Museums
| Greater Raleigh metropolitan area, North Carolina museums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Museum name | Image | City | Type | Notes |
| Ackland Art Museum | Chapel Hill | Art | ||
| Artspace | Raleigh | Art | ||
| Ayr Mount | Hillsborough | History | ||
| Bennett Place State Historic Site | Durham | History | ||
| Carolina Basketball Museum | Chapel Hill | Sports | ||
| Carolina Tiger Rescue | Pittsboro | Science | ||
| Contemporary Art Museum, Raleigh | Raleigh | Art | ||
| Duke Homestead | Durham | History | ||
| Joel Lane Museum House | Raleigh | History | ||
| Kidzu Children's Museum | Chapel Hill | Children | ||
| Legends of Harley Drag Racing Museum | Raleigh | Sports | ||
| Marbles Kids Museum | Raleigh | Children | formerly Exploris | |
| Meredith College Galleries | Raleigh | Art | ||
| Mordecai Mansion | Raleigh | History | ||
| Morehead Planetarium and Science Center | Chapel Hill | Science | home to astronaut training for years | |
| Museum of Life and Science | Durham | Science | includes small outdoor zoo | |
| North Carolina Museum of Art | Raleigh | Art | expanded in 2010 | |
| North Carolina Museum of History | Raleigh | History | also home to North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame | |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Science | Raleigh | Science | annual BugFest and Astronomy Days | |
| Raleigh City Museum | Raleigh | History | ||
| North Carolina State Capitol | Raleigh | History | ||
| North Carolina State University Insect Museum | Raleigh | Science | ||
| Nasher Museum of Art | Durham | Art | ||
| NCCU Art Museum | Raleigh | Art | ||
| Page-Walker Arts & History Center | Cary | History | ||
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Famous quotes containing the word museums:
“Museums are just a lot of lies, and the people who make art their business are mostly imposters.... We have infected the pictures in museums with all our stupidities, all our mistakes, all our poverty of spirit. We have turned them into petty and ridiculous things.”
—Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
“In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.”
—Henry James (1843–1816)