Museums in North Carolina
Collections with a door and posted hours, from county history to aviation and rail. What the record knows about each is what the page says.
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366 museums are published in North Carolina. The list below holds the 160 best-documented.
- North Carolina Maritime Museum
- Oconaluftee Indian Village
- Morehead Planetarium
- Catawba County Historical Museum
- Fort Fisher Historic Museum
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum
- Mt Mitchell Museum
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
- Blandwood Mansion
- International Civil Rights Center & MuseumBuilt 1929
- Nasher Museum of Art
- Ackland Art Museum
- Marbles Kids Museum
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art30 m
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- Greensboro Science Center
- Airborne and Special Operations Museum
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum
- Reynolda House
- Edgar Allen Poe's House
- JR Motorsports
- East Building
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum)Built 1874
- Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts
- Moses Cone Manor
- Greensboro History Museum
- Small Museum of Folk Art
- Historic Carson House
- Mint Museum Uptown31 m
- Discovery Place22 m
- Lundy Fetterman Museum
- NCMA Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA)
- North Carolina Museum of History
- Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
- Levine Museum of the New South12 m
- Swannanoa Valley Museum
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education
- Asheville Art Museum
- Mountain Farm Museum
- Pope House Museum
- NASCAR Hall of Fame60 m
- Children's Museum of Winston Salem
- Museum of Coastal Carolina
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture29 m
- Imagination Station Science & History Museum
- Fine Art Museum
- Ocracoke Preservation Society MuseumBuilt 1900 · National Register
- Western North Carolina Air Museum
- Caswell Number 1 Fire Station Museum
- Museum of the Albemarle
- Pea Island Cookhouse
- Burgwin - Wright House
- Whalehead in Historic Corolla
- C Grier Beam Truck Museum
- Aurora Fossil Museum
- Country Doctor Museum
- Schiele Museum
- Charles B. Aycock Birthplace
- Charlotte Museum of History
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Nature Research Center
- Henry Pigott HouseBuilt 1900 · National Register
- Rural Hall Depot Caboose
- Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center
- Quest at Latta Nature Preserve
- Wolff-Moser House
- Creation Museum
- NC Transportation Museum
- Carteret County Museum of History
- Rosedale House
- Museum of the Albemarle
- Lincoln County Museum of History
- Weatherspoon Art Museum
- Firehouse Museum
- Horne Creek Historic Farm
- Kings Mountain Historical Museum
- Ava Gardner Museum
- Mint Museum Randolph
- Latimer House Museum
- Alleghany Historical Museum
- Wilmington Railroad Museum
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum
- Wilkes Heritage Museum
- The Lloyd Bailey Annex14 m
- Raleigh Lace Museum and Kristin S Conrad Lace Center
- CookhouseNational Register
- Nido & Mariana Qubein Children's Museum
- Historic Tryon Palace
- Midget HouseNational Register
- Mexico-Cárdenas Museum3.788 m
- West Building
- Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce6 m
- Miriam P. Brenner Children's Museum
- Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve-Museum
- Currituck Maritime Museum
- Cape Fear Museum
- Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Museum
- Cherokee County Historical Museum
- Federal Point History Center
- North Carolina Estuarium
- National Railroad Museum
- The James C. Dowd House
- North Carolina Historic Bath
- The Alphabet Museum at JAARS5.236 m
- North Carolina History Center
- Newton Depot Model Railroad Center
- Zing Zumm
- Museum of the SeaBuilt 1854 · National Register
- Highlands Nature Center
- Harvey W. Smith Watercraft Center
- Hauser Farmhouse
- Swain County Visitor Center and Heritage Museum
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
- Carteret County Historical Society
- North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame
- Historic Halifax Historic Site
- Discovery Place KIDS - Huntersville49 m
- Railroad House Historical Association
- House of Flags
- Historic Museum Of The Albemarle
- McElroy House14 m
- Marshville Museum & Cultural Center7.053 m
- Surry County Historical Farm Museum
- Tobacco Farm Life Museum
- Old Bridge Museum
- Historic Museum Of The Albemarle
- Port Discover
- Museum of North Carolina Minerals
- Kaledium
- Hickory Aviation Museum
- Hinson Art Museum
- North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame
- Wilson Center for Nature Discovery
- Post Office and General StoreBuilt 1909 · National Register
- Herbert M. Collins Boathouse
- Lionel and Elma Gilgo HouseBuilt 1926 · National Register
- Bear-ology
- Forestry Center
- The Art Center6.1 m
- Museum and Archives of Rockingham County
- Fort JohnstonBuilt ~1800 · National Register
- Mountain Gateway Museum
- Wayne County Museum
- Portsmouth Life-Saving StationBuilt 1894 · National Register
- The History Hub Museum
- Chicamacomico Life Saving StationNational Register
- BoathouseNational Register
- Earl Scruggs Center4 m
- 1874 Station HouseNational Register
- Junaluska Museum
- Vance House Museum
- Bethabara Visitor Center
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
- Country Doctor Museum
- Perquimans County History Museum
- Oriental's History Museum
- Mountain Gateway Museum
- Roanoke River Lighthouse and Maritime Museum
- Independent Light Infantry Museum
- Washington Roberts HouseBuilt 1850 · National Register