.com
The Downeast Rover is a 55-foot topsail schooner that operates three sailing excursions per day from the Manteo waterfront. Trips depart at 11 AM, 2 PM, and 6:30 PM, weather permitting, and all of our sailings are two hours long (or longer). Daytime cruises are $15 for children, $25 for adults. Sunset Cruises are $30 per person. Children under 2 sail for free on our two daytime cruises. The Downeast Rover's berth is on the Manteo waterfront, adjacent to the Tranquil House Inn and directly across the creek from the Elizabeth II.

The Elizabethan Gardens
1411 National Park Drive
Manteo, North Carolina 27954
252-473-3234
Fax: 252-473-3244
www.elizabethangardens.org
EMAIL
History, mystery and fantasy are combined in these special gardens, which are a memorial to the first English colonists who came to North America in 1584-1587 and "walked away through the dark forest into history". In 1951, The Garden Club of North Carolina adopted The Elizabethan Gardens as a project. The Gardens were designed by two of the nation's foremost landscape architects, M. Umberto Innocenti and Richard Webel and display a collection of ancient garden statuary from the John Hay Whitney collection. There is beauty for all, year round, in this lovely garden in its tranquil setting on the shores of Roanoke Sound.

Elizabeth R & Co.
Joanne Williams
P.O. Box 1718
Manteo, NC 27954
252-473-1061
Elizabeth R, the international hit one-woman show about England's Queen Elizabeth I, plays at The Elizabethan Gardens on Tuesdays, 3 June through 12 August. All performances are INSIDE in the air-conditioned hall. Curtain for the 1-hour play is 2:30 pm. The production, now in its 11th season stars noted English actor Miss Barbara Hird. $10 matinee tickets includes admission to the Gardens for a self-guided tour. Bloody Mary and The Virgin Queen is an outrageous musical comedy about England's popular monarch Queen Elizabeth I, and her infamous sister Queen Mary. The production, now in its 7th season, has a limited run on the Outer Banks on Wednesdays 9 July through 13 August. For times, locations and tickets, contact the production office at 473-1061.

The Lost Colony
1409 National Park Drive
Manteo, NC 27954
252-473-2127 office
252-473-3414 tickets
FAX 252-473-6000
EMAIL
www.thelostcolony.org
A 400 year-old mystery haunts Roanoke Island. Here, 117 men, women and children lived for a short time and then vanished without a trace, leaving historians with a mystery that has never been solved. Witness their hopes and dreams come to life in a dazzling spectacle of song, dance, drama, comedy and special effects--performed on the very site they settled over 400 years ago. The Lost Colony is a compelling story that has been seen by over 4 million visitors since 1937. Performed nightly June thru August, Monday-Saturday under the stars at picturesque Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island.

The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
P.O. Box 967
374 Airport Road
Manteo, NC 27954
1-866-332-3475
252-473-3493
FAX 252-473-1980
EMAIL
www.aquariums.om
On a beautiful site overlooking the Croatan Sound, the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island is one of three state-operated aquariums on the North Carolina coast. The Aquarium on Roanoke Island features the 285,000-gallon Graveyard of the Atlantic saltwater tank exhibit, interactive exhibits, two touch tanks, a theater and our new exhibit, “Aquarium Confidential,” A Look Behind the Scenes. Throughout the aquarium are exhibit tanks filled with fish of North Carolina coastal habitats, including sharks and rays. See eels, sea turtles and over 200 fish in a shipwreck habitat displaying a 1/3-scale replica of the USS Monitor. In the Wetlands on the Edge sky-lit atrium, you will see river otters, alligators and turtles lazing on rocks in the sun. Aquarium Confidential, /A Look Behind the* *Scenes/, is a fun exhibit looking at the day-to-day activities of the aquarium staff. Each day at the aquarium there are educational programs, fish feedings and demonstrations. Hours of Operation: Daily, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. Thursdays in July. Admission Fees: $8 adults; $7 seniors; $6 children (6-17); children 5 and under are free. Closed: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. Free: Registered North Carolina School Groups, North Carolina Aquarium Society Members. Discounts: Registered Tour Groups

North Carolina Maritime Museum on Roanoke Island
Barry L Wickre, Curator
P.O. Box 907
104 Fernando Street
Manteo, NC 27954
EMAIL
www.obxmaritime.org
Phone: 252-475-1750

Outer Banks History Center
KaeLi Spiers, Curator
Christine Dumoulin, Assistant Curator
P.O. Box 250, Manteo, North Carolina 27954
PH: 252-473-2655
FAX: 252-473-1483
EMAIL
www.obhistorycenter.net
Gallery hours: Open 7 days a week with hours changing seasonally, March – December.
Reading Room hours: Open 9AM -5PM weekdays except state holidays.
The Outer Banks History Center is a regional archive and research library administered by the NC State Archives with the mission of collecting and preserving the history and culture of the North Carolina coast. Collections include personal and organizational papers, books, photographs, periodicals and newspapers, early maps and drawings, public records on microfilm, oral histories and other audio and video recordings, original works of art. Rotating exhibits are presented in the Gallery throughout the year. The Outer Banks History Center is open to the public free of charge. Out of town researchers are urged to call ahead.

The Pioneer Theatre
H.A. Creef, Jr.
113 Budleigh Street
P.O. Box 39
Manteo, NC 27954
252-473-2175
First-run movies shown at 8:00PM nightly at this landmark theatre. Islanders know it's THE place to be every week. $4 adult tickets, 50 cent popcorn, family environment.

Roanoke Island Festival Park
Scott Stroh, Executive Director
One Festival Park
Manteo, NC 27954
252-475-1500
Events line: 252-475-1506
EMAIL
www.roanokeisland.com
History, Art & Fun All Rolled into One! Learn of America's first attempts at colonization by boarding Elizabeth II, a representative 16th century sailing vessel, and then visiting with soldiers in the Settlement Site. The Legend of Two Path film recounts the Roanoke story from a different perspective - that of the Algonquians living here when the English first arrived in 1584. In the Roanoke Adventure Museum, interactive exhibits travel beyond America's beginnings to explore the next 400 years of Outer Banks history - from boat building to shipwrecks, from pirates to lighthouse keepers, from The Lost Colony to the Freedmen's Colony. Performances and art gallery exhibits are scheduled year round. Add picnic areas, marsh side boardwalks, a fossil pit, museum store, and an art gallery - and you'll have a day to treasure.

The Roanoke Island Freedman's Colony
www.roanokefreedmenscolony.com
During the Civil War, Union-occupied Roanoke Island became home to thousands of former slaves. Initially these refugees settled near the Union headquarters, creating a community that included churches and a school. But in the spring of 1863, this camp evolved into a government-sanctioned colony. This interersting period in the history of Roanoke Island is commemorated at this web site and with a special heritage trail on Roanoke Island.

The Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
Town Of Manteo
PO Box 246
Manteo NC 27954
252-473-2133
F: 252-473-2135
EMAIL
www.townofmanteo.com