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2024 Union County MacaroniKID Museum Guide

From Rock Hill to Charlotte and Those that are Worth a longer Drive - We've your museum list!

By Union County Macaroni Kid March 13, 2024

From Rock Hill to Concord, and even out to Greensboro and down to Greenville - we've got the round-up of all the local museums so you can plan a fun day of adventures for your family! 

Charlotte

Mint Museum
📍 500 S Tryon St, Levine Center for the Arts and 2730 Randolph Rd | Charlotte
🗓 Tuesday - Sunday
🕛 Hours vary by location

Levine Museum of the New South
📍 401 South Tryon Street
🕛 Friday/Monday: 10 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Saturday: 10 AM - 4 PM
🕛 Sunday: 12 - 5 PM

Harvey B. Gannt Museum
📍 551 S Tryon St, Levine Center for the Arts | Charlotte
🗓 Tuesday - Saturday
🕛 10 AM - 5 PM

Discovery Place Science
📍 301 N Tryon St | Charlotte
🕛 Monday - Friday, 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
🕛 Saturday - Sunday, 10:30AM - 4:30 PM

Museum of Illusions
📍 601 S Tryon St, Suite 138 | Charlotte
🗓 Open Daily
🕛 10 AM - 9 PM (Saturdays open until 10 PM)

Bechtler Museum
📍 420 S Tryon St | Charlotte
🕛 Monday: 10 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Wednesday: 10 AM - 9 PM
🕛 Thursday - Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Sunday: 12 - 5 PM

Nascar Hall of Fame
📍 400 E Martin Luther King Blvd | Charlotte
🗓 Wednesday - Sunday
🕛 10 AM - 5 PM


Huntersville

Discovery Place Kids
📍 105 Gilead Rd | Huntersville
🗓 Tuesday - Sunday
🕛 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Extended hours to 4:30 on Saturday and Sunday)


Noth Charlotte / Concord
Sea Life
📍 8111 Concord Mills Blvd | Concord
🕛 Monday - Saturday: 10 AM - 6 PM
🕛 Sunday: 11 AM - 5 PM

Hendricks Motorsport Museum
📍 4400 Papa Joe Hendrick Boulevard | Charlotte
🕛 Monday - Friday: 10 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Saturday: 10 AM - 3 PM


Rock Hill / Fort Mill

Main Street Children's Museum
📍 133 E Main St | Rock Hill
🗓 Tuesday - Saturday
🕛 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM / 1 PM - 3:30 PM
🥳 Sunday Open for Birthday Parties ONLY

Museum of York County
📍 1444 Brattonville Rd | McConnells
🕛 Tuesday - Saturday: 10 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Sunday: 1 - 5 PM

Fort Mill History Museum
📍 107 Clebourne St | Fort Mill
🗓 Wednesday - Saturday
🕛 10 AM - 4 PM

Rock Hill Fire Station Museum
📍 214 S Elizabeth Ln | Rock Hill
🗓 Monday - Friday
🕛 8 AM - 4 PM by Reservation Only


Union County

Museum of the Waxhaws
📍 8215 Waxhaw Hwy | Waxhaw
🗓 Friday - Saturday
🕛 10 AM - 3 PM

Monroe Science Center
📍 318 E. Franklin | Monroe
🗓 Wednesday - Saturday
🕛 9 AM - 5 PM


Worth the Drive

Kaleideum in Winston Salem
📍 120 W 3rd St | Winston-Salem
🕛 Tuesday - Friday: 9 AM - 5 PM
🕛 Saturday - Sunday:  10 AM - 5 PM

Schiele Museum in Gastonia
📍 1500 E Garrison Blvd | Gastonia
🕛 Monday - Saturday: 10 AM - 4 PM (Saturday 5 PM)
🕛 Sunday: 1 - 5 PM

Children's Museum of the Upstate in Greenville, SC
📍 300 College Street | Greenville
🕛 Tuesday - Saturday: 9 AM – 5 PM
🕛 Sundays: 11 AM – 5 PM

EdVenture Children's Museum in Columbia SC
📍 211 Gervais St | Columbia
📞 Call for hours

Greensboro Science Center
📍 4301 Lawndale Dr | Greensboro
🗓 Daily
🕛 9 AM - 5 PM


Whether you make an overnight of these ideas or try to hit them for a few hours on the days you have open, we hope that this list is bookmarkable and you have a great time exploring!