Photographs of airplanes displayed on a library gallery wall

The Outer Banks: Circa 1900

Published Apr 30, 2026 by
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Orville and Wilbur Wright’s visits to the Outer Banks and their groundbreaking experiments between 1900 and 1903, which led to the achievement of flight, are highlighted as part of an exhibition on display in the Janice Hardison Faulkner Gallery.

Museum-style exhibit wall with an introductory panel titled ‘The Outer Banks: Circa 1900’ and a row of framed images.

This exhibit — “The Outer Banks: Circa 1900” — will remain on view through May. The traveling display is from the Museum of the Albemarle, bringing together powerful images and compelling narratives that capture this pivotal moment in history in North Carolina and the broader region.

Historic photographs associated with the Outer Banks, drawn from Joyner Library’s digital collections, serve as complementary materials, including of the Wright brothers, landscape and local residents of the early 1900s. Together, these materials offer a vivid and immersive glimpse into a transformative era.