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This list of museums in North Carolina is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
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Both names were combined and now the facility is referred to as the North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame. Branson died in 2006. In 2008, the museum featured a F4U-4 Corsair , courtesy of Classic Fighters of America pilot Doug Matthews, one of an estimated 40 air-worthy examples in the world.
National Motorcycle Museum. 1938 Triumph Speed Twin. Legendary motorcycle designer Edward Turner unveiled the Triumph Speed Twin at the 1937 National Motorcycle Show. It was a watershed moment ...
Motorcyclepedia is a motorcycle museum containing over 600 mostly American motorcycles, mainly from the first half of the 20th century, with a special emphasis on Indian motorcycles, including a model from every year of the original Indian brand on display, covering 1901 to 1953.
Asheboro was named after Samuel Ashe, the ninth governor of North Carolina (1795–1798), and became the county seat of Randolph County in 1796. [6] It was a small village in the 1800s, with a population of less than 200 through the Civil War; its main function was housing the county courthouse, and the town was most active when court was in session.
The Art of the Motorcycle was an exhibition that presented 114 [8] motorcycles chosen for their historic importance or design excellence [9] in a display designed by Frank Gehry in the curved rotunda of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City, running for three months in late 1998.
The museum was created by motorcycle drag racing champion, designer and Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame inductee Ray Price and features displays of drag racing motorcycles along with memorabilia from multiple riders including Price. [1] [failed verification] [2] It is the only Harley-Davidson drag racing museum in the world.