Museum Events

The Alamance County Historical Museum

cordially invites you to join us for a buffet luncheon

to learn about

Outlander in North Carolina

“Where Fiction Meets History”

Journey back in time to the Cape Fear region with historian and storyteller Hunter Ingram from the Burgwin-Wright House in Wilmington. We'll delve into the real players, places, and paramount events of the colonial era, using Claire and Jamie's North Carolina adventures as our guide. Unpack the facts laced within the fiction and discover the true historical backbone of Diana Gabaldon's sweeping epic in this engaging program!

 

Tuesday, February 17, 2026

11:30 am

 

Alamance Country Club

3007 N. Fairway Dr., Burlington, NC.

 

$65 per person

(Includes a donation to the museum)

 

Rsvp to Museum by February 10

(336)226-8254

Raffle for a weekend rental (sleeps four) at Grandfather Mountain

and tickets to the Highland Games. $20 per ticket

 


This year the Holt Association of America is offering two scholarships; the $5,000 scholarship and the Mary Bryant Memorial Scholarship in the amount of $2,500. Your one completed application will be considered by th Scholarship committee for both of theses awards, however you can win only one.

Qualifications for application are: must be a legal resident, be accepted to or currently attending an institution of higher learning, and in need of financial aid. You do NOT have to be a member or related to the Holt family to apply. We welcome applicants regardless of age gender race or religion.

To request an application reach out to achm@triad.twcbc.com or Holtassn@gmail.com leave your name, home address, email, and request for an application. We can email the application. Once completed, mail it to the Scholarship Chairman via email or USPS to the address noted on the application form. The application must be returned by May 15, 2026.

 


This a continuing event

 

Plants will be sent at appropriate time for planting.

 

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, Alamance 
County Historical Museum, Inc. was the birthplace of Edwin
Michael Holt, a pioneer in the southern textile industry.

Museum activities are sponsored in part by a grant from the NC Humanities Council.