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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Did you know that the average fresh food item on your dinner table travels 1,500 miles to get there? And that eating locally helps fight global warming? Or that by using a recycled-handle toothbrush,... more

Discovery Place, one of the top hands-on science museums in the nation, today released the Museum’s tourism economic impact figures for the recent exhibition, A Day in Pompeii. The total tourism economic impact,... more

Beginning Monday, March 2, Discovery Place will be open: - Monday — Friday: 9:30 a.m. — 4 p.m. - Saturday: 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. - Sunday: noon — 5 p.m. The Museum’s Tryon Street entrance will... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ahoy mateys! Guests charting a course for Discovery Place this summer will embark on a deep-sea expedition at the Museum’s new exhibition, SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure beginning Saturday, July... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Will it be six more weeks of winter or an early spring? Only Queen Charlotte, meteorologist and groundhog-in-residence, at Charlotte Nature Museum knows. Charlotte Nature Museum will open to the... more

Discovery Place, Inc. was ranked as the most visited museum/historic attraction in the Charlotte region and fifth in North Carolina according to an annual survey released by Carolina Publishing Associates. It is the third... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Discovery Place announced it is beginning its $31.6 million renovation. The Museum will remain open and operational throughout the renovation. The Charlotte Observer IMAX® Dome Theatre will remain... more

Museum announces exhibition attendance number Discovery Place, one of the top hands-on science museums in the nation, today announced the final attendance for A Day in Pompeii. The exhibition which only appeared in three... more