Best places: Museums in Raleigh, United States

Permanent collection spanning 5,000 years, traveling exhibits, outdoor monument park & amphitheater.

Children's museum featuring a wide variety of interactive displays for toddlers & school-age kids.

Exhibits on NC's geology, flora & fauna, plus fossil collections, 3D films & live-animal programs.

👍👍 Beyond anything my mind could have imagined! I love history sooo immensely! This place is a history lover's dream! Information around every single twist and turn. Amazing setups and actual objects from various eras in time. You can easily spend hours here and still have tons to discover and learn. I...

Charming 19th-century farmstead & rural history museum with folksy exhibits of country life.

Movie theater chain known for presenting 3D films on a giant screen, including blockbusters.

Greek revival landmark housing a grand rotunda, historical artifacts & the Governor's offices.

👍👍 See below for a recap of current exhibits. It's free! See photos, too. The Gregg Museum of Art & Design reopened in its current home at 1903 Hillsborough Street on August 26, 2017. The museum includes the renovated original NC State University Chancellor’s residence and a recent addition. The g...

Interactive exhibits & educational programming about the state capital's heritage, plus a gift shop.

👍👍 Absolutely a must visit in Raleigh! A wonderful museum, free entry but donations encouraged. Super informative about North Carolina's long and varied history with many really impressive historical artifacts ranging from the ancient up to WW2 items and recent NASCAR's in the sports hall of fame, grea...

👍👍 It is a wonderful place filled with amazing art from all sorts of ages and art styles. I was amazed by how many artists the museum was able to acquire. They even had a piece from Pablo Picasso. The museum part when I went was completely free to the public, so I was able to enjoy this beauty of a mus...

Sustainably built field station offering educational science events in rustic quarters.

👍👍 Love those bikes.

History museum in the manor of Revolutionary War colonel & U.S. Constitution signatoree Joel Lane.