Sightseeing
History BuffDuke University Chapel
FreeStep inside a Collegiate Gothic chapel with a 210-foot tower, 77 stained glass windows and three pipe organs.
MuseumsRainy-Day PickDate NightFree
North Carolina Museum of Art
North Carolina Museum of Art is a museum in Raleigh, NC, part of the North Carolina Piedmont guide. Cost: free.
2110 Blue Ridge Rd · Raleigh, NC
Why you should go…
The North Carolina Museum of Art holds the People's Collection, with work spanning more than 5,000 years from Egyptian funerary art to European paintings and contemporary pieces. It owns more than 30 bronzes by Auguste Rodin and has a gallery of Judaic art. Outside, the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park spreads over 164 acres with trails, gardens and large outdoor artworks. The collection galleries and the park are free, while special exhibitions in the East Building are ticketed.
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What's around here?
The closest stops to North Carolina Museum of Art, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.
