Sightseeing
Fort Fisher State Historic Site
No admission feeA Civil War-era Confederate fort on North Carolina's coast that guarded the Wilmington port until Union forces captured it in 1865.
Photo: Gerry Dincher from Hope Mills, NC, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
Museums
North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
Free museum in downtown Southport collecting and interpreting maritime history of the Lower Cape Fear region.
204 E Moore Street, Southport, NC 28461 · Southport, NC
About North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport
The museum in downtown Southport exists to collect, preserve and explain objects tied to the maritime past of the Lower Cape Fear region. It is open Tuesday through Saturday and general admission costs nothing, though donations are welcomed. Visitors can borrow a wheelchair, use family restrooms, and take part in scavenger hunts designed especially for children. Street parking is the main option because the museum has no designated lot.
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