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On July 1, the Mint Museum of Art in Charlotte relinquished its status as a department of the City of Charlotte and stopped receiving funds from the city in hopes of receiving greater funding from the private sector.
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The efforts of Mary Myers Dwelle in 1936 saved the crumbling Federal Mint building in Charlotte from destruction and led to its rehabilitation. Today the Mint Museum of Art is one of the Southeast's outstanding art museums.
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The Charlotte Museum of History opened its new $7-million facility in 1999. The original, started in 1976, had the historic Hezekiah Alexander house as its centerpiece. The new structure incorporates this building and adds other features including large exhibition corridors, four exhibition halls, and the American Freedom Bell, one of the country's largest bells. The museum offers seminars, craft demonstrations, lectures, and receptions.
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When the Civil War ended, Charlotte's population was around 5,000. Today, over 650,000 people live there. In the space of 150 years, the town moved from being a farming area to an industrial one and then to a modern financial center. Adams describes three places that give visitors a feel for Charlotte's past: the Levine Museum of the New South, Mert's Heart and Soul Restaurant, and the Mint Museum of Craft + Design.
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Located in the heart of uptown Charlotte, the Discovery Place is breaking new ground as a hands-on learning center. Over 300,000 visitors have ventured to the Discovery Center, since opening in 1981. The museum features exhibits on exotic animals, chemical reactions, electricity, and weather. The Discovery Place was even selected to host “The Art of the Muppets†exhibit. With over 95,000 students visiting each year, the museum is playing an integral part in teaching North Carolina's children.
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The Charlotte Nature Museum is marking its twenty-first anniversary this year. The child-oriented nature museum has many hands-on exhibits that relate to natural history; a live animal room; a nature trail kept entirely in its natural state except for paths to keep visitors from walking on the flowers; and a number of workshops for different age groups.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 33 Issue 5, May 1969,
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Discovery Place in Charlotte is one of the country's newest science and technology museums. Fifteen years in the planning, the museum opened on October 31, 1981. Over the past two years, the museum's hands-on approach has attracted over a half a million visitors. Among the exhibits are the Ocean Pool, which features sea life native to North Carolina; the Trading Post, where visitors can bring their own collectibles for identification or possible trade; and the Knight Rain Forest, where the rain actually falls in a three-story exhibit of tall trees, plants, birds and animals.
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Charlotte's Discovery Place is one of this country's newest and most exciting science museums. The museum receives strong financial support from the business community, with approximately thirty-five corporate members contributing to the annual budget. The museum features exhibits on exotic animals, chemical reactions, electricity, and weather, including the Ocean Pool, which features sea life native to North Carolina; the Trading Post, where visitors can bring their own collectibles for identification or possible trade; and the Knight Rain Forest, where the rain actually falls in a three-story exhibit of tall trees, plants, birds and animals.
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Whether through book or the collections at the Museum of the New South in Charlotte, North Carolina, Tom Hatchett interprets Charlotte's last 100 years as staff historian.
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Charlotte's museums are changing installations in time for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in North Carolina.
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Discovery Place is Charlotte’s science and technology museum, giving children the chance to explore concepts such as physics, biology, and chemistry.
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A creative endeavor Charlotte’s gallery and museum communities activated and Jessica Moss advocated was Roll Up. This project, taking artists out into impoverished and vulnerable parts of town, included underrepresented human subjects in its artwork. Events showcasing these artworks included the New Gallery of Modern Art’s BlackBlooded.
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Discovery Place’s collections manager keeps up with items that help this museum fulfill its mission: to provide STEM related programs, exhibitions, and events for people of all ages. Among the 70,000 plus items are 3,800 year old Mayan figurines and a male passenger pigeon collected in New York in 1884.
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