The Wayne County Museum strives to educate and entertain people of all ages by offering varied and diverse exhibits. The aim of the museum is to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit objects illustrating the history, science and cultural heritage of Wayne County and...

The original county seat for Wayne County was Waynesborough. Once a bustling town, it began to decline with the introduction of the Wilmington-Weldon Railroad and the town of Goldsboro. By the end of the Civil War the town was gone. Today visitors to Waynesborough...

The Cherry Hospital Museum is located in the Special Services house on the hospital campus. The museum depicts the history of this psychiatric hospital opened in 1880 for the African American mentally ill. Written documents, photographs, a scrapbook, artifacts, and...

The mission of the Arts Council of Wayne County is to ensure the arts are a thriving part of our community.

The North Carolina Cotton Museum collects and exhibits artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia centered around the history of Pikeville, northern Wayne County, and the heritage of the North Carolina cotton farmer. The museum also maintains a local history and...

Charles B. Aycock was born into a rural home here in Wayne County in 1859. Interested in politics from his youth, Aycock began to practice law and move up in the Democratic Party after graduating from the University of North Carolina. In 1900 he was elected governor...

The Fremont Heritage Museum seeks to preserve the history of the Fremont Community past and current, to promote interest in this history, and to provide a central location for the exchange of genealogical and historical information. Towards this end, the Fremont...

At the turn of the century visitors flocked to the area. They drank mineral water from local springs to cure their ills and they took riverboat excursions to the cliffs. Things have changed since then, however, the cliffs remain virtually unaltered, standing as a...

The Mount Olive Area Historical Society was organized in 1997 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The Society’s goals are to discover, preserve and disseminate knowledge of the history of Mount Olive and surrounding areas; to designate historic districts, sites...

Situated on five wooded acres, the Tobacco Farm Life Museum is a combination of modern exhibit facilities and a restored early twentieth-century farmstead.