Fun Learning

Adult programs
Lunch and Learn, Evenings at the Library, Attmore-Oliver House Lectures, the Dr. Richard K. Lore Annual Lecture and the Ed Bearss Annual Lecture provide opportunities for the public to learn about New Bern’s history. Tours of the New Bern Civil War Battlefield Park and the 18 c. Attmore-Oliver House can be arranged by appointment, 252-638-8558. In addition there are weekly tours of Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Kids Programs
A Junior Docent Program as well as curriculum-based projects (such as the Native American Program and the Early History of New Bern Program) actively engage school-age children in the learning process. Other upcoming kids programs include Civil War Adventure Day.
The Marks Scholarship is awarded annually to a graduating senior of New Bern High School and is renewable for four years of undergraduate study. If interested in applying, as a graduating New Bern High School senior, please check with the guidance department for applications beginning February.