Parks and Museums




North Carolina Grassroots Science Museums Collaborative


State and National Parks/Forests

North Carolina State Parks
919-733-7275

Educational State Forests

Blue Ridge Parkway Asheville
828-259-0779

Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Manteo
252-473-2111

Cape Lookout National Seashore
252-728-2550

North Carolina Estuarium, Washington
888-737-0437

North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
919-733-3391

North Carolina Geologic Survey
919-733-2423

Wright Brothers National Memorial, Kitty Hawk

North Carolina Aquariums

Roanoke Island
Terri Kirby Hathaway, Education Curator 252-473-3493

Pine Knoll Shores
Bob Patton, Education Curator 252-247-4003

Fort Fisher
Andy Wood, Education Curator 910-458-8257

Museums

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
919-733-7450

Colburn Gem and Mineral Museum Asheville
828-2547162

Aurora Fossil Museum
252-322-4238

North Carolina Maritime Museum, Beaufort
252-728-7317

Museum of Life and Science, Durham
919-220-5429

Marbles Museum Raleigh
919-834-4040

Discovery Place Charlotte
704-372-6261

Imagination Station Wilson
252-291-5113

Scheile Museum Gastonia
704-866-6909

SciWorks Winston-Salem
336-767-6730

Catawba Science Center Hickory
828-322-8169

The Health Adventure, Asheville

North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer

Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site, Stanfield

Rocky Mount Children's Museum and Science Center


Nature Centers and Parks

North Carolina Zoological Park
800-488-0444

Western North Carolina Nature Center
704-298-5600

Piedmont Environmental Center High Point
336-883-8531

Natural Science Center of Greensboro
336-288-3769

Science Center Nature Museum Charlotte
704-332-5018

Durant Nature Park Raleigh
919-831-6856

Dan Nichols Park Nature Center Salisbury
704-636-2089

Chimney Rock Park Cradle of Forestry in America, Pisgah Forest

Foothills Equestrian Nature Center, Tryon

Grandfather Mountain, Linville

Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Southern Pine

Arboretums and Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens at Asheville
828-252-5190

Stowe Botanical Garden, Belmont
704-825-4490

North Carolina Botanical Garden Chapel Hill
919-962-0522

North Carolina Arboretum, Asheville
828-665-2492

Cape Fear Botanical Garden, Fayetteville
910-486-0221

Airlie Gardens, Wilmington

JC Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh

Reynolda Gardens, Winston-Salem

Sarah P. Duke Gardens, Durham

UNC Wilmington Arboretum

Planetariums

Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, Rosman
828-877-6348

ECSU Planetarium, Elizabeth City State University
252-335-3759/3620

Kelly Planetarium-Discovery Place, Charlotte
704-372-6261

Margaret C. Woodson Planetarium, Salisbury
704-639-3462

Morehead Planetarium, Chapel Hill
919-962-1236

NC A & T State University Planetarium
336-334-7646

Wildlife Refuges

MacKay Island National Wildlife Refuge, Knotts island
252-429-3100

Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge, Manteo
252-473-1131

Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, Manteo
252-987-2394

Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge, Swanquarter
252-926-4021

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Wadesboro
704-694-4424

Roanoke River National Wildlife Refuge, Windsor
252-794-5326

Carnivore Preservation Trust, Pittsboro

Carolina Raptor Center, Charlotte
 

Duke University Primate Center, Durham

Pisgah Center for Wildlife Education, Pisgah Forest

Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, Topsail Island

 

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