SNo Name Town/City Region Type Summary 82nd Airborne Exhibits include the history of the 82nd Fayetteville 1 Division War Fort Bragg Military Airborne Division and historic military metro area Memorial Museum aircraft Ackland Art The Part of the University of North Carolina at 2 Chapel Hill Art Museum Triangle Chapel Hill part of the University of North Carolina at 3 A.D. Gallery Pembroke Piedmont Art Pembroke African American Piedmont 4 Greensboro Art Atelier Triad African American The African 5 Raleigh contributions made by African Americans Cultural Complex Triangle American Afro-American Metro African includes art galleries and a 1940s period 6 Charlotte Cultural Center Charlotte American shotgun house operated by the Murfreesboro Historical Agriculture and Inner Association, antique farm equipment and 7 Transportation Murfreesboro Multiple Banks implements, early carriages, buggies and other Museum vehicles Airborne & Special Fayetteville Recounts heroic actions of Airborne & Special 8 Operations Fayetteville Military metro area Operations forces Museum Alamance Piedmont Visitor center exhibits focus on American 9 Battleground State Burlington Military Triad Revolution battle, also historic Allen House Historic Site Alamance County Piedmont 10 Graham Art includes an exhibit gallery in a historic house Arts Council Triad Alamance County Piedmont 11 Burlington Local history information Historical Museum Triad Alexander-Little operated by the Anson County Historical 12 Wadesboro Sandhills Historic house Wing Society Allison-Deaver operated by the Transylvania County 13 Brevard Western Historic house House Museum Historical Society American Classic Piedmont 14 Motorcycle Asheboro Transportation Harley Davidson motorcycles Triad Museum American Military Metro 15 Museum of Gastonia Military Charlotte Gastonia Memorabilia of actor Andy Griffith and the Andy Griffith 16 Mount Airy Foothills Biographical Andy Griffith Show, located at The Andy Museum Griffith Playhouse and Surry Arts Council Arts Council of 17 Hendersonville Western Art includes exhibit gallery Henderson County Arts Council of 18 Goldsboro Piedmont Art Includes an art gallery Wayne County The 19 Artspace Raleigh Art visual art center with 3 galleries Triangle Ashe-Covington operated by the Anson County Historical 20 Wadesboro Sandhills Medical Medical Museum Society Focus is 20th and 21st century American art Asheville Art 21 Asheville Western Art and works of significance to Western North Museum Carolina’s cultural heritage area fossils, shark jaws, archaeological artifacts including projectile points, stone Aurora Fossil Inner Natural 22 Aurora tools, jewelry and cooking implements of Museum Banks history Native Americans from Eastern North Carolina Ava Gardner Inner 23 Smithfield Biographical Life of actress Ava Gardner Museum Banks Averasboro The 24 Battlefield and Dunn Military history of the Battle of Averasborough Triangle Museum Avery County 25 Newland Western Local history information Historical Museum Inner Mid-19th century period home of governor 26 Aycock Birthplace Fremont Historic house Banks Charles Brantley Aycock The 27 Ayr Mount Hillsborough Historic house Federal period plantation home Triangle Backing Up Metro 28 Classics Auto Concord Automotive Charlotte Museum Badin Historic Metro 29 Badin Local history Museum Charlotte Inner 30 Barker House Edenton Historic house Banks Barton College Inner 31 Wilson Art part of Barton College Galleries Banks 32 The Bascom Highlands Western Art regional art gallery Beaufort Historic Crystal includes six restored buildings which are open 33 Beaufort Historic house Site Coast for tours Focus is mid-20th century European and Bechtler Museum Metro 34 Charlotte Art American modern art, with museum building of Modern Art Charlotte designed by Mario Botta Belhaven Memorial Inner 35 Belhaven Local history information Museum Banks Lower Changing exhibits on architectural history, 36 Bellamy Mansion Wilmington Historic house Cape Fear historic preservation and the design arts Belmont Historical Society’s Cultural Metro 37 Belmont Local history and Heritage Charlotte Learning Center Bennett Classics 38 Antique Car Forest City Piedmont Automotive Museum Site of the largest surrender of Confederate Bennett Place State The soldiers during the American Civil War, 39 Durham Civil War Historic Site Triangle includes reconstructed period farmhouse, visitor center with exhibits Piedmont 40 Ben Owen Pottery Seagrove Art includes museum of pottery Triad Benson Museum of 41 Benson Piedmont Local history information, information Local History Bentonville Site of the Battle of Bentonville, includes The 42 Battlefield State Princeton Civil War visitor center with battle displays, period field Triangle Historic Site hospital historic house Big Ivy Historical 43 Barnardsville Piedmont Open air information, information Society and Park Billy Graham Metro Features exhibits about the life and works of 44 Charlotte Biographical Library Charlotte Christian evangelist Billy Graham French Renaissance inspired chateau with 45 Biltmore Estate Asheville Western Historic house collections of decorative arts and 75 acres (300,000 m2) of formal gardens North 46 Black Cat Station Western Railroad Model railroad layouts Wilkesboro Black Mountain Black 47 Western Art includes gallery Center for the Arts Mountain Black Mountain 48 College Museum + Asheville Western Art Arts Center Bladenboro 49 Bladenboro Piedmont Multiple local history and art Museum Blandwood Piedmont Italianate home of former North Carolina 50 Mansion and Greensboro Historic house Triad Governor John Motley Morehead Gardens operated by Edgecombe ARTS, includes changing and permanent art exhibits, Blount-Bridgers Inner 51 Tarboro Multiple decorative art, furnishings and textiles, and the House Banks Pender Museum of Edgecombe County History, open by appointment Blowing Rock Art 52 and History Blowing Rock Western Multiple planned museum to open in 2010 Museum Boggan-Hammond operated by the Anson County Historical 53 Wadesboro Sandhills Historic house House Society Brady C. Jefcoat Inner 54 Murfreesboro History Collection of Americana Museum Banks Brevard Station Metro 55 Stanley Local history Museum Charlotte Brock Historical Piedmont 56 Greensboro History history of Greensboro College Museum Triad Brunswick Town/Fort Smithville Lower 57 Archaeology Ruins of colonial town and Civil War era fort Anderson State Township Cape Fear Historic Site Buckner Hill Inner 58 Faison Historic house open by appointment Plantation Banks Burgwin-Wright Lower 59 Wilmington Historic house House Cape Fear 60 Burke Arts Council Morganton Western Art features gallery with changing exhibits Burke Heritage operated by the Historic Burke Foundation, 61 Morganton Western Local history Museum located in the Old Burke County Courthouse Burnett-Eaton Lower African 62 Wilmington information, information Museum Cape Fear American Burwell School The 1830s female academy and home, depicts 63 Hillsborough Historic house Historic Site Triangle mid-19th century life Bryant House and operated by the Moore County Historical 64 Carthage Sandhills Historic house McLendon Cabin Association Cabarrus County Metro 65 Concord Military Veterans Museum Charlotte Caldwell Arts 66 Lenoir Western Art features gallery with changing exhibits Council Caldwell Heritage 67 Lenoir Western Local history history of Caldwell County Museum Calvin Jones The History of Wake Forest College and local 68 Wake Forest Local history Historical House Triangle history Camden County Inner 69 Camden Jail information Jail Museum Banks Cameron Art Lower Collection includes fine arts, crafts, and 70 Wilmington Art Museum Cape Fear design Canton Area 71 Canton Western Local history information Historical Museum Lower History, natural science and cultures of the 72 Cape Fear Museum Wilmington Multiple Cape Fear Lower Cape Fear region Outer Includes lighthouse and adjacent Museum of 73 Cape Hatteras Light Buxton Maritime Banks the Sea operated by the Mint Hill Historical Society, Carl J. McEwen Metro includes Mint Hill Country Doctor's Museum, 74 Mint Hill Open air Historic Village Charlotte Ira V. Ferguson Country Store, school house, assay office and outbuildings Carl Sandburg Home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and 75 Home National Flat Rock Western Biographical writer Carl Sandburg Historic Site Carolina Basketball The Part of University of North Carolina at Chapel 76 Chapel Hill Sports Museum Triangle Hill Carolinas Aviation Metro Over 50 aircraft, including flying Piedmont 77 Charlotte Aviation Museum Charlotte DC3 78 Carson House Marion Western Historic house 19th century plantation home 79 Carthage Museum Carthage Sandhills Local history information, information includes McCulloch Mineral and Technology Castle McCulloch Piedmont 80 High Point Mining Museum and tours of the McCulloch Gold Gold Mill Triad Mill History of the Caswell Developmental Center, Caswell Center Inner 81 Kinston Medical a center for adults with mental retardation and Museum Banks other developmental disabilities Caswell No.1 Fire Inner 82 Kinston Firefighting information, information Station Museum Banks Catawba County operated by the Catawba County Historical 83 Firefighters Conover Western Firefighting Association Museum Catawba County operated by the Catawba County Historical 84 Newton Western Local history Museum of History Association Catawba Science 85 Hickory Western Science Center Catherine Smith 86 Boone Western Art part of Appalachian State University Gallery Cedarock