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Art, History, Science, Planetariums, and science Centers
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Afro-American Cultural Ctr The Afro-American Cultural Center shall be the innovative, multi-disciplinary epicenter, celebrating the triumphant spirit of the African-American experience.
http://www.aacc-charlotte.org/
Airborn & Special Ops For more than eighty years Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, Cumberland County, and North Carolina have lived and worked in cooperation with one another. The Airborne & Special Operations Museum now larges as a symbol for many years of teamwork, sacrifice, and victory.
http://www.asomf.org/
American La France American LaFrance manufactures a full line of emergency apparatus from pumpers to aerials, ambulances to rescues, wildland and brush trucks to specialty units.
http://www.americanlafrance.com/Museum/
Appalachian Cultural The Appalachian Cultural Museum, part of Appalachian State University, was created to foster an underlargeing of the people of the Appalachian Mountains and to serve as a laboratory for new museum ideas.
http://www.museum.appstate.edu/index.shtml
Asheville Art Museum The asheville art museum site features information on upcoming museum events, fine art exhibits, special exhibitions, adult and childrens programs and tours.
http://www.ashevilleartmuseum.org/
Aurora Fossil Museum Learn about great geologic forces over millions of years that created the Coastal Plain. Explore two rooms of fossilized bones, teeth, shells, and coral on display.
http://pamlico.com/aurora/
Aurora Fossil Museum, NC The Aurora Fossil Museum, founded in 1976, is a non-profit fossil education resource center. Our museum’s mission is to increase knowlege of the geology and paleontolgy of the coastal plains of North Carolina.
http://aurorafossilmuseum.com/
Auto Museum Driving around Charlotte, N.C., the question presents itself: Which came first, the racetrack ( Motor Speedway) or the local enthusiasm for fast cars?
http://www.backingupclassics.com/
Ava Gardner This collection represents, largely, the efforts of one Tom Banks who at the age of 12 years was kissed on the cheek by a young girl attending secretarial school in Wilson, NC. Two years later in 1941, Tom Banks opened a newspaper and saw a photo of Ava and learned her identity for the first time.
http://www.avagardner.org/
Avery County Welcome to the official web site of the Avery County Museum. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and display all vital information, photographs and artifacts about people events, and places that make up the history of Avery County and the surrounding areas of the Toe River Valley.
http://averymuseum.com/
Badin Historic Museum Welcome to Badin Historic Museum. The story of our town begins circa 10,000 BC when Native Americans camped on the hill above the falls of our river and fashioned spearheads from outcroppings of rhyolite rock.
http://www.badinmuseum.com/
Beam Truck Museum Experience the early days of trucking as they come alive through the exhibit at the C. Grier Beam Truck Museum. This must see attraction was founded in 1982 by the Carolina Freight Carriers Corporation as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration.
http://www.beamtruckmuseum.com/
The Belhaven Memorial Museum A fascinating array of priceless artifacts from Beaufort County and afar which represent nearly a century in the world of Mrs.Eva Blount Way.
http://www.beaufort-county.com/BelhavenMuseum/
Bellamy Mansion Visit the Bellamys Mansion Museum, one of North Carolina's premier architectural and historic treasures, that offers tours, changing exhibitions on history and design arts, and an informative look at historic preservation in action.
http://www.bellamymansion.org/
Black Mountain Museum The Black Mountain College Museum & Arts Center, located at 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville, is an exhibition area and resource center dedicated to exploring the history and legacy of the world's most acclaimed experimental educational community.
http://www.blackmountaincollege.org/
Brevard Station The Brevard Station Museum is near the location of the old railroad depot and is open for visitors to view pictures, artifacts and documents from Stanley's past.
http://www.brevardstation.com/
Broad River Gems & Mining Co. Jewelry and gift items from around the world, mineral and fossil specimens, carvings, free museum, gem mine
http://www.broadrivergemsandmining.com/
Brock Museum The Brock Museum of Greensboro College seeks to foster a sense of identity, community, and pride in the College's rich history by collecting, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting archival materials and physical artifacts.
http://museum.gborocollege.edu/
Caldwell Heritage The Caldwell Heritage Museum was opened in 1991 and is dedicated to preserving and presenting the history of Caldwell County, North Carolina.
http://www.caldwellheritagemuseum.org/
Cape Fear Cape Fear Museum :: OF HISTORY AND SCIENCE
http://www.capefearmuseum.com/
Carolinas Aviation Museum Our Flying aircraft include the Piedmont Airlines DC-3 and a pair of OV1-D Mohawks. These aircraft take part in fly-ins and other observances throughout the United States.
http://www.chacweb.com/
Carolinas Aviation Museum.org Our Flying aircraft include the Piedmont Airlines DC-3 and a pair of OV1-D Mohawks. These aircraft take part in fly-ins and other observances throughout the United States.
http://www.carolinasaviation.org/
Catawba County Firefighters This facility was developed with the assistance and support of the fire departments of Catawba County, Catawba County government, and many volunteers and organizations who gave of their time, talents, and often donations to make it a reality.
http://www.catawbacountync.gov/depts/es/ffm.asp
Catawba Science Center CSC's permanent exhibit areas explore the Physical and Natural Sciences, while interesting traveling exhibits rotate throughout the year.
http://www.catawbascience.org/
Chapel Hill Museum The Chapel Hill Museum was founded to exhibit the Character and Characters of Chapel Hill. The building in which the museum is housed was built and dedicated in 1968 as the Chapel Hill Public Library.
http://www.chapelhillmuseum.org/
Charlotte Museum of History The Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite OnLine. The museum of history serves as an inclusive and welcoming center of civic discourse, dialogue, and community education.
http://www.charlottemuseum.org/
Charlotte Trolley Welcome to Charlotte Trolley, home of Car 85, Charlotte’s only original electric trolley car still in operation. Charlotte Trolley, preserves vintage trolley service for education, neighborhood improvement and economic development. Vintage trolleys animate the city center, connecting thriving urban neighborhoods with business and entertainment, creating a moving, changing classroom for exploring science, technology and the story of Charlotte's past and future.
http://www.charlottetrolley.org/
Cherokee County In the 1830s the Cherokee Indians occupied most of the area now known as Cherokee County. Fort Butler was a major assembly point for the Trail of Tears, that tragic episode in our nation's history when the Cherokee were forcibly removed to Oklahoma.
http://www.tib.com/cchm/
Civil Rights Center On February 1, 1960, four freshmen from North Carolina A&T University defied the segregationist policy by boldly asking to be served at the whites only lunch counter at the Woolworth's department store in downtown Greensboro.
http://www.sitinmovement.org/
Colburn Earth Science Colburn Earth Science Museum - Astronomy, Gemology, Geology. Explore Asheville's hidden treasure where you will be dazzled by exhibits of mineral crystals and gemstones from North Carolina and around the world.
http://www.colburnmuseum.org/
Contemporary Art Museum The Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) is in the process of creating a visual arts center in a 20,000 square foot warehouse it purchased in downtown Raleigh.
http://www.camnc.org/
Core Sound Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, a place for the people to share the Core Sound Waterfowl heritage.
http://www.coresound.com/
Country Doctor Museum The Country Doctor Museum offers visitors a unique opportunity to learn about the history of health care. Founded in 1967 the Museum was intended to be a lasting memorial to physicians.
http://www.countrydoctormuseum.org/
Cowan Museum A collection of the rare, the unique and the unusual can be discovered at Cowan Museum. A multitude of artifacts fill the restored 1848 Kelly-Farrior home depicting the early rural heritage of North Carolina and Duplin County.
http://www.cowanmuseum.com/
DiscoveryPlace Located in Charlotte, Discovery Place is an ever-changing and growing hands-on science center. With three levels of exhibits, OMNIMAX Theatre, and an off-site Nature Museum, Discovery Place gives its visitors a unique and exciting way to explore science.
http://www.discoveryplace.org/
Duke Homestead and Museum Welcome to the Duke Homestead and Tobacco Museum online tour. The museum gives visitors a glimpse into the history of the family whose name became synonymous with the tobacco industry in America.
http://www.ibiblio.org/maggot/dukehome/index.html
Emerald Village Emerald Village is one of North Carolina's most enjoyable attractions! If you like gem mining... you'll LOVE Emerald Village! See Authentic Equipment in a real mine!
http://www.emeraldvillage.com/
Exploris Welcome to Exploris! We're the world's first interactive museum about the world, and we're glad to have you visit, whether on site or on-line.
http://www.exploris.org/
Farm Museum HAVE YOU EVER SEEN...A left-handed plow? A livermush paddle? How about a gas iron? If the answer is no, then you need to visit the Ruetherford County Farm Museum in Forest City, North Carolina.
http://www.blueridge.net/farm/
Fascinate-U Childrens Fascinate-U is a place where children can explore their world the way they learn best--through creative role-playing, manipulation, and interaction with each other and objects around them.
http://www.fascinate-u.com/
Fayetteville Museum of Art The Fayetteville Museum of Art was founded in 1971. Originally housed in downtown Fayetteville's historic Market House, the Museum moved in 1978 to its present facility that was the first building in the State of North Carolina designed and built as an Art Museum.
http://www.fayettevillemuseumart.org/
The Franklin Gem & Mineral Society Thousands of Specimen on Display! Gems, Minerals, Fossils, Indian Artifacts, Fluorescent Mineral Display, Sea Shells, and Much More!!!
http://www.fgmm.org/
Gaston County Museum Web site and exhibit providing history and art about North Carolina. At Gaston County Museum, there's always something old and a lot that's new!
http://www.gastoncountymuseum.org/
Granville County In 1970, with the construction of a new jail, the building was vacated. Four years later, its iron cells were removed. Three local women's clubs, along with assistance from other organizations and businesses, began renovating the building.
http://www.oxfordnc.org/museum.html
Grave Yard of the Atlantic The Museum is dedicated to the preservation, advancvement and presentation of the maritime history and shipwrecks of North Carolina.
http://www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com/
Greensboro Childrens Museum The Greensboro Children's Museum is a nonprofit organization that offers exciting hands-on exhibits and educational play stations for children while enhancing their daily lives and opening their hearts and minds to an underlargeing of the world in which they live.
http://www.gcmuseum.com/flash.htm
Greensboro Museum At the Greensboro Museum you'll discover first hand the rich history of Piedmont North carolina.
http://www.greensborohistory.org/
Greenville Museum of Art The mission of the Greenville Museum of Art is to foster, stimulate and promote the appreciation and development of visual art for the citizens of Greenville, Pitt County and northeastern North Carolina.
http://www.gmoa.org/
Greensboro Sit Ins Greensboro Sit-Ins: Launch of a Civil Rights Movement
http://www.sitins.com/index.shtml
Haywood Hall Musuem CONSTRUCTION ON HAYWOOD HALL began in 1799 in the new permanent state capital of Raleigh. Completed sometime in the first few years of the 19th century, it is the oldest house within the original city limits of Raleigh to remain on its original foundation.
http://www.haywoodhall.org/
The Health Adventure The Health Adventure, a health and related sciences education center based in Asheville, North Carolina.
http://www.thehealthadventure.org/
Heritage Museum The Heritage Museum, located in the Old Burke County Courthouse, houses a permanent exhibit on the history of the Old Courthouse and the courts system as well as a gallery featuring changing exhibits on different aspects of Burke County history.
http://www.hci.net/~historicburke/museum.html
Hickory Museum of Art Although American art was almost unrecognized outside of New York and Philadelphia in 1943, the North Carolina city of Hickory set out to establish a museum of American art.
http://www.hickorymuseumofart.org/home.php
High Point Museum High Point Museum -Yesterday and Today In One Place. Come visit the High Point Museum. Schedule a tour to see the new exhibits and learn the history of the many items in the collection.
http://www.highpointmuseum.org/
The History Museum of Burke County The History Museum of Burke County, located at 201 West Meeting Street, Morganton, NC, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, intrepretation, and display of those artifacts, documents, and objects representing Burke County's heritage -- its prehistory and history, its cultural and economic development, its people and institutions.
http://www.thehistorymuseumofburke.org/
Imagination Station All of the exhibits at Imagination Station are hands-on. We want you to push, pull and handle everything! Experiment, learn and have some fun!
http://www.imaginescience.org/
Ingram Planetarium The Museum of Coastal Carolina is proud to offer this truly unique audio and visual educational experience.
http://www.ingramplanetarium.org/
Iredell Childrens Museum Imagine a place of wonder where children can touch, explore and play...Imagine a place for children where learning is fun each day... where programs and classes in art, science, movement and language increase awareness, inspire creativity and foster a love of learning...
http://www.iredellchildrensmuseum.org/
Iredell Museum Our Mission is to promote the underlargeing of art, history, and the natural heritage of Iredell County through collections, exhibits, interpretation, and educational programming.
http://www.iredellmuseums.org/
JFK Special Warfare Welcome to the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare. The mission of the JFK Special Warfare Center and School Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret significant property related to the history of special operations in the U.S. Army.
http://www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/museum.shtml
Jim Bob Cowboy Musuem The museum primarily houses the western items Jim Bob Tinsley collected over his life time. in addition it houses the many books he has written.
http://www.jimbobtinsleymuseum.org/
Joel Lane House Welcome to the Joel Lane Museum House. Joel Lane is open for walk-in visitors from March through December. Tours may be scheduled at any time.
http://www.joellane.org/
KidSenses Welcome to KidSenses interactive museum. Every Day is a Journey. Whats your destination?
http://www.kidsenses.com/
Kings Mnt Fire Museum Gene Tignor and volunteer firefighter Jerry White, while trying to decide what to do with the city's 1938 Ford fire truck. White suggested that a museum be built to house this truck and all kids of old firefighting apparatus.
http://www.kmfire.com/firemuseum.htm
Macon County Museum The Reverend Jesse R. Pendergrass, business man and Baptist minister, erected a handsome commercial structure on Franklin's Main Street in 1904. The Pendergrass Store would be a fixture in Macon County for the next seven decades.
http://www.genealogybookstore.com/publishing/macon/historical/museumhistory.htm
Marine Corps Museum The idea for an archives and a museum has been percolating since 1941, the year in which the bases in the Carolinas, now occupied by Marine Corps forces, began to form.
http://www.mcmuseum.com/
Memory Lane Museum Take A Walk Down Memory Lane. Visit Memory Lane while in town for Races at Lowes Motor Speedway. Memory Lane has the Largest private collection of Vintage Stock Cars in the U.S. Over 130 vehicles on Display.
http://www.memorylaneautomuseum.com/
Mineral & Lapidary Museum A free museum of minerals earth science and lapidary arts
http://www.mineralmuseum.org
Mint Hill Doctor's Museum Visit a museum dedicated to the memory of the Country Doctor and learn about the practice of medicine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
http://libweb.uncc.edu/archives/doctors/
Mint Museum Visit the Mint Museums in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Mint Museum of Art features noted collections of American art, pre-Columbian art, ceramics and decorative arts, costumes, African art, to name a few.
http://www.mintmuseum.org/
Morehead Planetarium At Morehead Planetarium and Science Center you can experience dazzling multimedia star presentation, varied exhibits, year-round programming for all ages and gifts at the Infinity Gift Shop.
http://www.moreheadplanetarium.org/index.cfm
Mooresville Museum The Mooresville Museum is not a historical society but is highly interested in the history of its people.
http://mooresvillemuseum.org/
Mountain Farm Museum The Mountain Farm & Home Museum, Inc.Hendersonville, North Carolina. Dedicated To The Preservation Of Agricultural & Domestic Equipment, Buildings, Implements, Utensils, Methods and Literature Indigenous To Rural Life In 19th Century Western North Carolina.
http://www.mfhmuseum.homestead.com/
Mountain Gateway The Mountain Gateway Museum, with it's two century-old cabins and excellent collection of early photographs, tools and house wares, documents the region's pioneer days.
http://home.wnclink.com/depot/museum.htm
Museum of American Pottery The Museum of American Pottery came into being as a result of an exhibit called Old Pots at Cedar Creek Gallery in the 1970's. This exhibit of pots was initially scheduled to run for 30 days, but the public response was so great that the exhibit became a permanent feature.
http://www.cedarcreekgallery.com/museum/museum.html
Museum of Anthropology The purposes of the Museum are to educate people about anthropology; encourage public awareness of and responsibility towards anthropological resources; to protect, preserve, manage the anthropological collections of the University; and enhance the instructional and research programs.
http://www.wfu.edu/MOA/index.html
Museum of Coastal Carolina The Museum of Coastal Carolina at Ocean Isle Beach is a natural history museum.
http://www.museumofcc.org/
Museum of North Carolina Mineral The Museum of North Carolina Minerals introduces the treasures found in the Spruce Pine Mining District through interactive displays on the wide variety of minerals and gems found in the region.
http://www.mitchell-county.com/festival/museum.html
Museum of the Albemarle The Museum of the Albemarle promotes the understanding of history and material culture primarily of the Albemarle Region in which it is located and secondarily for the state of North Carolina for the educational benefit of all people.
http://www.museumofthealbemarle.com/
Museum of The Cherokee I want to tell you a story, a very old story...So begins your trip through the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. The new museum tells the story of the Cherokee people using high-tech wizardry along with an extensive artifact collection.
http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/
Museum of The Waxaws The official website of the Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew Jackson Memorial, a regional history museum and memorial to the seventh president of the United States.
http://www.perigee.net/~mwaxhaw/
Nasher Museum of Art The new Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University opens in October 2005. We invite you to drive past the construction site or peruse the photo album to follow the construction progress.
http://www.duke.edu/web/duma/
National Railroad Museum The National Railroad Museum and Hall of Fame, Inc. was officially opened in 1976. It is located in the old Seaboard Air Line Railway's depot at the crossing of SAL predecessors.
http://www.micropublishing.com/railroad/
Native American Museum Located on Hatteras Island on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center is a non-profit educational foundation created for the purpose of preserving Native American artifacts, art, and culture.
http://www.nativeamericanmuseum.org/
Natural Science Center Explore a hands-on museum, zoo, and planetarium at the Natural Science Center of Greensboro. We offer top-notch educational programs, birthday parties, camps, memberships, exhibits, and special events.
http://www.natsci.org/
NCCU Art Museum NCCU Art Museum
http://www.nccu.edu/artmuseum/
NC Transportation Museum The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located on the site of what was once So.Railway Company's largest steam locomotive repair facility.
http://www.nctrans.org/
New Bern Firemen's Museum Take a walk through yesteryear, where horse drawn steam engines of the 1800's are brought back to life Listen to tales of the Atlantic and Button Fire Companies.
http://www.newbernmuseums.com/
Newbold White House, NC Learn about the foundations of the North Carolina Colony and what life was like for settlers in the Albemarle Region of Colonial North Carolina. The Newbold-White House Historic Sites tells the story Abraham and Judith Sanders, a Quaker Family, from 1730 to 1750.
http://www.newboldwhitehouse.com/
North Carolina Aviation Museum Located in central North Carolina, the aviation museum houses some of the most infamous warbirds.
http://www.ncairmuseum.org/
North Carolina Maritime Museum The Museum has an active Boatbuilding program, and offers many Environmental Education programs, including the Cape Lookout Studies program, which operates from a remote facility on North Carolina's Outer Banks.
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/maritime/default.htm
North Carolina Museum The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is located in the heart of an area once known as The Hollows. Joshua Frye and Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson, surveyed the region in 1747, and detailed this map in 1749.
http://www.northcarolinamuseum.org/
North Carolina Museum of Art The North Carolina Museum of Art's collection spans more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egyptian artifacts to the latest in contemporary art.
http://www.ncartmuseum.org/
North Carolina Museum of History Since its founding in 1902, the North Carolina Museum of History has encouraged visitors to discover the past; to reflect on their own lives and their place in history; and to preserve state, regional, and local history for future generations.
http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/
North Carolina Museum of Life & Science With an atmosphere like none other, the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science provides a unique environment for discovery. The Museum is a great place for hands-on science exploration and fun.
http://www.ncmls.org/
North Carolina Natural Science The exhibits of the new North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences look at the natural world through the distinct lens of North Carolina's diverse geography, geology, plants and animals.
http://www.naturalsciences.org/
North Carolina Transportation Museum The North Carolina Transportation Museum is located on the site of what was once So.Railway Company's largest steam locomotive repair facility.
http://www.ci.salisbury.nc.us/nctrans/
Old Salem Welcome to Old Salem, where you can find yourself in another time and place. The Historic Town of Salem, established in 1766, was born from the Protestant Moravian commitment to create church-organized towns where people lived together in harmony.
http://www.oldsalem.org/index.htm
Orange County Historical Museum Some highlights of the collection include: a key from the jail which held leaders of the largest pre-revolutionary revolt in the colonies, tools which built the first state university, a very rare complete set of colonial era weights and measures.
http://www.orangecountymuseum.org/
Pack Place Pack Place Online. Our Mission is to provide opportunities where arts, education and entertainment meet and thrive, to enrich the life of the community.
http://www.packplace.org/
Person County Museum Visit Person County, NC, and experience Roxboro's special brand of small-town charm. Enjoy rolling Piedmont fields, beautiful Mayo and Hyco Lakes, festive downtown. and carefully preserved history.
http://www.esinc.net/personcomuseum/index.htm
Play Space PLAYSPACE is a non-profit children's museum dedicated to the education and development of young children through play.
http://www.playspacemuseum.com/
Pope House Meuseum Welcome to the Pope House Museum Foundation website. The Foundation was established for the purpose of preserving, restoring, and opening to the public the home built in 1901 by Dr. M.T. Pope, an important African American citizen of Raleigh, North Carolina.
http://www.thepopehousemuseum.org/index.shtml
Port O'Plymouth Located on the Waterfront in Downtown Plymouth, North Carolina, this museum is housed on the Roanoke River in the circa 1923 Atlantic Coastline Railroad station . It is primarily a Civil War museum revolving around the 1864 Battle of Plymouth.
http://www.livinghistoryweekend.com/port_o.htm
Raleigh City Museum Welcome to the web site of the Raleigh City Museum. The museum is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to collecting, preserving and interpreting the history of Raleigh, North Carolina's capital city with exhibits describing local history.
http://www.raleighcitymuseum.org/
Rankin Museum The Rankin Museum of American and Natural History is recognized for its diverse and unique collections. Our emphasis is on the history and cultures of Early American life; beginning with the Native American occupation and continuing to the present.
http://www.rankinmuseum.com/
Reynolda House Browse in the 1917 estate of industrialist R.J. Reynolds and his wife Katharine which contain its original furnishings, including the only unaltered Aeolian residence organ still in its original site, handsome family clothing dating from 1905, and charming children's toys.
http://www.reynoldahouse.org/
Roanoke Canal Museum And Trail The Roanoke Canal Trail and its contributing resources tell the history of transportation on the Roanoke River from the early 1800s to today. Follow the river now and experience the creation of the canal, the development of its industries, the beauty of its wildlife and the determination of its people…
http://www.roanokecanal.com/
Rocky Mount Childrens The Rocky Mount Children's Museum is an excellent way for families to spend quality time with one another. Our programs and exhibits are especially engaging, hands-on, and fun for absolutely everyone.
http://www.ci.rocky-mount.nc.us/museum/
Schiele Museum The Schiele Museum offers exceptional opportunities for families and visitors of all ages to see the region's rocks and minerals, hills and rivers, plants and animals with fresh wonder.
http://www.schielemuseum.org/
Sci Works At SciWorks, it's fun to learn about science. Travel through the Solar System under the dome of our state-of-the-art Planetarium. Come face-to-face with a river otter and other animals indigenous to North Carolina in our 15-acre Environmental Park.
http://www.sciworks.org/
Scottish Tartans A visit to the Scottish Tartans Museum and Gift Shop in the Smoky Mountains is a stroll through the history and culture of Scotland.
http://www.scottishtartans.org/
Smith McDowell House Museum Built by the first settler child born west of the mountains in North Carolina, this handsome antebellum mansion is the oldest surviving house in Asheville and is the oldest brick structure in Buncombe County.
http://www.wnchistory.org/
Smokey Mountain Trains Smoky Mountain Trains is more than an ordinary museum. With its collection of 7,000 Lionel engines, cars and accessories, impressive operating layout, children's activity center, and gift/toy shop, Smoky Mountain Trains has something for everyone.
http://www.smokymtntrains.com/
Southern Appalachian Radio Museum Museum exhibits range from Atwater Kent, Philco, Silvertone, Crosley, Hammarlund, Harvey Wells, test instruments, spark gap transmitters, keys, ancient QSL cards and more! Our staff are volunteers with an interest in radio history and electronics - but best of all the museum provides a wonderful opportunity to interest young folks in radio.
http://www.saradiomuseum.org/
Swannanoa Valley Museum Bringing history to life Our mission is to preserve and interpret the social, cultural and natural history of the Swannanoa Valley for the education of the community, its children and future generations.
http://www.swannanoavalleymuseum.org/
Tobacco Farm Life The museum was started by a group of local families who had pride in their past and a strong volunteer spirit. These families wanted to preserve this personal and special history of the Eastern North Carolina flu-cured tobacco farm family for future generations.
http://www.tobaccofarmlifemuseum.org/
Topsail Island Museum The Topsail Island Museum is located within the Assembly Building in Topsail Beach. The Museum - Missiles and More - is operated under the auspices of the Historical Society of Topsail Island. Did you know.. That Topsail Island, NC served (1946-48) as a proving ground for some of the U.S's first rocketry efforts during the 1940's....That the principle of the ram jet engine (the mainstay of today's supersonic flight) was developed and proved on Topsail Island, NC....That many permanent structures (including the one in which TOPSAIL MUSEUM - MISSILES AND MORE is housed) still remain on Topsail Island from OPERATION BUMBLEBEE, the missile program....
http://www.topsailmissilesmuseum.org/
Wayne County Museum In 1983 the Preservation Revolving Fund was started to preserve endangered houses by outright purchase or accepting them as gifts, stabilizing them and reselling the endangered properties with a protective covenant.
http://www.historicalwaynenc.com/index.html
Weatherspoon Art Museum The Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has one of the foremost collections of modern and contemporary art in the region.
http://web.uncg.edu/wag/root/
Western NC Air Museum The Western North Carolina Air Museum, The First Air Museum in the First in Flight State, was founded in April 1989 and established to preserve the Aviation heritage of North Carolina in general and of Western North Carolina in particular.
http://www.wncairmuseum.com/
Wheels Through Time A consummate collection of over 250 rare antique American Motorcycles and Automobiles. Equally as astounding is the memorabilia collection that unites the art of the motorcycle with the generation of Americans that enjoyed a lifestyle peculiar to the American Mainstream.
http://www.wheelsthroughtime.com/
Wilkes County Heritage Museum The stories of important historical figures like Daniel Boone, Mondford Stokes and the infamous Tom Dula "Dooley" will be told. In addition, the intriguing story of moonshining, thunder road and the origin of NASCAR will be a featured story line in the interpretive exhibits.
http://www.wilkesheritagemuseum.com/
Wilmington Childrens Museum The Wilmington Children's Museum stimulates children's imagination, curiosity and innate love of learning.
http://www.wilmingtonchildrensmuseum.org/
Wilmington Railroad Museum Since 1994, the Cape Fear Model Railroad Club has been dedicated to promoting model railroading to the public as well as volunteering our efforts to help support the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
http://www.wrrm.org/
Wilmington Railroad Museum, NC Since 1994, the Cape Fear Model Railroad Club has been dedicated to promoting model railroading to the public as well as volunteering our efforts to help support the Wilmington Railroad Museum.
http://www.wilmingtonrailroadmuseum.org
Wrightsville Beach Museum The Wrightsville Beach Museum of History, housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, exists to preserve and to share the history of Wrightsville Beach.
http://www.wbmuseum.com/
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