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Affiliate Organizations
Chincoteague Cultural Alliance works closely with other organizations that foster and promote the arts, culture and education on the Island. Visit their sites for more information.
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Accomac Roots
AccomacRoots exists to serve as a resource for researching the genealogy of African American families on Chincoteague Island, Accomac County, Virginia (CI). From 1810 to 1850, free blacks and slaves comprised 40 to 50% of the population of the county. Comparatively very little has been written or compiled about those families and AccomacRoots was established to explore this significant part of our history.
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Chincoteague Island Library
The Chincoteague Island Library is a small, privately supported, free library that serves residents of Chincoteague Island and Northern Accomack County as well as many seasonal visitors. The Library's mission is to promote reading, a love of books, literacy, and preserve the history of Chincoteague and Assateague Islands.
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Historic Main Street Merchants
Take time to discover the Historic Main Street Merchants on Chicoteague Island - a place to visit, dine, shop and play in a small town setting. Check the website for upcoming events.
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Island Bluegrass Alliance
The Purpose of Island Bluegrass Alliance is to promote Bluegrass Music on the Eastern Shore by holding concerts throughout the year featuring quality bluegrass bands. They ty to make the concerts more than just a band playing music by giving door prizes, adding special effects and making everyone feel at home.
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Oyster & Maritime Museum
The Oyster & Maritime Museum, a non-profit educational institution, is located on Maddox Blvd just before the entrance to the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Founded in 1965 by a group of Island women, the museum opened in 1972 and was expanded in 1996. The museum tells the story of Island history and of the oystering and seafood business which was the major industry of the island.
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Town of Chincoteague
Located in the far northeastern portion of Virginia's Eastern Shore lies a quaint paradise so beautiful that it draws over one million visitors annually and has become the home of over 4,300 residents.
The Town of Chincoteague is dedicated to providing its citizens and visitors with an island rich in beauty, values, and traditions.
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Virginia Commission for the Arts
The mission of the Virginia Commission for the Arts is to support and stimulate excellence in all of the arts, in their full cultural and ethnic diversity, in order to enhance the quality of life, to stimulate economic development, to support educational advancement, and to make the arts accessible to all Virginians.
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Virginians for the Arts
The mission of Virginians for the Arts is to advance the interests of the arts and artists for the benefit of all citizens and communities of Virginia.
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Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
For more than 30 years the mission of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities (VFH) has been to develop the civic, cultural, and intellectual life of the Commonwealth by creating learning opportunities for all Virginians.
Our purpose is to bring the humanities fully into Virginia's public life, assisting individuals and communities in their efforts to understand the past, confront important issues in the present, and shape a promising future.
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