Museums/Galleries in Central North Carolina

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Airborne and Special Operations Museum Learn about military history—with a special emphasis on...	Museums / Galleries	Aberdeen

Ava Gardner Museum Located in the hometown of the legendary movie star, this museum...	Museums / Galleries	Raleigh

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art With the famed "Firebird" sculpture out front, there's no way...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

Bob Timberlake Gallery North Carolina's most successful artist is best known for his...	Museums / Galleries	Winston-Salem

Carolinas Aviation Museum The star here is the "Miracle on the Hudson" plane—the...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte


Charlotte Nature Museum You'll find a butterfly pavilion, bugs galore, live animals...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

The Greensboro Children's Museum The exhibits at this fun museum are designed for children under...	Museums / Galleries	Greensboro

Greensboro Historical Museum Set in a Romanesque-style church dating from 1892, the museum...	Museums / Galleries	Greensboro

Hayti Heritage Center One of Durham's oldest houses of worship, St. Joseph's AME Church...	Museums / Galleries	Durham

High Point Museum & Historical Park You can wander through the 1786 Haley House and the 1801 Hoggatt...	Museums / Galleries	High Point

The International Civil Rights Center and Museum With an unflinching eye, this new museum documents the beauty...	Museums / Galleries	Greensboro

Levine Museum of the New South With an 8,000-square-foot exhibit, "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers:...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

Marbles Kids Museum This 84,000-square-foot cathedral of play and learning is aimed...	Museums / Galleries	Raleigh

Mint Museum Randolph Built in 1836 as the first U.S. Mint, this building has been...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

Mint Museum Uptown With five stories and 145,000 square feet of space, this is a...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts Dedicated to the decorative arts of the early South, this unique...	Museums / Galleries	Winston-Salem

NASCAR Hall of Fame This 150,000-square-foot mega-museum is a NASCAR lover's paradise...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

NoDa Gallery Crawl On the first and third Friday of every month, Charlotte's North...	Museums / Galleries	Charlotte

North Carolina Central University Art Museum Located in the first publicly supported liberal-arts college...	Museums / Galleries	Durham

North Carolina Museum of Art On the west side of Raleigh, the NCMA houses 5,000 years of artistic...	Museums / Galleries	Raleigh

North Carolina Museum of History Founded in 1902, the museum is now in a state-of-the-art facility...	Museums / Galleries	Raleigh

North Carolina Museum of Life and Science Here you can ride in a flying machine, sail a radio-controlled...	Museums / Galleries	Durham

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences At over 200,000 square feet, this museum is the largest of its...	Museums / Galleries	Raleigh

North Carolina Pottery Center Start your pottery adventure here. The center exhibits ceramics...	Museums / Galleries	Seagrove

Reynolda House Museum of American Art Katharine Smith Reynolds and her husband Richard Joshua Reynolds...	Museums / Galleries	Winston-Salem

Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art Near the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, this museum showcases...	Museums / Galleries	Winston-Salem

Weatherspoon Art Museum Set on the campus of North Carolina at Greensboro, the museum...	Museums / Galleries	Greensboro

West Point on the Eno This city park on the banks of the Eno River boasts a restored...	Museums / Galleries, Parks	Durham
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