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Museums in the Triad

Friday, August 12, 2011
(Updated 3:05 am)

Guilford County

ACC Hall of Champions, Greensboro Coliseum Complex, 1921 W. Lee St., Greensboro, 315-8411, www.acchallofchampions.net

Blandwood Mansion, 447 W. Washington St., Greensboro, www.blandwood.org, 272-5003

Brock Historical Museum of Greensboro College, Main Building, Greensboro College, 815 W. Market St., Greensboro, http://museum.greensborocollege.edu, 272-7102

Charlotte Hawkins Brown Memorial State Historic Site, 6136 Burlington Road, Sedalia, www.nchistoricsites.org/chb/chb.htm, 449-4846

David Caldwell Historic Park, 3211 W. Cornwallis Road, Greensboro, 373-3681.

Doll & Miniature Museum of High Point, 101 W. Green Drive, High Point, www.dollandminiaturemuseum.org, 885-3655

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative, 606 S. Elm St., Greensboro, www.elsewhereelsewhere.org, 549-5555

Greensboro Arboretum, Lindley Park off Wendover Avenue and West Market Street, Greensboro, 375-5876

Greensboro Children’s Museum, 220 N. Church St., Greensboro, www.gcmuseum.com, 574-2898

Greensboro Historical Museum, 130 Summit Ave., Greensboro, www.greensborohistory.org, 373-2043

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, 2332 New Garden Road, Greensboro, www.nps.gov/guco, 288-1776

High Point Museum and Historical Park, 1859 E. Lexington Ave., High Point, www.highpointmuseum.org, 885-1859

International Civil Rights Center & Museum, 134 S. Elm St., Greensboro, http://sitinmovement.org, 274-9199

Mendenhall Plantation, 603 W. Main St., Jamestown, www.mendenhallplantation.org, 454-3819

Museum of Old Domestic Life, 555 E. Springfield Road, High Point, 882-3054

Natural Science Center of Greensboro, 4301 Lawndale Drive, Greensboro, www.natsci.org, 288-3769

Old Jamestown School Museum, 200 W. Main St., Jamestown, 454-3312, 454-4815

Piedmont Environmental Center, 1220 Penny Road, High Point, www.piedmontenvironmental.com, 883-8531

Tannenbaum Historic Park, 2200 New Garden Road, Greensboro, www.nps.gov/guco, 545-5315

Weatherspoon Art Museum, Cone Building, Tate and Spring Garden streets, UNCG, http://weatherspoon.uncg.edu, 334-5770
 

Forsyth County

Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem, 390 S. Liberty St., Winston-Salem, www.childrensmuseumofws.org, 723-9111

Historic Bethabara Park, 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem, www.bethabarapark.org, 924-8191

Korner’s Folly, 413 S. Main St., Kernersville, www.kornersfolly.org,  996-7922

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, 924 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, http://mesda.org, 721-7360

Old Salem, 600 S. Main St., Winston-Salem, www.oldsalem.org, 721-7300

Reynolda House Museum of American Art, 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem,  www.reynoldahouse.org, 758-5150

SciWorks, 400 W. Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, www.sciworks.org, 767-6730

Wake Forest Museum of Anthropology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, www.wfu.edu/moa, 758-5282

Winston Cup Museum, 1355 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Winston-Salem, http://winstoncupmuseum.com, 724-5587
 

Other area museums

Alamance Battleground State Historic Site, 5803 N.C. 62, South, Burlington, www.nchistoricsites.org/alamance/alamanc.htm, 227-4785

Alamance County Historical Museum, 4777 N.C. 62 South, Burlington, www.alamancemuseum.org, 226-825

Chinqua Penn Plantation, 2138 Wentworth St., Reidsville, www.chinquapenn.com, 477-4453

Co-op of Seagrove Potters, 129 E. Main St., Seagrove, 873-7146.

Danville Science Center, 677 Craghead St., Danville, Va., www.dsc.smv.org

Davidson County Historical Museum, Lexington, www.visitdavidsoncounty.com/historicalsites.html, 242-2035

Eden Historical Museum, 656 Washington St., Eden, www.edenpreservation.org

Haw River Historical Association Museum, 201 E. Main St., Haw River, 684-1002

Mebane Historical Museum, 221 Fifth St., Mebane, (919) 563-5054

Museum of North Carolina Traditional Pottery, 122 E. Main St., Seagrove, 873-7887

N.C. Aviation Museum, 2222-G Pilots View Road, Asheboro, www.ncairmuseum.org, 625-0170

N.C. Pottery Center, 233 East Ave., Seagrove, www.ncpotterycenter.com, 873-8430

N.C. Zoological Park, southeast of Asheboro off U.S. 64, U.S. 220 and N.C. 159, www.nczoo.org, (800) 488-0444

Tank Museum, 3321 N. Main St., Danville, Va., www.aaftankmuseum.com, (434) 836-5323

Textile Heritage Museum, 2406 Glencoe St., Historic Glencoe Village, N.C. 62, Burlington, www.textileheritagemuseum.
org, 260-0038

Virginia Museum of Natural History, 21 Starling Ave., Martinsville, Va., www.vmnh.net, (276) 634-4141

Accompanying Photos

Mike Fuchs

Photo Caption: Greensboro Historical Museum

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