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North Carolina Museums
North Carolina Museums
Below is a list of North Carolina Museums. Find detailed information on the Museum entries by clicking on their links.
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Explore All Of North Carolina's Regions
You can find North Carolina tourist attractions and activities in all of North Carolina's regions: Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Lenoir, New Bern, Raleigh, Wilmington, Winston-Salem and Other.
Featured North Carolina Tourist Attractions and Activities
Please visit our North Carolina featured listings - Trans-Siberian Orchestra at RBC Center, Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Joel Coliseum, Phantom Of The Opera at Durham Performing Arts Center, Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium, Monster Jam at Greensboro Coliseum and Monster Jam at RBC Center.
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Caldwell Heritage Museum
Provides a chronological history of Caldwell County.
Category: Lenoir Museum in North Carolina
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Description of this Lenoir Attraction: The Caldwell Historical Society opened the Caldwell Heritage Museum in 1991 in the last remaining building of Davenport College which was organized in 1855. The original college was built on land donated by William A. Lenoir and named for General William Lenoir’s son-in-law, Colonial William Davenport, who contributed the most money for the school.
The museum provides a chronological history of Caldwell County from pre-colonial days until the present. There are exhibits containing articles from the Native Americans, Revolutionary Period, early National Period, and the Civil War Era. Also, the museum has collections on medical, music, military, cameras, and Oriental art.
Operating hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm, and on Saturdays from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm. Other times are available by appointment. For more information, call the museum at 828-758-4004.
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Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
It's fun to learn about science at MPSC!
Category: Chapel Hill Museum in North Carolina
Description of this Chapel Hill Attraction: Morehead Planetarium and Science Center opened in 1949 as the first planetarium on a state university campus in the United States. In the 1960s and 1970s, MPSC served as the training center for NASA's astronauts, who came to Chapel Hill to learn about celestial navigation in MPSC's Star Theater.
Today, MPSC offers exhibits, guest speakers, live science demonstrations, contemporary science programming, skywatching sessions and camps, as well as traditional planetarium "star shows" in its Star Theater. Yes, you can learn about science in the same room where 11 of the 12 "Moonwalkers"
learned!
Be sure to explore MPSC's newest exhibits, "Zoom In" and "The Ancient Carolinians," with interactive experiences for kids of all ages.
The Morehead Building also serves as home for the UNC Visitors Center, the Genevieve B. Morehead Art Gallery, the Morehead Observatory, the Morehead-Cain Foundation, a giant sundial and a rose garden.
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The Greensboro Children's Museum
A hands-on, interactive & educational play place for kids!
Category: Greensboro Museum in North Carolina
Description of this Greensboro Attraction: The Greensboro Children's Museum is a hands-on, interactive, and educational play place for children newborn through age 10 and their families. The 37,000 square foot facility in downtown Greensboro Museum provides quality educational programming and a wide variety of exhibits in “Our Town” that invite young visitors to learn while they play, explore, touch, discover, create and imagine. Children can go grocery shopping in a pint-sized market, fly a real DC-jet, pretend to be a fireman riding a real fire truck, put on a play in the Theater, pretend to be a dentist in the Health Center, cook up a meal in Nonie’s house, be a conductor on our new train or learn how to grow vegetables in our new Edible Schoolyard. Infants and toddlers even have fun here playing on the soft mats and crawling in the tunnels of our Tot Spot area. It’s where play is a smart adventure!
The Greensboro Children’s Museum’s mission is to provide children with an interactive, educational learning experience that will enhance their daily lives and open heir hearts and minds to an understanding of the world in which they live. GCM is a private not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) organization.
The Greensboro Children’s Museum is located at 220 N. Church Street, Greensboro NC 27401, 336-574-2898, www.gcmuseum.com. The Museum is open seven days a week and has an admission charge of $6 for children 1+ and adults. Children under 1 are free. There is a reduced price admission for seniors and military families and half priced admission costs ($3) on Friday nights and Sundays.
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Museum of Life and Science
One of the top family-friendly museums in the Southeast, this 70-acre, 90,000-sq.-ft., regional interactive science/technology center offers learning opportunities and fun for people of all ages.
Category: Durham Museum in North Carolina
Description of this Durham Attraction: Rated among the top four family-friendly museums in Southeast by "Family Fun" magazine, the Museum of Life and Science is a state-of-the-art, interactive indoor/outdoor science-technology center. Includes renowned Magic Wings Butterfly House, Bayer CropScience Insectarium, Ellerbee Creek Railway, weather and aerospace, daily science shows, and ever-changing traveling hands-on exhibits. Cafe and gift shops. Admission: $9.50 adults; $8.50 seniors; $7.50 ages 3-12; free for under 3. Group rates available. Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day. Occasional Monday closings during fall/winter.
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