The North Carolina Museum of History provides this list as a general resource. Hours, fees, and exhibit schedules are subject to change. Admission is free unless otherwise noted.
Coastal Plain
Cape Fear Museum
814 Market Street, Wilmington
Hours: Summer (Memorial Day through Labor Day) Monday through Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday 1:00 to
5:00 P.M.; Winter (Labor Day through Memorial Day) Tuesday through Saturday 9:00 A.M.
to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday 1:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Adults, $6; seniors and college students, $5; children 3–17, $3;
children under 3, free
(910) 341-4350
http://www.capefearmuseum.com/
This museum preserves and interprets the history of the Cape Fear region. School programs about Indians are offered.
Cliffs of the Neuse State Park
345-A Park Entrance Road, Seven Springs
Hours: November through February, daily 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.; March
through May and September and October, daily 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.; June through August, daily 8:00 A.M. to
9:00 P.M.
(919) 778-6234
http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/clne/main.php
The park offers cultural history programs on the pre-colonial period.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
1401 National Park Drive, Manteo
Hours: daily 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Home of the outdoor drama, The Lost Colony.
(252) 473-5772
http://www.nps.gov/fora/index.htm
Learn about the Indians who encountered the first English colonists. The visitor center has copies of John White’s drawings of Indians and their dwellings and villages.
Frisco Native American Museum and Natural History Center
53536 N.C. 12, Frisco
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Mondays by appointment
Family, $15.00; adults, $5.00; seniors $3.00
(252) 995-4440
http://www.nativeamericanmuseum.org/
Located in a historic building on Hatteras Island, this museum contains a nationally recognized collection of American Indian artifacts, exhibits, and natural history displays.
Lake Waccamaw Depot Museum
201 Flemington Avenue, Lake Waccamaw
Hours: Wednesday through Friday, 10:00 to 3:00 P.M.
(910) 646-1992
http://www.lakewaccamaw.com/sites_of_interest.asp
Housed in a 1904 railroad depot, this museum collects and exhibits Waccamaw-Siouan artifacts from the Archaic period.
Museum of the Albemarle
1116 U.S. 17 South, Elizabeth City
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 2:00
to 5:00 P.M.
(252) 335-1453
http://www.museumofthealbemarle.com/
Part of the North Carolina Museum of History Division, this museum interprets the history of the Albemarle region.
Museum of the Cape Fear
801 Arsenal Avenue, Fayetteville
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00
to 5:00 P.M.
(910) 486-1330
http://museumofthecapefear.ncdcr.gov/
This museum, part of the North Carolina Museum of History Division, interprets the history and culture of southern North Carolina from prehistory to the present.
Onslow County Museum
301 South Wilmington Street, Richlands
Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.; Saturday
10:00 to 4:00 P.M.; school groups by appointment
Adults, $2; children 3-18, $1
(910) 324-5008
http://www.co.onslow.nc.us/museum/
The museum collects and exhibits Indian artifacts and quilts in its aim to preserve and interpret local history.
Rea Museum
116 East Ninth Street, Murfreesboro
Call for hours and admission fees.
(252) 398-5922
http://www.murfreesboronc.org/rea.htm
Housed in the only surviving eighteenth-century brick commercial structure in North Carolina, the museum includes exhibits on local Indian tribes.
Piedmont
Fort Dobbs State Historic Site
438 Fort Dobbs Road, Statesville
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
(704) 873-5866
http://www.fortdobbs.org/
Using archaeological remains, artifact exhibits, and trails, this historic site interprets the site of Fort Dobbs, built by the British during the French and Indian War.
Guilford Native American Art Gallery
200 North Davie Street, Greensboro
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.;
Wednesday, 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.; Sunday, 2:00 to 5:00 P.M.
(336) 273-6605
http://www.guilfordnative.org/pages/gnnagallery.html
This gallery showcases artwork by Indian artists from across the country.
Indian Museum of the Carolinas
607 Turnpike Road, Laurinburg
Admission is free. Call for operating hours.
(910) 276-5880
Guided tours, lectures, workshops, and exhibits focus on Indians in the Carolinas, past and present. A library houses five hundred volumes of Indian literature, archaeology, and history.
Museum of Anthropology
Wingate Road, Winston-Salem
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.; special arrangements
can be made for school groups
(336) 758-5282
http://www.wfu.edu/MOA/
Wake Forest University’s Museum of Anthropology holds extensive collections of North and South American Indian artifacts and art. It offers programs on American Indians for kindergarten and grades 1, 4, 5, and 8, and archaeology programs for grades 6 through 8.
Native American Resource Center
Old Main Building, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
(910) 521-6282
http://www.uncp.edu/nativemuseum/
The center exhibits Indian artifacts, arts, and crafts from across North America, focusing on the Lumbee tribe. Films and research materials are available to the public.
North Carolina Museum of Art
2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh
Hours: Tuesday through Thursday and Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.;
Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.; Sunday, 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Free museum admission; fees vary for special exhibits
(919) 839-6262
http://www.ncartmuseum.org/index.html
The museum’s extensive collection and exhibits include artwork from the ancient Americas, with cultures from Mesoamerica, Peru, and Costa Rica represented.
North Carolina Museum of History
5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh
Hours:Monday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, noon
to 5:00 P.M.
(919) 807-7900
http://ncmuseumofhistory.org
North Carolina Indian cultures are featured in the exhibit Community and Culture: North Carolina Indians Past and Present. Educational programs on American Indians are available.
North Carolina Pottery Center
250 East Avenue, Seagrove
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Adults, $2; 9th-12th grade students, $1; children 8th grade and younger,
free
(336) 873-8430
http://www.ncpotterycenter.com/
The mission of the North Carolina Pottery Center is to promote public awareness and appreciation of the history, heritage, and ongoing tradition of pottery making in North Carolina—including American Indian pottery—through educational programs, public services, collection and preservation, and research and documentation.
Occaneechi Indian Village
Downtown Hillsborough (follow signs)
Hours: daily, sunrise to sunset
(919) 304-3723
http://www.northcarolinatravels.com/hillsborough/occaneechi-village.htm
Tour this reconstructed 1700s Occaneechi village on the banks of the Eno River, just one-quarter mile from the original village site.
Rankin Museum of American and Natural History
131 West Church Street, Ellerbe
Hours: Monday through Friday, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Saturday and Sunday,
2:00 to 5:00 P.M.
Call for admission fees.
(910) 652-6378
http://www.rankinmuseum.com/
Explore the American Indian cultures of the Southeast, Plains, Northwest coast, Arctic, and Amazon in the museum’s Native American Gallery.
Schiele Museum of Natural History
1500 East Garrison Boulevard, Gastonia
Hours: Monday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00 to
5:00 P.M.
Adults, $7; seniors and students, $6; children under 3, free; fees vary
for planetarium, ticketed programs, and traveling exhibits
(704) 866-6908
http://www.schielemuseum.org/
The Schiele Museum features the Henry Hall of the American Indian, which explores Indian cultures across North America. A reproduction of a prehistoric Catawba Indian village contains a bark-covered house, council house, and two log cabins along a nature trail.
Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site
N.C. 73 South to County Road 1542 North, near Mt. Gilead
Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.; Sunday, 1:00
to 5:00 P.M.
(910) 439-6802
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/town/town.htm
This reconstructed village once served as a major political and ceremonial center as well as a significant habitation site around A.D. 1200. The visitor center offers a film and slide presentation about the discovery and reconstruction of the mounds and temples.
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve
1024 Fort Bragg Road, Southern Pines
Hours: November through February, daily 8:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.; March through
October, daily 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
(910) 692-2167
http://www.ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/wewo/home.html
The visitor center houses a museum that features the natural and cultural history of the Sandhills region. The park offers educational programs on regional cultural history. Call at least two weeks in advance to schedule a program.
Mountains
Cherokee County Historical Museum
87 Peachtree Street, Murphy
Hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Adults, $3; children $1
(828) 837-6792
http://www.cherokeecounty-nc.gov/departments/museum/
The museum has a collection of more than two thousand Cherokee artifacts and a library with materials on the Cherokee Indian Nation.
Judaculla Rock
County Road 1737, near Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
Hours: daily
(919) 733-7342
http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/rock_art/judaculla.html
According to Cherokee legend, Judaculla Rock is the place where the giant Judaculla landed when he jumped from the mountain. This well-known rock art site offers a viewing platform and interpretive panels.
Mountain Heritage Center
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. From June through
October the center is also open on Saturdays, 10:00 to 5:00 P.M. and Thursday 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
(828) 227-7129
http://www.wcu.edu/mhc/
The center celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the southern Appalachian region through exhibits, publications, educational programs, and demonstrations.
Museum of the Cherokee Indian
U.S. 441 and Drama Road, Cherokee
Hours: daily 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Adults, $9; children 6–13, $6; children under 6, free; group rates
available
(828) 497-3481
http://www.cherokeemuseum.org/
Completely renovated in 1998, this museum uses high-tech effects and an extensive artifact collection to tell the story of the Cherokee people.
Oconaluftee Indian Village
U.S. 441 North, 2.5 miles north of Cherokee
Hours: May 1 through October 24, daily 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Adults, $15; children 6–13, $6
(866) 554-4557; (828) 497-2111
http://www.cherokee-nc.com/index.php?page=17
This replica of an eighteenth-century Cherokee community incorporates the history and culture of the Cherokee. The long-running outdoor drama Unto These Hills, presented at a nearby amphitheater from June through August, relates the story of the Cherokee from DeSoto’s arrival in North Carolina in 1540 to the Trail of Tears. Tickets: adults, $18; children 6–13, $8. Call (866) 554-4557 for tickets and details.