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Nov 23, 2024

　　This thriving Uptown art museum was named in honor of former city mayor and civil rights champion Harvey Gannt. Its three small galleries host changing exhibitions of cutting-edge contemporary African American art, from North Carolina and beyond.

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Discovery Place Science

　　Illustrating simple scientific principles with eye-catching displays, Discovery Place is targeted largely at kids. It centers on a steamy rainforest that's inhabited by live macaws, and crossed by a swaying (not at all scary) rope bridge. Pretty much everything, including some docile snakes, is hands-on, though the ‘Fantastic Frogs’ and...

Levine Museum of the New South

　　Tracing the story of the ‘New South’ that emerged from the ashes of the Civil War, this committed museum explores the years of Reconstruction, Jim Crow and the Civil Rights movement. Haunting Dorothea Lange photos illuminate the Depression era on North Carolina’s plantations, while changing exhibits highlight current issues such...

Bechtler Museum of Modern Art

　　An Uptown landmark, thanks to sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle’s huge mirror-tiled Firebird out front, this showcase for 20th-century art was donated to the city by the Bechtlers, a family of Swiss industrialists. Highlights of its permanent collection, displayed on the 3rd floor, include ceramics and lithographs by Picasso, and...

Mint Museum Uptown

　　A stunning modernist edifice tucked between mighty skyscrapers, the Uptown portion of Charlotte’s Mint Museum consists of two distinct halves. One makes a chronological journey through American art from the 18th century onwards, with a room devoted to local painter Romare Bearden. The other covers crafts and design, and holds...

Mint Museum Randolph

　　The US Mint opened its first-ever outpost in Uptown Charlotte in 1837, using gold mined from the mountains nearby. Transported 3 miles southeast a century later, the building now holds treasures ranging from ceramic masterpieces from Britain and North Carolina to stunning modern American decorative glasswork. Best of all are...

Harvey B Gantt Center

　　This thriving Uptown art museum was named in honor of former city mayor and civil rights champion Harvey Gannt. Its three small galleries host changing exhibitions of cutting-edge contemporary African American art, from North Carolina and beyond. ...

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery

　　Everything’s distinctly German-flavored here, from the huge wood-paneled beer hall and the sunny beer garden, via the sausages ($7) and schnitzel ($13), to the beer itself (pints from $4.50). Be sure to try their Hornet’s Nest hefeweizen (wheat beer), which picked up a medal at 2017’s Great American Beer Festival....

Sullenberger Aviation Museum

　　Note that this museum is closed until summer 2024. 　　Originally the Carolinas Aviation Museum, the renamed Sullenberger Aviation Museum reopened in early 2023 in a new location at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, honoring Captain Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III. The permanent exhibit highlights the heroic efforts of Captain Sully...

Romare Bearden Park

　　This small park celebrates the African American artist and writer Romare Bearden, born in Charlotte in 1911. A pretty spot to admire the Uptown skyline or watch the sunset, it hosts free live music in summer (noon to 1:30pm Tuesday and Friday, 6pm to 9pm Wednesday). ...

NASCAR Hall of Fame

　　The race-car simulator ($5) at this rip-roaring Uptown museum hurtles you onto the track and into a 15-car race that feels surprisingly real. Elsewhere, learn the history of an American-born sport whose roots lie in moonshine running, check out six generations of race cars on ‘Glory Road,’ and test your...

Historic Latta Plantation

　　This 19th-century cotton plantation occupies a small corner of a scenic nature preserve, a dozen miles north of Uptown Charlotte. Exhibits in the visitor center tell the story of the Latta family and their 32 slaves, while guided tours lead through their small clapboard home. You’re then free to wander...

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