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Reuben Brown House // Reuben Brown House Preservation
Society Federal era event // NC Museum of Natural Sciences on
Madison Street // Face painting at Bug Fest at the NC Museum
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reuben brown house
Reuben Brown was a school master and this is his home, which is a
late Federal - era farmhouse built between 1830 and 1840. It houses
the Reuben Brown House Preservation Society which is a organization
of concerned citizens preserving local history with period music and lit-
erature events, as well as sponsoring the A.R. Ammons poetry contest
in honor of the renowned American poet originally from Columbus
County. The poetry contest has been the inspiration for area school
children for 25 years and in 2018 hosted Tracy K. Smith, the Pulitizer
prize winning National Poet Laureate.

nc museum of natural sciences
The museum experience in Whiteville is modeled after proven inter-
active programs at the museum’s Raleigh-based Nature Research Cen-
ter, Nature Education Center and the Prairie Ridge Ecostation. The
Whiteville museum features an Investigation Lab, Naturalist Center,
Outdoor Nature PlaySpace and Discovery Forest. It offers education
and inspiration to visitors free of charge.
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