This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Durham Facility Museum Is Horse Trader's Dream
Richard Wescott executive director of the Durham North Carolina Museum of Life and Science has built a famed collection including a 1901 Wright glider, a Kitty Hawk replica, WWI aircraft, Apollo era artifacts and a moon landing suit. The space exhibit ranks among the world’s top four with lunar training gear and an isolation chamber. The museum plans expansion a natural habitat zoo and an oceanarium while preserving Early Man and Primates displays and a 78 foot geology mural. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children.
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Durham
Richard Wescott
Wescott
N.C
United States
Wright Brothers
Wright Brothers National Memorial
Kitty Hawk
Farman
al Kiefer
Doc Hood
George Schramm
Chamotte
Piedmont
Huntsville
Fayetteville
Neil Armstrong
Mercury
Gemini
Apollo
Enog
Earth
NASA
Durham Museum
Louis Leakey
Sinjanthropus
Olduval Gorge
Jane Goodall
Gombe River Game Reserve
London
Northgate Park
Children’s Museum
Interstate 85
Dick Wescott
North Carolina Museum of Life and Science
N. C. Museum of Life and Science