Museums in North Carolina
666 museums across North Carolina, must-see first. Each page covers the best time to visit, typical crowds and how far it is from nearby cities, and travellers can report “Is it open today?” (opening status).
- North Carolina Museum of Art · museum · Wake · Must-see
- Pantego Academy · museum · Beaufort · Must-see
- Averasboro Battlefield Museum · museum · Harnett · Must-see
- Museum of the Albemarle · museum · Pasquotank · Must-see
- North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport · museum · Brunswick · Must-see
- Rowan Museum · museum · Rowan · Must-see
- Cape Fear Museum · museum · New Hanover · Must-see
- Reynolda House · museum · Forsyth · Must-see
- North Carolina Maritime Museum · museum · Carteret · Must-see
- Hickory Ridge Living History Museum · museum · Watauga · Must-see
- Nasher Museum of Art · museum · Durham · Must-see
- Ackland Art Museum · museum · Orange · Must-see
- Yates Mill · museum · Wake · Must-see
- Museum of Life and Science · museum · Durham · Must-see
- Old Davidson County Courthouse · museum · Davidson · Must-see
- Ava Gardner Museum · museum · Johnston · Must-see
- Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum · museum · Dare · Must-see
- The Richard Petty Museum · museum · Randolph · Must-see
- Montford Point Marine Memorial · museum · Onslow · Must-see
- Bellamy Mansion Museum of History & Design Arts · museum · New Hanover · Must-see
- Morehead Planetarium · museum · Orange
- Blandwood Mansion · museum · Guilford
- Greensboro Science Center · museum · Guilford
- Catawba County Historical Museum · museum · Catawba
- North Carolina Railway Museum · museum · Wake
- Marbles Kids Museum · museum · Wake
- Somerset Place Plantation · museum · Washington
- Old Salem · museum · Forsyth
- City of Raleigh Museum (COR Museum) · museum · Wake
- Imagination Station Science & History Museum · museum · Wilson
- Fort Johnston · museum · Brunswick
- Cameron Art Museum · museum · New Hanover
- Port-o-Plymouth Civil War Museum · museum · Washington
- Richard Childress Racing Museum · museum · Davidson
- Hickory Museum of Art · museum · Catawba
- Horton Grove · museum · Durham
- Weatherspoon Art Museum · museum · Guilford
- New Winston Museum · museum · Forsyth
- Edgar Allen Poe's House · museum · Cumberland
- International Civil Rights Center & Museum · museum · Guilford
- North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences · museum · Wake
- Airborne and Special Operations Museum · museum · Cumberland
- Bechtler Museum Of Modern Art · museum · Mecklenburg
- Mineral & Lapidary Museum · museum · Henderson
- Oconaluftee Indian Village · museum · Swain
- JR Motorsports · museum · Iredell
- Mt Mitchell Museum · museum · Yancey
- Grimes Mill · museum · Rowan
- Haw River Town Museum · museum · Alamance
- Jesse Helms Center · museum · Davie
- Kidzu Children's Museum · museum · Orange
- Somerhill Gallery · museum · Durham
- Cedar Creek Gallery · museum · Wake
- Chapel Hill Museum · museum · Orange
- Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh · museum · Wake
- Caswell Developmental Center · museum · Lenoir
- Clemmons Educational State Forest · museum · Johnston
- Beam's Shell Service Station and Office · museum · Gaston
- Museum of American Pottery · museum · Wake
- James Rogers McConnell Air Museum · museum · Moore
- Gregg Museum of Art & Design · museum · Wake
- Appalachian League Hall of Fame · museum · Orange
- Belhaven Memorial Museum · museum · Beaufort
- Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts · museum · Forsyth
- Greensboro History Museum · museum · Guilford
- Pope House Museum · museum · Wake
- Asheville Art Museum · museum · Buncombe
- Children's Museum of Winston Salem · museum · Forsyth
- Discovery Place Science · museum · Mecklenburg
- Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts & Culture · museum · Mecklenburg
- Levine Museum of the New South · museum · Mecklenburg
- Mint Museum Uptown · museum · Mecklenburg
- NASCAR Hall of Fame · museum · Mecklenburg
- Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education · museum · Currituck
- Sullenberger Aviation Museum · museum · Mecklenburg
- Swannanoa Valley Museum · museum · Buncombe
- East Building · museum · Wake
- Moses Cone Manor · museum · Watauga
- Core Sound Waterfowl Museum · museum · Carteret
- Orange County Historical Society · museum · Orange
- Stanly County Museum · museum · Stanly
- Arts & Science Center · museum · Catawba
- Dale Earnhardt Inc · museum · Iredell
- Wilmington Railroad Museum · museum · New Hanover
- Carteret County Historical Society · museum · Carteret
- Carteret County Museum of History · museum · Carteret
- Latimer House Museum · museum · New Hanover
- Tobacco Farm Life Museum · museum · Wilson
- Cupola House · museum · Chowan
- Duke Homestead State Historic Site · museum · Durham
- Lundy Fetterman Museum · museum · Harnett
- Artisans on Main · museum · Buncombe
- Attmore-Oliver Civil War House · museum · Craven
- Avery County Musuem · museum · Avery
- Awaken Art Gallery · museum · Gaston
- Badin Museum · museum · Stanly
- Beech Mountain History Museum · museum · Avery
- Blowing Rock 1888 Museum · museum · Watauga
- Blowing Rock Art & History Museum · museum · Watauga
- Burgwin - Wright House · museum · New Hanover
- C Grier Beam Truck Museum · museum · Gaston
- COGNITION Davie · museum · Davie
- CSS Neuse II · museum · Lenoir
- Carthage Museum · museum · Moore
- Catawba County Firefighter’s Museum · museum · Catawba
- Charles B. Aycock Birthplace · museum · Wayne
- Charlotte Hawkings Brown · museum · Guilford
- Children's Museum of Alamance County · museum · Alamance
- Cleveland County Chamber of Commerce · museum · Cleveland
- Country Doctor Museum · museum · Nash
- Currituck Maritime Museum · museum · Currituck
- David John Aaron Museum · museum · Wayne
- Duplin County Veterans Museum · museum · Duplin
- Freeman Round House · museum · Wilson
- Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center · museum · Dare
- G I Joe Military Museum-Salute · museum · Lenoir
- Gaston County Museum · museum · Gaston
- General William C Lee Airborne Museum · museum · Harnett
- Gourd Museum at the Angier Public Library · museum · Harnett
- Graham Historical Museum · museum · Alamance
- Greenville Museum of Art · museum · Pitt
- Harper House/Hickory History Center · museum · Catawba
- Historic Burke County Courthouse · museum · Burke
- Horne Creek Historic Farm · museum · Surry
- Hudson Depot Museum · museum · Caldwell
- Körner's Folly · museum · Forsyth
- Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum · museum · Columbus
- Little House Museum and Gallery · museum · Wake
- Mebane Historical Museum · museum · Alamance
- Mendenhall Homeplace · museum · Guilford
- Morganton Railroad Depot & Museum · museum · Burke
- Morrison Motor Car Museum · museum · Cabarrus
- Mt Gilead Museum Foundation · museum · Montgomery
- Museum of Ashe County History · museum · Ashe
- Native American Artifacts · museum · Watauga
- Newton Depot Model Railroad Center · museum · Catawba
- North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame · museum · Iredell
- North Carolina Military History Museum · museum · New Hanover
- Northampton County Museum · museum · Northampton
- Patterson Cottage Museum · museum · Randolph
- Pea Island Cookhouse · museum · Dare
- Pender County Historical Museum · museum · Pender
- Person County Museum of History · museum · Person
- Roanoke River Lighthouse and Maritime Museum · museum · Washington
- Historic Carson House · museum · McDowell
- Mountain Farm Museum · museum · Swain
- Small Museum of Folk Art · museum · Chatham
- 1874 Station House · museum · Dare
- Boathouse · museum · Dare
- Chicamacomico Life Saving Station · museum · Dare