Catawba Science Center is a nonprofit science and technology museum providing hands-on learning for all ages, with more than 18,000 square feet of exhibit space for visitors to explore physical, natural and earth sciences. Aquarium galleries take visitors through...

The Hickory Museum of Art is the second-oldest art museum in North Carolina and the first museum in the Southeast to collect American art. The museum offers exciting exhibitions, lectures, art classes, films, and outreach programs to schools and other groups. The...

Considered by the North Carolina Department of Archives and History to possess "the finest Queen Anne interior styling in the entire state,” the Harper House, at 310 N. Center Street, and the accompanying Bonniwell-Lyerly House in the Craftsman style, another of...

Built in 1883 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this restored Italianate style house features authentic Victorian furnishings and was the home of Adolphus Lafayette Shuford and his family, and is one of the oldest remaining houses in Hickory.

This house is the only extant example of the Second Empire style of architecture in Hickory. The outstanding architectural features of the house are the mansard roof, arched windows, and the tower decorated with the peacock or fan details in the corners. J. Summie...

Hickory Aviation Museum is an aerospace museum at the Hickory Regional Airport in Hickory, North Carolina. It features a museum located in the former airport terminal with artifacts, a hangar with aircraft and outdoor exhibits of aircraft on the former airport ramp

This facility was developed with the assistance and support of the fire departments of Catawba County, Catawba County government, and many volunteers and organizations who gave of their time, talents, and often donations to make it a reality. It is dedicated to the...

Housed in the historic Andrew Baird House, the museum features more than a century of history in Granite Falls and the development of transportation with many artifacts from the town's past.

The Catawba County Museum of History offers testimony to the hardy settlers of the Catawba River Valley and their resourceful descendants who carved a world-renowned furniture and textile empire out of the backwoods.

The Hudson Depot Museum interprets the history and heritage of the Town of Hudson as well as the history of the Hudson Depot. On exhibit is a restored 1912 Wood-Sided Rear Cupola Caboose furnished with railroad artifacts.