This list of museums in

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is a list of

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s, defined for this context as institutions (including

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s, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,

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s) are not included.

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Defunct museums

* Appalachian Cultural Museum, Boone, part of Appalachian State University, exhibits closed in 2006 but remai
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Chapel Hill Museum Chapel Hill Museum was a local cultural and historical museum in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The museum was founded in 1996 by leaders of the Town of Chapel Hill's Bicentennial Committee and celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006. In the decad ...

, Chapel Hill, closed in 2010 * Charlotte Trolley Museum, Charlotte * Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fire Education Center and Museum, Charlotte, closed in 2009 * Cleveland County Historical Museum, Shelby, closed in 2012, site now home to the Earl Scruggs Center * Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point, closed in 2012 * Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, closed in 2010 * Grimes Mill, Salisbury, destroyed by fire in 2013 * Health Adventure, Asheville, closed in 2013 * LATIBAH Collard Green Museum, Charlotte, closed in 2015, currently no physical site
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, destroyed by fire in 2007 * Maimy Etta Black Fine Arts Museum and Historical Society, Forest City, destroyed by fire, March 2009
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* Mountain Farm & Home Museum, Hendersonville * Sparta Teapot Museum of Craft and Design,

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, closed in 2010

References

Resources

North Carolina Museums Council

North Carolina Exploring Cultural Heritage Online
- includes listings and photos of NC museums
Learn NC
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Museums A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Museums

Defunct museums

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