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 of 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