Imagination Station Science & History Museum
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Imagination Station Science & History Museum is a museum in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. The nearest named place is Bankers Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Tar Heel Trace runs past it.
The story
Imagination Station Science & History Museum is an interactive museum located in downtown Wilson, North Carolina at 224 Nash Street SE. It is housed in the former Wilson Federal Building which served as a post office with a federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina from its construction in 1928. One of the former courtrooms serves as the "Science Courtroom", a classroom used for science demonstrations and history programs.
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Dates from 1989.
Wikidata Q14707979, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Tar Heel Trace
Named places within 25 miles
- Bankers Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park: 0.2 mi
- Library Lawn: 0.3 mi
- Pender Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Warren Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Flower Hill Nature Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Wrc Micro Boat Access: 17.6 mi
- Wrc Old Sparta Access Area: 20.8 mi
- Claridge Forest Center: 21.2 mi
- Falkland Woods/Otter Creek Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Benjamin Farmer Revolutionary Soldier Monument: 0.3 mi
- Confederate Monument: 0.6 mi
- Nuclear Mishap: 12.7 mi
- Old gas pump: 15.0 mi
- Pinetops War Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Freeman Round House: 0.8 mi
- The Country Doctor Museum: 12.5 mi
- Country Doctor Museum: 12.5 mi
- Country Doctor Museum: 12.5 mi
- Tobacco Farm Life Museum: 14.4 mi
- Whirligig: 9.3 mi
- Kenly 95: 16.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Fort Neroka: 19.2 mi
- Vollmer Farms: 23.2 mi
- Northbound Nash County Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Southbound Nash County Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- I-95 Northbound ─ Johnston County: 23.1 mi
- I-95 Southbound ─ Johnston County: 23.2 mi
- Boon Hill Gallery: 23.0 mi
- Paint & Play: 24.0 mi
- Music that you can play: 24.0 mi
- Azalea Gardens: 19.9 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 46 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilson 3 SW, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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