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Cape Fear Museum

About Cape Fear Museum

Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is a museum in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1898, it is the oldest history museum in the state.

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1898

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  1. Cape Fear Museum, North Carolina01North CarolinaBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. Venus flytrap exhibit, Cape Fear Museum IMG02Venus flytrap exhibit, Cape Fear MuseumBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  3. Tar exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC IMG03Tar exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NCBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  4. Hurricanes! exhibit at Cape Fear Museum IMG04Hurricanes! exhibit at Cape Fear MuseumBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  5. Deer exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC IMG05Deer exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NCBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
  6. Fox exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NC IMG06Fox exhibit, Cape Fear Museum, Wilmington, NCBilly Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Cape Fear Museum; the closest, Bellamy Mansion Museum, is about a mile away.