Family Activities and Day Trips

Local Community Calendar

Animals / Agriculture
Local Farmers Markets
College of Veterinary Medicine (Raleigh)
Duke Gardens (Durham)
Farmer's Market (Raleigh)
Maple View Farm (Hillsborough)
NC Beekeepers Association
Vollmer Family Farm (Bunn)

Cultural
Duke Homestead (Durham)
Furniture Discovery Center (Hickory)
Historic Cherokee (Cherokee)
NC Pottery Center (Seagrove)
NC Renaissance Fair (Raleigh)
NC Shakespeare Festival

Government
State Capitol (Raleigh)

History
Battleship North Carolina
Bentonville battlefield
Biltmore Estates (Ashville)
Camp Flintlock (Four Oaks)
Civil War Sites (Various)
Moores Creek National Battlefield (Currie)
Old Salem (Winston Salem)
Tryon Palace (New Bern)

Historic Sites
Alamance Battleground
Aycock Birthplace
Historic Bath
Bennett Place
Bentonville Battlefield
Brunswick Town / Fort Anderson
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum
CSS Neuse
Duke Homestead
Historic Edenton
Fort Dobbs
Fort Fisher
Fort Raleigh (Manteo)
Historic Halifax
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
House in the Horseshoe
North Carolina Transportation Museum
USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial
James K. Polk Memorial
Reed Gold Mine
Roanoke Island Festival Park
Somerset Place
Historic Stagville
State Capitol
Town Creek Indian Mound
Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens
Zebulon B. Vance Birthplace
Thomas Wolfe Memorial
Wright Brothers Memorial (Manteo)

Museums
Airborn and Special Ops Museum
Amazement Square (Lynchburg, VA)
Cape Fear Museum of History
Charlotte Museum of History
Children’s Museum (Fayetteville)
Children's Museum (Greensboro)
Children’s Museum (Rocky Mount)
Children’s Museum (Winston Salem)
Discovery Place (Charlotte)
Exploration Station (Lumberton)
History Museum (Raleigh)
KidSenses Inc (Rutherfordton)
Life and Science Museum (Durham)
Natural Science Museum (Raleigh)
NC Maritime Museum (Beaufort)
NC Museum of Art (Raleigh)