North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Location
Site(s)
Description
Grade Span Connections
Asheville
Biltmore Estate
www.biltmore.com
America’s largest home, National
Historic Landmark
3-5
North Carolina Homespun Museum
www.grovewood.com
History of Biltmore Industries
Museum, Weaving demonstrations
2-4
Riverside Cemetery
www.ashevilleparks.org
Final resting place of Thomas Wolfe
and O. Henry
3-5
Smith-McDowell House Museum
www.wnchistory.org
Oldest surviving house in Asheville,
History exhibits and period rooms
K-2
Southern Appalachian Radio Museum
www.saradiomuseum.org
Collection of radios from World War I
to 1960s, Operating radio station
K-2
Thomas Wolfe Memorial State
Historic Site
www.wolfememorial.com
Boyhood home of author Thomas
Wolfe
3-5
Bakersville
Dellinger’s Mill
State’s oldest working gristmill
2-4
Blowing Rock
Mystery Hill-Heritage and Native
American Museum
www.mysteryhill-nc.com
Home built in 1902, teaches mountain
family life in early 1900s, Native
American Artifacts Museum
K-2
Boone
Hickory Ridge Homestead and Living
History Museum
www.horninthewest.com
History recreated with traditional
costume, traditional tools, hearthbaking, candle-making, etc.
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Boone
Horn in the West Historical Outdoor
Drama
www.horninthewest.com
Historical outdoor drama follows
frontiersman Daniel Boone and his
bank of mountain settlers
3-5
Brevard
Silvermont Mansion
Colonial Revival mansion built in
1902
K-2
Bryson City
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
www.gsmr.com
Offers 4 to 41/2 hour round-trip
excursion of the Western North
Carolina Mountains
3-5
Cherokee
Cherokee Heritage Museum
Displays of art and cultural items such
as masks, crystals, the uketena, etc.
Gallery with Native American crafts
and art
3-5
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
Technology combined with artifact
collection. Multi-sensory trip through
Cherokee history
3-5
Cherokee Indian Reservation
www.cherokee-nc.com
Museum of the Cherokee Indian,
Oconaluftee Indian Village, Unto
These Hills Outdoor Drama, Qualla
Co-op Arts, etc.
3-5
Unto These Hills Outdoor Drama
www.untothesehills.com
Recently updated outdoor drama
portraying the history of the Cherokee
Indians
3-5
Mountain Heritage Center
www.wcu.edu/mhc
Exhibition details 18th century
migration of Scotch-Irish to New
World and Western North Carolina
3-5
Cullowhee
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Flat Rock
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic
Site – Connemara
www.nps.gov/carl
Historical site where Carl Sandburg
(poet, historian, lecturer, author) spent
the final 22 years of his life
3-5
Fontana Village
Fontana Dam
www.westernattractions.com
Largest dam east of the Mississippi,
constructed during early 1940s to
supply electricity to fuel war effects
during World War II
3-5
Franklin
Macon County Historical Museum
www.maconnchistorical.org
Displays on education, the Civil War,
early medicine, textiles and
photographs
K-2
Hendersonville
Historic Johnson Farm
www.henderson.k12.nc.us/district/john
sonfarm
Home of unique collection of airplanes
and memorabilia celebrating Golden
Age of General Aviation
K-2
Lenoir
Caldwell Heritage Museum
www.caldwellcochamber.org
Artifactual photographic and
demographic exhibits depicting history
of Caldwell County
K-2
Marion
Historic Carson Home
www.mcdowellnc.org
Walnut log cabin, built in early 1800s,
filled with unusual household and
plantation artifacts
K-2
Mars Hill
Rural Life Museum
Shows history and culture of Southern
Appalachian Region and Madison
County
K-2
Moravian Falls
Perry Lowe Orchards
www.PerryLoweOrchards.com
Offers seasonal apple tree maze,
special blends of apple cider and dried
apples
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Morganton
Sam J. Ervin Library and Museum
Replica of Senator Ervin’s home
library with items from his days as
chairman of Watergate Hearings
3-5
Murphy
Cherokee County Historical Museum
Reflects life of Cherokee Indian during
time of Cherokee nation and removal
along Trail of Tears
3-5
Old Fort
Mountain Gateway Museum
www.mcdowellnc.org
Displays mountain lifestyle and history
from earliest original inhabitants along
with two 1800s log cabins
K-2
Old Fort Railroad Museum
www.mcdowellnc.org
Illustrates the impact of the railroad
system of the western region with
railroad and train exhibits, original
tools, signal lights and furniture
K-2
Robbinsville
Junaluska Museum, Memorial and
Medicine Plant Trail
www.junaluska.com
Several large displays of Native
American artifacts, honors prominent
Cherokee leader, trail includes
plants/shrubs used in making
traditional medicine
2-4
Sawmills
Fort Defiance
www.fortdefiancenc.org
Home of General William Lenoir,
Revolutionary War hero with more
than 300 pieces of original clothing
and furnishings on display
3-5
Spruce Pine
Historic Orchard at Altapass
www.altapassorchard.com
Appalachian cultural and historical
center, features hayrides following
path of Revolutionary War soldiers
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Tryon
Polk County Historical Museum
Valdese
From This Day Forward Outdoor
Drama
www.oldcolonyplayers.com
Former railroad depot, housing more
than 500 artifacts dating back to early
settlers
K-2
Tells the story of the Waldensians, a
religious sect from Italy that migrated
to NC
3-5
Valle Crucis
Mast General Store
www.mastgeneralstore.com
National Historic Register, one of the
best remaining examples of an old
country store
K-2
Waynesville
Museum of North Carolina
Handicrafts
Exhibits heritage crafts, including
wood carvings, pottery, Cherokee and
Navaho artifacts
3-5
Weaverville
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace State
Historic Site
Reconstructed birthplace of Civil Warera Governor Zebulon B. Vance
3-5
Wilkesboro
Wilkes Heritage Museum
www.WilkesHeritageMuseum.com
Tells stories of Native Americans,
explorers, Revolutionary heroes, Civil
War, local industry and important
figures like Daniel Boone and Tom
Dula “Dooley”
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Aberdeen
Malcolm Blue Farm and Museum
www.malcolmbluefarm.org
Crica-1825 antebellum farm featuring
a museum, restored farmhouse,
gristmill and barns, National Register
of Historic Places and NC Civil War
Trails
K-2
Albemarle
Stanly County Museum
History of Stanly County, offers tours
of two local historic house museums
(the Snuggs House – 1873 and the
Marks House – 1847)
K-2
Asheboro
North Carolina Aviation Museum
www.ncairmuseum.org
Examples of America’s warplanes
from World War II through Vietnam,
collection of authentic military
uniforms and memorabilia
3-5
Bailey
Country Doctor Museum
www.countrydoctormuseum.org
Honors the “old family doctor” with
restored offices of two country doctors
who practiced from 1857-1887
K-2
Benson
Benson Museum of History
Collection includes railroad
memorabilia, antiques, quilts, and
farming and hardware artifacts
K-2
Burlington
Alamance Battleground State Historic
Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/ala
manc.htm
Site where the North Carolina militia
fought against the Regulators on May
16, 1771, also includes the Allen
House and a log dwelling similar to
what frontier people may have lived in
3-5
Alamance County Historical Museum
19th house-museum showing the life of
textile pioneer Edwin Michael Holt
through period-room setting and tours
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Burlington
Cedarock Historical Work Farm
Original site of the Garrett farm dating
back to 1820, includes demonstrations
on farming techniques used at the turn
of the century
K-2
Textile Heritage Museum
Learn about the beginning of the
cotton mills, water power, railroads,
weaving and knitting of fabrics
2-4
Whistlestop Exhibit at Company
Shops
www.whistlestopncrr.com
Exhibit includes Company Shops
which contains many little scenes of
life in the late 1800s, speaks to railroad
influence on state
K-2
Bryant House and McLendon Cabin
McLendon Cabin (circa 1760) and
Bryant House (circa 1820)
K-2
Carthage Historical Museum
www.townofcarthage.org/history.htm
Artifacts covering more than 200 years
of area history, including exhibits of
Tyson & Jones Buggy Company
K-2
Catawba
Historic Murray’s Mill
Turn-of-the-Century gristmill, features
one of the largest water wheels in the
state, a general store and folk museum
K-2
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Museum
www.chapelhillmuseum.org
Exhibits on Chapel Hill, Southern
culture and history
K-2
North Carolina Collection Gallery
www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/gallery.html
Historic rooms and exhibits from
extensive holding of books, maps,
photographs and museum objects
3-5
Carthage
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Charlotte
Charlotte Museum of
History/Hezekiah Alexander Homesite
www.charlottemuseum.org
Revolutionary War-era home (circa
1774), now museum, features nearly
15,000 artifacts
3-5
Historic Rosedale Plantation
www.libweb.uncc.edu/archives/crhc/ro
sedale.htm
Remaining example of 19th century
Catawba River Valley plantations
K-2
Levine Museum of the New South
www.museumofthenewsouth.org
Interactive regional history museum
features exhibits about Charlotte’s past
K-2
C. Grier Beam Truck Museum
Exhibits 14 trucks dating back to 1927
in old-style service station
K-2
Cherryville Historical Museum
Contains exhibits following the history
of Cherryville from early 1800s
K-2
Clemmons
Mrs. Hanes’ Hand-made Moravian
Cookies
www.hanescookies.com
Largest hand-made cookie company in
the world, view the entire process of
making Moravian cookies
2-4
Clinton
Sampson County History Museum
www.sampsonhmc.com
Artifacts from Revolutionary and Civil
Wars, WWI and II, Vietnam and Gulf
Wars, African and Native American
culture
3-5
Concord
Backing Up Classics Motor Car
Museum
www.backingupclassics.com
Collection of antique, classic and race
cars
K-2
Cooleemee
Mill Village Museum
Early 1900s artifacts and rare
photographs show what life was like in
Carolina cotton mill village
K-2
Cherryville
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Dallas
Dunn
Durham
Dallas Historic District
District includes the Gaston County
Museum and the Old Jail
K-2
Gaston County Museum of Art and
History
Housed in historic Hoffman Hotel
(circa 1852), features authentic
furnished period rooms, carriage house
features largest collection of horsedrawn carriages in state
K-2
Averasboro Civil War Battlefield
Museum and Chicora Cemetery
Battle of Averasboro historic markers,
plantation home used as a Confederate
hospital, cemetery for battle’s dead
3-5
General William C. Lee Airborne
Museum
Museum in Lee’s mansion, traces his
personal life and growth of airborne
division
3-5
Bennett Place State Historic Site
Site of Confederate Gen. Johnston’s
surrender to Union Gen. Sherman,
reconstructed farm house, outbuildings
and museum
3-5
Duke Homestead State Historic Site
and Tobacco Museum
Duke family’s mid-1800s home,
tobacco barns and original factory;
museum, film and living history
demonstrations of life on typical
yeoman farm in 1800s
3-5
Historic Stagville
18th and 19th century buildings, barn
and slave quarters offer insights into
plantation life, society and culture
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Durham
Patterson’s Mill Country Store
Authentic turn-of-century country
store and doctor’s office and pharmacy
K-2
Ellerbe
Rankin Museum of American Heritage
www.rankinmuseumcom
Artifacts related to archaeology,
paleontology, natural history and early
Americana
K-2
Fayetteville
Airborne and Special Operations
Museum
www.asomf.org
Explores the 60 year history of
airborne and special operations units
3-5
Fayetteville Area Transportation
Museum
Focuses on history of transportation in
Cumberland County from Native
American times to present day
K-2
Museum of the Cape Fear Historical
Complex
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
Chronicles history of southern North
Carolina from time of Native
Americans to 20th century
3-5
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial
Museum
Houses history of the 82nd Airborne
Division from 1917 to the present
3-5
John F. Kennedy Special Warfare
Museum
www.soc.mil/swcs/museum/museum.s
html
Holds a collection of weapons,
military art and cultural items from
around the world
3-5
Bentonville Battleground State
Historic Site
www.bentonvillebattlefield.nchistorics
ites.org
Home of largest Civil War land battle
on North Carolina soil; walk the fields,
tour Harper House where wounded
were treated
3-5
Fort Bragg
Four Oaks
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Four Oaks
Camp Flintlock
www.campflintlock.com
Experience firsthand crafts and
activities of Colonial-American family
in 1770s
3-5
Fremont
Governor Charles B. Aycock
Birthplace State Historic Site
Boyhood home of Gov. Charles B.
Aycock featuring restored home,
outbuildings, farmstead, one-room
schoolhouse and visitor center
3-5
Gastonia
American Military Museum
Collections include uniforms,
weapons, scale models, flags, pictures
from all wars and services
3-5
Gold Hill
Village of Gold Hill
www.historicgoldhill.com
Richest mining property east of the
Mississippi; visit Rock Jail, Mauney’s
1840 Store and Museum and E.H.
Montgomery Store
2-4
Goldsboro
Wayne County Museum
www.historicalwaynenc.com
Features permanent Civil War exhibit
with a Confederate Camp scene and
diorama of Battle of Goldsborough
Bridge
3-5
Waynesborough Historical Village
www.wcpl.org/waynesborough.htm
Visit a family home, medical office,
one-room school, low office and
Quaker meeting house as they were in
19th century
K-2
Goldston Historic District
www.visitpittsboro.com
Includes 15 building constructed
between 1890 and 1935
K-2
Goldston
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Granite Quarry
Old Stone House
www.rowanmuseum.org
Two-story Georgian-style house is the
oldest structure in Rowan County
K-2
Greensboro
Blandwood Mansion
www.blandwood.org
19th century Italian villa was home to
former North Carolina Gov. John
Motley Morehead
K-2
Greensboro Historical Museum
www.greensborohistory.org
12 galleries and 2 restored houses;
Greensboro Sit-ins, First Lady Dolley
Madison and O. Henry; collection of
Civil War firearms and 20th century
photography
3-5
Guilford Courthouse National Military
Park
www.nps.gov/guco
200 acres and 28 monuments of
soldiers, statesmen and patriots of
American Revolution honor the site of
battle
3-5
Tannenbaum Historic Park
www.march1781.org
Park was 18th century farmstead;
exhibits of life in Colonial Guilford
County
K-2
Halifax
Historic Halifax State Historic Site
www.visithalifax.com
Home of Halifax Resolves, several
historic structures including Sally Billy
House, Burgess House, Halifax
County Jail
3-5
Hamlet
National Railroad Museum and Hall of
Fame
www.micropublishing.com/railroad
One of most photographed stations in
U.S; includes photographs, maps,
displays, model railroad layout and
engines
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Haw River
Haw River Historical Museum
www.rootsweb.com/~nchrha
Alamance County and textile histories;
large collection of photographs from
1890 to present
K-2
Henderson
Historic Henderson
www.kerrlake-nc.com
Brick buildings, churches and
remnants of residential areas;
constructed in the 1800s
K-2
Vance County Historical Museum
Depicts history of Vance County from
American Indian times through World
War II
K-2
Hiddenite
Hiddenite Center at the Historic Lucas
Mansion
Victorian mansion houses museum of
antiques and collectibles, local gem
and mineral collection, art gallery and
toy and doll collection
K-2
High Point
High Point Museum and Historical
Park
www.highpointmuseum.org
Exhibits show the Quaker village from
the establishment of furniture and
textiles industries to today
K-2
Museum of Old Domestic Life
Quaker meeting house filled with
everyday items necessary to 19thcentury rural like in Quaker
community
K-2
Rosetta C. Baldwin African-American
Museum
Honors legacy of Miss Rosetta C.
Baldwin, her family and many
African-Americans and their
contributions
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Hillsborough
Alexander Dickson House
www.historichillsborough.org
Circa-1790 Quaker-plan house known
as “Last Headquarters of the
Confederacy”
K-2
Ayr Mount Historic Site
www.classicalamericanhomes.org
Restored 1815 plantation home
furnished with Federal antiques and
decorative art
K-2
Burwell School Historic Site
www.burwellschool.org
House (circa 1821, 1848) and
outbuildings served as Rev. and Mrs.
Burwell’s Female School from 1837 to
1857
K-2
Occaneechi Indian Village
www.occaneechi-saponi.org
1701 reconstructed village with
palisade, huts, cooking site, sweat
lodge
K-2
Orange County Historical Museum
www.orangeNChistory.org
Historical museum with collections
covering pre-Colonial through
Revolutionary and Civil War to early
1900s
K-4 (and 8)
Ruffin-Rouhlac House
www.historichillsborough.org
Now used as Town Hall, early 19thcentury house with six outbuildings
K-2
Huntersville
Historic Latta Plantation
www.lattaplantation.org
Restored circa-1800 Federal-style
home with several restored
outbuildings
K-2
Jamestown
Mendenhall Plantation
www.mendenhallplantation.org
19th-century Quaker homestead
supported abolitionist movement
during Civil War
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Kannapolis
Dale Trail
Self-guided tour of landmarks relating
to Dale Earnhardt’s life and NASCAR
career
3-5
Fieldcrest Cannon Textile Museum
History of textile manufacturing
featuring antique hand loom,
interactive touch-screen computer
monitor and multi-image show
K-2
Kenly
Tobacco Farm Life Museum
www.tobaccofarmlifemuseum.org
Displays artifacts from all aspects of
farm life; depicts rural life as it was
during Great Depression
K-2
Kings Mountain
Kings Mountain Fire Museum
www.kmfire.com
Features more than 500 items
including antique fire trucks and firefighting equipment
K-2
Kittrell
Confederate Cemetery
52 soldiers buried in the cemetery died
at the Kittrell Springs Hotel
3-5
Laurinburg
Historic Downtown Laurinburg
National Register Historic District
features 50 buildings in a walking tour
of downtown district
K-2
Historic John Blue House and Cotton
Gin
100-year old Victorian house, with two
museum rooms, three authentic log
cabins, restored pre-Civil War cotton
gin, miniature steam locomotive
K-2
Scottish Heritage Center
Preserves and highlights Scottish
history, culture, music and traditions of
Carolinas
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Lexington
Davidson County Historical Museum
www.co.davidson.nc.us/museum
Museum features artifacts and
photographs as well as a second-floor
courtroom and is located in Old
Davidson County Courthouse (circa
1858)
K-2
Historic Uptown Lexington
www.uptownlexington.com
More than 40 historic properties in
National Register Historic District;
fringe sites dating from 1824-1948
K-2
Lumberton
Robeson County Showcase Museum
www.robesoncountyhistory.org
Museum collection of artifacts relative
to Lumberton and Robeson County
K-2
Midland
Reed Gold Mine
www.reedmine.com
Site of the first gold discovery in North
America in 1799 by a 12-year-old boy;
underground tunnels and restored
stamp mill
3-5
Milton
Historic Milton
www.webpages.charter.net/ljeffress/w
ebdoc1.html
Historic town still living in the 1800s
with shops and completely restored
road course race track
K-2
Monroe
Monroe Downtown Historic District
Reflects when town was an
agricultural and commercial center;
period architecture
K-2
Mooresville
Memory Lane Motorsports and
Historic Automotive Museum
www.memorylaneautomuseum.com
One-of-a kind vehicles including race
cars, vintage autos, motorcycles, toys,
etc.
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Mooresville
North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of
Fame
www.ncarhof.com
Museum and art gallery dedicated to
all types of racing, past and present
K-2
Mount Airy
Gertrude Smith House
www.visitmayberry.com
Victorian-style home contains period
furnishings and is on National Register
of Historic Places
K-2
Historic Downtown Mount Airy“Mayberry”
www.visitmayberry.com
Holds a wealth of memories related to
“The Andy Griffith Show”; squad car
tours through town
3-5
Moore House
www.visitmayberry.com
Oldest remaining house in Mount Airy
built around 1862
K-2
Mount Airy Museum of Regional
History
www.northcarolinamuseum.org
100-foot mural of the mountains and
exhibits offer a trip back in time
K-2
Mount Gilead
Town Creek Indian Mound State
Historic Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/tow
n/town.htm
A reconstructed ceremonial center
includes the major temple on an
earthen mound, minor temple,
mortuary, game pole and stockade
3-5
Mount Olive
Mount Olive Historic District
www.moachamber.com
Home to world-famous Mount Olive
Pickle Company, district features
architectural styles such as Greek
Revival, Queen Anne and others
2-4
Mount Ulla
Kerr Mill at Sloan Park
www.co.rowan.nc.us
Built in 1823, mill provided flour and
cornmeal for western Rowan county;
now houses artifacts from early 1800s
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
New Hill
New Hope Valley Railway-NC
Railroad Museum
www.nhvry.org
Exhibits include cars and locomotives,
a collection of historic memorabilia,
and a 600-foot garden-sized model
railway
K-2
Newton
Catawba County Museum of History
Housed in former Catawba County
Courthouse, exhibits include rare
British Revolution-era redcoat, 1930s
racing car and a collection of locally
crafter pottery and furniture
K-2
Oak Ridge
Old Mill of Guilford
www.oldmillofguilford.com
Working, water-powered gristmill;
National Register of Historic Places
K-2
Oakboro
Oakboro Regional Museum
www.oakboro.com/business/museum.h
tm
More than 1,000 artifacts explore
times of cotton, farmland rich with
timber and Native Americans lived on
Rocky River
K-2
Oxford
Granville County Museum
Housed in county’s circa 1850 jail,
museum covers aspects of region’s
history
K-2
Pembroke
Native American Resource Center
Exhibits on crafts and arts depict tribal
Indian life and include authentic log
canoe and log cabin
K-2
Strike at the Wind! Outdoor Drama
www.strikeatthewind.com
True story of survival, love and war
based on the life in Lumbee Indian and
Civil-War era legend Henry Berry
Lowrie
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Pinebluff
Kelly’s Classic Autos
100 years of automotive history at one
of the few North Carolina museums
dedicated to the automobile
K-2
Pinehurst
Tufts Archives, Given Memorial
Library
James Walker Tufts’ letters, pictures
and news clippings dating from 1895
2-4
Pineville
James K. Polk Memorial State Historic
Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/pol
k/polk.htm
Birthplace of 11th U.S. president;
visitor’s center, reconstructed log
building furnished in late 1700s to
early 1800s
3-5
Pinnacle
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
State Historic Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/hor
ne/horne.htm
Take part in activities of daily farm life
of western Piedmont circa 1900
2-4
Pittsboro
Chatham County Courthouse and
Historical Museum
www.chathamhistory.org
Built in 1881, the fourth courthouse
built in Chatham County; Confederate
monument in on the grounds
K-2
Raleigh
African-American Cultural Complex
www.aaccmuseum.org
Collection of artifacts, documents and
displays of outstanding contributions
made by African Americans
2-4
Exploris Museum and IMAX Theater
www.exploris.org
Interactive museum featuring exhibits
and programs about global trade,
telecommunications and the global
environment
2-4
Haywood Hall House and Gardens
Oldest house within Raleigh’s original
city limits; learn about family’s
descendants and Raleigh’s growth
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Raleigh
Historic Oak View County Park
www.wakegov.com/locations/oakview
.htm
Antebellum farmstead features 1855
Greek Revival house, detached plank
kitchen and Farm History Center
K-2
Historic Oakwood
Victorian neighborhood with restored
homes built between 1870 and 1912
K-2
Joel Lane Museum House
www.joellane.org
Wake County’s oldest existing
building; costumed docents give tours
of authentically restored house and its
18th century furnishings
K-2
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Gardens
www.king-raleigh.org
Life-sized bronze statue of national
civil right’s leader; King Memorial
Wall and 12 ton granite water
monument honors 25 civil rights
pioneers
2-4
Mordecai Historic Park
www.raleighnc.gov/mordecai
Antebellum plantation house and
outbuildings; includes birthplace of
President Andrew Johnson
2-4
North Carolina Executive Mansion
Victorian-style mansion has been
home to N.C. governors since 1891
3-5
North Carolina Museum of Art
www.ncartmuseum.org
Museum surveys 5,000 years of art,
finest collections of Old Master
paintings and special exhibitions
3-5
North Carolina Museum of History
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org
www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/edu/outr
each.html
Variety of exhibits that explore the
state’s past and people; virtual field
trips are available
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Raleigh
North Carolina State Capitol
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/cap
itol
Built between 1833 and 1840, National
Historic Landmark, civic building in
the Greek Revival style of architecture;
self-guided and guided tours available
3-5
North Carolina State Legislative
Building
www.ncleg.net
Home of the North Carolina General
Assembly
3-5
Raleigh City Museum
www.raleighcitymuseum.org
Museum dedicated to preserving the
capital city’s heritage through
temporary and permanent exhibits
K-2
Randleman
Richard Petty Museum
www.pettyracing.com
Official museum and racing
headquarters for Richard Petty and
Petty Enterprises racing team
2-4
Rocky Mount
Battle Park
Site of the original village of Rocky
Mount and its first post office (circa
1816); marble monument to local
Confederates who served in war
K-2
Roxboro
Person County Museum of History
www.visitroxboronc.com/historical
Located in turn-of-the-century home of
W.W. Kitchin (governor of the state
1809-1813); includes Woodsdale
General Store, Dr. John H. Merritt’s
Office and tobacco barn
K-2
Salisbury
Historic Downtown Salisbury
www.visitsalisburync.com
30-square-block area includes Dr.
Josephus Hall House, built in 1820 as
the Salisbury Female Academy and the
Utzman-Chambers House, 1819
Federal townhouse
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Salisbury
Historic National Cemetery and
Confederate Prison Site
www.salisburync.com
Final resting place for veterans of all
wars; 11,700 Union soldiers who died
at Salisbury Confederate Prison buried
in 18 trench graves; three monuments
3-5
Rowan Museum
www.rowanmuseum.org
1854 courthouse with artifacts and
displays on the life and history of
Rowan County
K-2
Sanford
House in the Horseshoe State Historic
Park
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/hor
sesho/horsesho.htm
Circa-1772 house was scene of
Whig/Tory conflict during American
Revolution; home of North Carolina
Governor Benjamin Williams
3-5
Seagrove
Museum of NC Traditional Pottery
www.visitseagrove.com
Visitor’s museum features local
pottery heritage from the 18th century
and beyond
2-4
North Carolina Pottery Center
www.ncpotterycenter.com
Exhibits and activities related to
history and heritage of North Carolina
pottery
2-4
Seagrove-The Birthplace of
Traditional NC Pottery
www.visitseagrove.com
More than 90 potteries in the area;
view craft of Seagrove pottery making
2-4
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum at
Historic Palmer Memorial Institute
www.chbrownmuseum.nchistoricsites.
org
North Carolina’s first official site to
honor an African-American and a
woman; former location of Palmer
Institute, an African American
preparatory school
2-4
Sedalia
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Selma
Atkinson Milling Co.
www.atkinsonmilling.com
Built in 1757, only water-powered
gristmill operating in the area
K-2
Selma Historic Union Station
1924 station restored with exhibits and
memorabilia on rail history and Town
of Selma; Amtrak service
K-2
Central Shelby Historic District
Historic structures dating back to
1850s, including O. Max Gardner
House, Cleveland County Historical
Museum
K-2
International Lineman’s Museum
www.linemanmuseum.com
Museum contains hundreds of artifacts
dating back to late 1800s related to
linemen and electrical industry
K-2
Smithfield
Ava Gardner Museum
www.avagardner.org
Collection of items of the actress and
Johnston County native Ava Gardner
2-4
Snow Camp
Historic Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre
www.snowcampdrama.com
Annual performances of Sword of
Peace (Quaker’s struggle in
Revolutionary War time) and Pathway
to Freedom (heroism of those involved
in Underground Railroad)
3-5
Southern Pines
Historic Shaw House Properties
www.moorehistory.com
Three historic houses (1770-1820)
furnished with plain-style furniture,
depicting life in the early Sandhills
K-2
Spencer
North Carolina Transportation
Museum
www.NCTrans.org
Visit antique automobiles, trace history
of transportation, experience days of
working railroad repair shop, exhibits
on early transportation
K-2
Shelby
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Stanley
Brevard Station Museum
www.brevardstation.com
Displays a collection of railroad and
sports memorabilia and military
display
K-2
Statesville
Evernham Motorsports
www.evernhammotorsports.com
Offers a historical tour through careers
of Ray Evernham, Bill Elliott, Jeremy
Mayfield and Kasey Kahne
2-4
Fort Dobbs State Historic Site
www.fortdobbs.org
Site of French and Indian War fort,
archaeological sites, artifact displays
3-5
Historic Downtown Statesville
www.downtownstatesvillenc.org
Structures date from 1860 with many
examples of period architecture
K-2
Iredell Museums Inc.
www.iredellmuseums.org
Located in 1899 Water Pump Station,
includes historical artifacts, vintage
clothing and paintings and sculptures
from local artists
K-2
Tarboro
Blount-Bridgers House/Hobsom
Pittman Memorial Gallery
www.albemarle-nc.com/tarboro
Federal-style plantation house (circa
1808) houses collection of 19th century
furniture and Edgecombe County
memorabilia
K-2
Thomasville
North Carolina Vietnam Veterans’
Memorial
Recognizes 1,607 North Carolinians
killed or missing in the Vietnam War
3-5
Tillery
The Remembering Tillery Project
www.Members.aol.com/tiller/remtill.h
tml
Site tells the story of a 1930s
Resettlement Community, part of the
New Deal
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Warrenton
Waxhaw
Welcome
Buck Spring-Nathaniel Macon
Homeplace
Replica of the home of Nathaniel
Macon, US Congressman; facilities
include home, outbuildings and
gravesite
3-5
Warrenton Historic District
www.warrenton-nc.com
National register town with historic
homes and antique stores; walking tour
available
K-2
Listen and Remember Outdoor Drama
Drama celebrates the lives of
Waxhaw’s early pioneers, including
the Andrew Jackson family, beginning
in 1670 and culminating with the
Jackson presidency
3-5
Mexico Cardenas Museum
Celebrates the ties between people of
Mexico, their former president Lazaro
Cardenas and Wycliffe Bible
Translators
3-5
Museum of the Alphabet
Museum explores ancient alphabets
from around the world
K-2
Museum of the Waxhaws and Andrew
Jackson Memorial
Focuses on region’s history from 1650
to 1900; Andrew Jackson is also
covered
3-5
Richard Childress Racing Museum and
Race Shop Tours
www.rcrracing.com
Variety of race cars, trophies, photos
or RCR’s 30+ years in racing,
including Dale Earnhardt
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Wilson
Historic Downtown Wilson
www.wilson-nc.com
More than 25 historic buildings,
churches and homes
K-2
North Carolina Baseball Museum
Showcases baseball memorabilia from
across the state; features a “Walk of
Fame” and mementos from players
such as Catfish Hunter, Buck Leonard
and others
2-4
Oliver Nestus Freeman Round House
Museum
Features artifacts that depict culture
and contributions of AfricanAmericans to the history and
development of Wilson
3-5
Wingate
Jesse Helms Center
www.jessehelmscenter.org
Commemorating the life and career of
US Sen. Jesse Helms
3-5
Winston-Salem
Heritage Theater
Historical re-enactments that also
included student participation;
examples include “Colonial Days and
Ways” and “Blackbeard’s Carolina”
K-5
Historic Bethabara Park
www.bethabarapark.org
Site of first Moravian settlement
(1723) in NC; 1788 church and
reconstructed palisade fort
K-2
Museum of Anthropology
www.wfu.edu/MOA
Permanent exhibits consisting of
objects from the Americans, Africa,
Asia and South Pacific
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Yanceyville
Old Salem Museums and Gardens
www.oldsalem.org
One of America’s most authentic and
well-documented colonial sites with
100 restored and reconstructed
buildings
3-5
Winston Cup Museum
www.winstoncupmuseum.com
Houses more than 30 authentic
Winston Cup race cars as well as
racing artifacts
2-4
Yanceyville Historic District
www.caswellcountync.org
Antebellum courthouse and 23 other
buildings on the National Register of
Historic Places; most structures built
between 1830 and beginning of Civil
War
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Atlantic Beach
Fort Macon State Park
www.clis.com/friends
Five-sided fort built between 1826 and
1834 to guard entrance to Beaufort
Harbor; seized by Confederate troops
during Civil War; used as a prison
during Reconstruction Era
3-5
Aurora
Aurora Fossil Museum
www.aurorafossilmuseum.com
Tells story of formation of the Coastal
Plain from birth of Atlantic Ocean to
the present
2-4
Ayden
Shiloh Farm of Pitt County
www.shilohfarm-nc.com
Farm tours centered around plantation
home (circa 1827); facilities include
re-created mid-1800s outbuildings,
blacksmith shop and more
K-2
Bald Head Island
Old Baldy Lighthouse and Smith
Island Museum
www.oldbaldy.org
North Carolina’s oldest standing
lighthouse built in 1817
2-4
Bath
Bath State Historic Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bat
h/bath.htm
Oldest town in North Carolina
incorporated in 1705; features guided
tours of numerous historic buildings
2-4
Beaufort
Beaufort Historic Site
www.beauforthistoricsite.org
Restored historic homes, old jail,
oldest wood-framed courthouse in the
state, an apothecary shop
K-2
North Carolina Maritime Museum
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/mariti
me
Exhibits and programs on the state’s
maritime heritage including artifacts of
the shipwreck of Blackbeard’s flagship
3-5
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Belhaven
Belhaven Memorial Museum
www.beaufortcounty.com/belhavenmuseum
Includes artifacts, antiques, period
fashions and antiquities from around
the world
K-2
Buxton
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
www.nps.gov/caha
Tallest brick lighthouse in North
America
2-4
Camden
Camden County Heritage Museum
www.albemarlenc.com/camden/history/jail.ht
Housed in former Camden County jail
(circa 1910), documents history of
Camden County with changing
exhibits
K-2
Columbia
Columbia on the Scuppernong
35-acre district consists of buildings
dating from 19th century to World War
I; self-guided tour
3-5
Corolla
Currituck Beach Lighthouse
www.currituckbeachlight.com
First illuminated on December 1, 1875,
over 1 million bricks and 214 steps
2-4
Creswell
Somerset Place State Historic Site
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/so
merset/somerset.htm
Antebellum plantation (1785-1865)
offers view of life before Civil War
3-5
Currie
Moores Creek National Battlefield
www.nps.gov/mocr
Site of one of the first battles in the
South of the Revolutionary War and
first patriot victory of the war
3-5
Currituck
Historic Currituck Settlement
Include the Jacobean jail (the oldest
standing jail in NC - 1790) and the
Currituck Courthouse (1723)
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Edenton
Edenton State Historic Site
www.edenton.nchistoricsites.org
Extensive historic district including
1758 Cupola House, circa 1782 Barker
House and 1767 Chowan County
Courthouse
K-2
Providence Burial Ground
Burial ground of prominent AfricanAmerican, free blacks and military
people from the late 18th and 19th
century
3-5
Episcopal Cemetery
Contains important collection of
gravestones of 19th and 20th century
2-4
Museum of the Albemarle
www.museumofthealbemarle.com
Explore history of oldest section of
North Carolina
2-4
Farmville
May Museum and Park
www.farmville-nc.com
Located in 1870s home, chronicles
cultural and commercial heritage of
Farmville and Western Pitt County
K-2
Frisco
Frisco Native American Museum and
Natural History Center
www.nativeamericanmuseum.org
Features nationally recognized
collection of Native American artifacts
and exhibits
2-4
Hamilton
Fort Branch
www.fortbranchcivilwarsite.com
Confederate earthen fort on Rainbow
Banks; seven original cannons on
display
3-5
Harkers Island
Cape Lookout Lighthouse
www.nps.gov/calo
Completed in 1812 and reconstructed
in 1859
2-4
Elizabeth City
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Harkers Island
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and
Heritage Center
www.coresound.com
Traditions of decoy carving,
boatbuilding and commercial fishing
through preservation of Down East
cultural history
K-2
Hatteras
Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
www.graveyardoftheatlantic.com
Dedicated to preserving and
interpreting maritime history of Outer
Banks and 1,000 known shipwrecks
3-5
Hertford
Historic Hertford – Old Neck Rural
Historic District
www.perquimans.com
Historic 1828 Perquimans County
Courthouse; historical plantation
homes
K-2
Newbold-White House: a Colonial
Quaker Homestead
www.newboldwhitehouse.com
Dating to 1730, authentically restored
house with period furnishings for
Colonial Quaker family
K-2
Periauger: An 18th Century Sailing
Vessel
www.newboldwhitehouse.com
Replica of only known example of
most common colonial workboats
from the period
K-2
Jacksonville
Camp Lejeune-Base Tour
www.lejeune.usmc.mil
25 points of interest including Beirut
Memorial, USO and Montford Point
Museum
3-5
Kenansville
Cowan Museum
www.cowanmuseum.com
Reflects heritage of rural NC through
18th and 19th century farming and
household items; one-room log
schoolhouse, tobacco barn and others
K-2
Historic Kenansville
www.atiwave.com/libertyhall
More than 25 buildings that are 19th
century Greek Revival architecture
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Kenansville
Liberty Hall
www.atiwave.com/libertyhall
Restored 11-room Southern plantation
of the 1800s includes 12 outbuildings
K-2
Kill Devil Hills
Wright Brothers National Memorial
www.nps.gov/wrbr
Site of world’s first powered flights by
Wright Brothers; exhibits,
reproduction of 1903 airplane and
1902 glider
3-5
Kinston
Caswell No. 1 Fire Station
1922 LaFrance Pumper is focus along
with collection of helmets, ladders, etc.
that span 100-year period
K-2
CSS Neuse II
www.cssneuseii.com
Only full-scale Civil War ironclad
replica in the world
3-5
CSS Neuse State Historic Site and
Governor Richard Caswell Memorial
www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/neuse/
neuse.htm
Site of CSS Neuse and Richard
Caswell Memorial; visitor’s center and
exhibits including tour of gunboat
3-5
Harmony Hall
One of the oldest homes in Lenoir
County, restored with authentic 18th
century furnishings, once home of
Governor Richard Caswell
K-2
Kure Beach
Fort Fisher State Historic Site
www.fortfisher.nchistoricsites.org
Earthwork fortification constructed by
Confederacy during Civil War;
restored palisade fence
3-5
Manteo
Elizabethan Gardens
www.elizabethangardens.org
Living memorial to first English
colonists who came to America in
1584; elements of 16th century
statuary, indigenous plants/herbs
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Manteo
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
www.nps.gov/fora
First English attempts at colonization
are commemorated; include
preservation of Native American
culture, American Civil War and
Freedman’s Colony
3-5
The Lost Colony
www.thelostcolony.org
Outdoor drama portrays story of one
on history’s greatest mysteries, The
Lost Colony
3-5
North Carolina Maritime Museum on
Roanoke Island
www.obxmaritime.org
Look at maritime heritage through
vessels, restoration and boat-related
workshops
2-4
Roanoke Island Festival Park
www.roanokeisland.com
25-acre site with activities; 16th
century representative sailing vessel,
the Elizabeth II
3-5
Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse
www.outerbanks.org/attractions/histori
cal_sites/roanoke_marshes_lighthouse.
asp
Reconstructed lighthouse contains
exhibits highlighting Roanoke Island’s
maritime heritage
2-4
Morehead City
The History Place
www.thehistoryplace.org
Displays widely varied collection
reflecting cultural history of North
Carolina’s coast
2-4
Murfreesboro
Brady C. Jefcoat Museum of
Americana
www.murfreesboronc.com
Extensive collection of artifacts and
Americana including washing
machines, dairy equipment and music
boxes
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Murfreesboro
Historic Murfreesboro
www.murfreesboronc.com
Twelve-block historic district listed on
National Register of Historic Places
K-2
Nags Head
Bodie Island Lighthouse
www.nps.gov/caha
Lighthouse along with restored Double
Keeper’s Quarters including exhibits
and book shop
2-4
New Bern
Attmore-Oliver House Museum
www.newbernhistory.org
Built in 1790, museum houses 18th and
19th century antiques, featuring Civil
War memorabilia
K-2
Birthplace of Pepsi
www.pepsistore.com
Re-created soda fountain where PepsiCola was invented
K-2
New Bern Academy Museum
www.tryonpalace.org/newbernacadem
y.html
Building (circa 1806-09) houses four
exhibits in its four original classrooms
K-2
New Bern Fireman’s Museum
www.newbernmuseums.com
Houses steam pumpers and collection
of early firefighting equipment, rare
photographs and Civil War relics
K-2
Tryon Palace Historic Site and
Gardens
www.tryonpalace.org
18th century residence of governor of
the colony and state of North Carolina
3-5
Oak Island
Oak Island Lighthouse
www.oakislandlighthouse.org
Built in 1958, lighthouse stands 158
feet tall
2-4
Ocracoke
British Cemetery
www.ocracoke-nc.com/cemetery
Burial place of four crew members of
HMC Bedfordshire submarine
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Ocracoke
Ocracoke Lighthouse
www.ocracoke-nc.com/light
Complete in 1823 at 75 feet tall, not
open to public for climbing
Ocracoke Preservation Society
Museum
www.ocracokemuseum.org
Offers displays, artifacts and historic
photographs showing life in earlier
times
Port O’Plymouth Museum
www.livinghistoryweekend.com/port_
o.htm
Site of Civil War Battle of Plymouth,
North Carolina’s second-largest battle
3-5
Roanoke River Lighthouse and
Maritime Museum
www.roanokeriverlighthouse.org
Replicated lighthouse and information
on cypress canoes and their use on
Roanoke River during 19th century
2-4
Pollocksville
Foscue Plantation House
www.co.jones.nc.us
Restored Old South plantation house
K-2
Richlands
Mike’s Farm
www.mikesfarm.org
Family-oriented business featuring
agritourism
K-2
Onslow County Museum
www.co.onslow.nc.us/museum
Presents heritage of Onslow County
and surrounding area
K-2
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station
www.chicamacomico.net
First US Lifesaving station in NC
built and manned in 1874, exhibits and
displays including one honoring the
African-Americans of the Pea Island
Lifesaving Station
3-5
Plymouth
Rodanthe
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
2-4
K-2
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
South Mills
Dismal Swamp Canal Welcome Center
www.DismalSwamp.com
Only welcome center in the continental
US greeting visitors by both highway
and waterway
2-4
Southport
North Carolina Maritime Museum at
Southport
Preserves heritage of maritime heritage
of Southport and lower Cape Fear area
through exhibits, artifacts, programs
and library
2-4
Topsail Beach
Missiles and More Museum
Artifacts and exhibits from prehistory
to present including displays and
artifacts dating from World War II
3-5
Warsaw
Duplin County Veterans Memorial
Museum
Restore Queen Anne-style house,
houses military artifacts and
memorabilia from many periods
2-4
Washington
North Carolina Estuarium
www.partnershipforthesounds.org
Explore science, art, nature and history
where rivers meet
2-4
White Oak
Harmony Hall
House restored to circa 1760 with
kitchen, general store, school and
chapel
K-2
Whiteville
North Carolina Museum of Forestry
www.naturalsciences.org
Exhibits celebrate natural and cultural
history of North Carolina’s forests and
forestry industry
2-4
Williamston
Asa Biggs House
www.visitmartincounty.com
19th century dwelling of Judge Asa
Biggs filled with antiques and photos
2-4
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Wilmington
Battleship USS North Carolina
www.battleshipnc.com
Walk through decks of USS North
Carolina with exhibits showing World
War II experiences
3-5
Bellamy Mansion Museum of History
and Design Arts
www.bellamymansion.org
Built as city residence (circa 1861) of
prominent planter offers tours, exhibits
on history and design arts, informative
look at historic preservation in action
2-4
Burwin-Wright House Museum
www.geocities.com/PicketFence/Gard
en/4354
Georgian-style townhouse (circa 1771)
restored and decorated with
furnishings of 18th and 19th centuries
K-2
Cape Fear Museum of History and
Science
www.capefearmuseum.com
Focuses on history, cultures and
science including extensive Civil War
collection, 1863 Wilmington
waterfront and diorama of Second
Battle of Fort Fisher
3-5
Latimer House Museum and Gardens
www.latimerhouse.org
Built in 1852 shows period
furnishings, artwork and portraits of
Latimer family
K-2
Poplar Grove Plantation
www.poplargrove.com
1850 historic house museum
K-2
Screen Gems Studios/EUE
www.screengemsstudios.com
Tour largest movingmaking studio
facility east of Hollywood (weekend
tours)
2-4
Wilmington Railroad Museum
www.wilmingtonrailroadmusuem.org
Explore steam locomotive, caboose or
artifacts
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development
North Carolina Regional Field Experiences
Wilmington
Wilmington’s Historic District
Explore 230 blocks by horse-drawn
trolley and carriages, riverboat, trolley
car or on foot
K-2
Windsor
Historic Hope Plantation
www.albemarle-nc.com/hope
Current mansion built in 1803 by
former NC governor David Stone;
plantation established in 1720s
3-5
Roanoke/Cashie River Center
www.partnershipforthesounds.org
Focuses on floodplain and bottomland
swamp system; includes historic items
2-4
Winnabow
Brunswick Town State Historic
Site/Ft. Anderson
www.carolinarosedesigns.com/brunwe
b
Unearthed colonial port town of
Brunswick, exposed for viewing;
Well-preserved Fort Anderson
3-5
Winton
Historic Winton
Inhabited by Meherrin Indians before
chartered, revived in latter part of 19th
century; historical and cultural
attractions
2-4
Wrightsville Beach
Wrightsville Beach Museum of
History
www.wbmuseum.com
Restored cottage contains permanent
and rotating exhibits on island’s
history
K-2
Information gathered from The Official 2007 Travel Guide North Carolina, Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development