Fayetteville Market House, Photograph from the Downtown Fayetteville Development Corporation
Field trip opportunities
- 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum (Fort Bragg)
- A visit to this museum will tell students the story of the 82nd Airborne Division from World War I to present.
- Airborne and Special Operations Museum (Fayetteville)
- Relive military history from World War II to the present through exhibits at
the Airborne and Special Operations Museum.
- Cape Fear Botanical Garden (Fayetteville)
- The garden provides an enriching educational experience in the areas of
horticulture, conservation, and environmental stewardship.
- Clark Park Nature Center (Fayetteville)
- A natural habitat for deer, turkey and other wildlife, the Clark Park
Nature Center provides an environmental educational experience for
students.
- Fascinate-U Children's Museum (Fayetteville)
- Through touch and play young students learn about
health and science topics at this children's museum.
- Fayetteville Museum of Art (Fayetteville)
- Students will enjoy the special exhibits and museum tours at the
Fayetteville Museum of Art.
- Heritage Square (Fayetteville)
- Located in Fayetteville, Heritage Square has some of the most beautiful homes
of the early 19th century. Guided tours are available on request.
- Museum of the Cape Fear (Fayetteville)
- This museum interprets the history and culture of southern North Carolina
from prehistory to the present.
- Public Works Commission Watershed Education Center (Fayetteville)
- Students will learn how to be stewards to their local watershed when they take
a tour at the Watershed Education Center in Fayetteville.
Learn more about Cumberland County
Intrigue of the PastLesson plans and essays for teachers and students explore North Carolina's past before European contact. Designed for grades four through eight, the web edition of this book covers fundamental concepts, processes, and issues of archaeology, and describes the peoples and cultures of the Paleoindian, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian periods. From the UNC Research Laboratories of ArchaeologyPublic Works Commission Watershed Education Center
The Watershed Education Center provides teacher workshops, tours of the watershed, and storm water education tours. The Mission of the Center is to provide leadership development, tools, and support to...
Museum of the Cape Fear
Two floors of exhibits showcase the history of the twenty counties of southeastern North Carolina at the Museum of the Cape Fear. Exhibits include information and artifacts relating to American Indians,...
Heritage Square
Heritage Square is a cluster of structures listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Owned and maintained by the Fayetteville Woman's Club, Heritage Square includes The Sandford House, built...
Fayetteville Museum of Art
Guided tours will bring history and culture to life through art. Tours are available for K-12 students, preschoolers, adult groups and senior citizens. Museum tours are given by Staff and Museum Docents....
Fascinate-U Children's Museum
Fascinate-U is "a place where children can explore their world the way they learn best - through creative role-playing, manipulation and interaction with each other and objects around them."...
Clark Park Nature Center
The park features interpretation and environmental education using the nature center (houses small, live animals and exhibits related to nature and the environment) and park where three trails allow for...
Cape Fear Botanical Garden
Located on 85 acres where Cross Creek meets the Cape Fear River The Cape Fear Botanical Garden has wildflowers, nature trails, perennials, native plants, an open pavilion, a variety of specialty gardens,...
Airborne and Special Operations Museum
A visitor to the museum moves through time beginning with 1940 and the conception of the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon and ending with today's airborne and special operations units. With special focus...
82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum
Created in 1946 at the direction of Major General James M. Gavin, 82nd Commander, the 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum exhibits were housed in a wooden building. In 1957 a new museum was built....
Intrigue of the Past
Republished with permission from the Research Laboratories of Archaeology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Intrigue of the Past: North Carolina's First Peoples results from a marriage...
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