North Carolina Museum of History Concerts

This museum is free, has restrooms, gift shops, and a cafe that is sometimes open. The parking lot near it charges cash and about $2 per hour. The museum is great, there is so much to see, there are about 4 floors and 2 buildings. It is fantastic for kids and adults. There are live animals and insects as well. There are also films in both buildings. The fun demonstrations and activities are usually done on weekends but a weekday is nice and calm if you don't like being around too many people. The museum has animals, plants, insects, rocks, wood, and dinosaurs. You will spend at least 2 hours here but could easily spend 4.

I brought two teen boys who are into basketball, since this was one of the few museums they agreed to visit. The exhibits are geared more for Tarheels fans than general basketball aficionados, and it didn't take long to see everything, but it was still worth the drive. I particularly enjoyed seeing the letters Coach wrote to Michael Jordan about the ways he could improve over the summer. And the short shorts are classic. It helps that it's free, except for the parking.

Fantastic museum. Well put together, good layout. If you appreciate history of anything, you'll enjoy this place. The cost is absolutely free, which was right up my alley. I was a little limited on time, so I had to make my way through kinda fast. I was not lucky the day I stopped because it was field trip day and there was kids running around screaming. Other than that I had a great time.

I am not familiar with the history of NC before, and this museum is truly educational and interesting! I have learned so much, and I think their exhibitions are very well-designed through each time era. Glad I came here.

We visited over spring break with our 7 and 11 year old and enjoyed it immensely. The exhibits are so interesting but require quite a bit of reading so our kids of course just sped through the whole place in a couple of hours. I could have stayed all day reading all the great exhibit info! The free admission is fantastic and we parked in the adjacent city lot for $2 an hour. We ate lunch at Gringo-A-Go-Go (short walk away with great Mexican food) and highly recommend visiting!