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Arts & Culture

Art galleries, museums, theater performances, national touring acts: Elizabeth City has it all! Submerse yourself in culture while on vacation, and have more than photos to share when you return home. Call for special exhibits and shows, and let us enrich your life.

Museums

Museum of the Albemarle
501 South Water Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-335-1453

Taking advantage of Elizabeth City’s waterfront vista, the new Museum of the Albemarle contains exhibits and facilities enabling visitors to experience the general history of 13 counties in northeastern North Carolina.

A chronological overview of the region is presented in the 7,000-square-foot main gallery with artifacts and graphics illustrating the geography and ecology of the area in addition to perspectives on its cultural development over the past 10,000 years.

Art Galleries

Arts of the Albemarle Gallery
609 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-338-6455

Red Rabbit Art Gallery
103 West Main Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-331-2700

Theaters

College of the Albemarle Community Center Auditorium
1208 North Road Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
800-335-9050

Elizabeth City State University Floyd L. Robinson Auditorium
1704 Weeksville Road
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-335-3317

Encore Theatre Company - Main Street Stage
609 East Main Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-338-3382

Pottery

Clay Gardens
301 North Hughes Blvd
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
252-335-2324

Peggy's Ceramics

1261 North 343

South Mills, NC 27976

252-771-5004

Photo Credit: Museum of the Albemarle, Pedro Beildeck; Window, Vince Pollack; Painter, Irene Pollack.