Greensboro Children's Museum, Greensboro

The Greensboro Children's Museum, a favorite place of local kids, was founded in 1999 on North Church Street. Featuring over twenty permanent exhibits and a large outdoor area, its aim is to entertain children while educating them on a variety of fascinating subjects.

Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Government & Heritage Library, State Library of NC.

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Sight Name: Greensboro Children's Museum
Sight Location: Greensboro, USA (See walking tours in Greensboro)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

Walking Tours in Greensboro, North Carolina

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Greensboro Introduction Walking Tour

Before the arrival of Europeans in this part of North Carolina, the present-day area of Greensboro was inhabited by the indigenous (Siouan-speaking) Saura people, who called it "an unbroken forest with thick undergrowth of huckleberry bushes, that bore a finely flavored fruit."

Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland, arrived here in about 1750. They bought land from... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles

Greensboro Downtown Statues and Monuments Walk

The birthplace of renowned author O Henry, Greensboro, North Carolina, also holds the distinction of harboring the genesis of the American Civil Rights Movement. Both these facts are commemorated in public artwork. Other esteemed personalities and notable chapters in the city's history also find reflection in a plethora of monuments and statues throughout Downtown.

Among these landmarks,... view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.8 Km or 2.4 Miles