Public Art Displays

ArtsCenter (The)

View Website

300-G East Main St (Downtown)
Carrboro, NC 27510

phone (919) 929-2787

Open Mon.-Sat., 10am-10pm, and during special events.

Carrboro Town Hall

View Website

301 West Main St
Carrboro, NC 27510

phone (919) 918-7309

Open Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm.

Chapel Hill Public Library

View Website

100 Library Dr (off Estes Dr)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 968-2749

Open Mon.-Thu., 10am-9pm; Fri., 10am-6pm; Sat., 9am-6pm; Sun., 1-8pm; closed major holidays.

Chapel Hill Town Hall

View Website

405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 968-2749

Open Mon.-Fri., 8:30am-5pm.

Hanes Art Center

View Website

South Columbia St (just south of East Franklin St)
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3405

phone (919) 962-2015

Open during regular class and department office hours, plus some evenings.

Horace Williams House

View Website

610 East Rosemary St (Downtown)
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

phone (919) 942-7818

Open Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sun., 1-4pm; closed Sat., major holidays and first two weeks in Aug.

The only historic house in Chapel Hill open to the public.  19th century house owned by a succession of University professors.  On the death of Horace Williams, a UNC philosophy professor, the University of North Carolina became the sole owner of the house named for him. Restored in 1974, the house is maintained by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill as a cultural resource and art exhibition space. 

North Carolina Botanical Garden

View Website

Old Mason Farm Rd (off US Highway 15-501)
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3375

phone (919) 962-0522

Open year-round Mon.-Fri., 8am-5pm; Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm; and Apr.-Oct., one hour later on weekends.

The largest natural botanical garden in the southeast, consisting of more than 800 acres of preserved land with nature trails, carnivorous plant collections, aquatics and herb gardens. Also offers revolving exhibits of paintings, quilts and other media, plus sculpture in various sections of the botanical collection. Free guided tours of the display gardens every Sat (Mar-Nov), 10am. Parking. In 2008, the garden began construction of a new “green” Visitors Center to include an auditorium, classrooms and gift shop.

Orange County Historical Museum

View Website

201 North Churton St (Downtown)
Hillsborough, NC 27278

phone (919) 732-2201

Open Tues-Sat., 11am-4 pm, Sun., 1-4pm.

Located on the site of North Carolina’s 1788 Constitutional convention, museum interprets the history of Orange County from pre-settlement period through the 1950s. Collection includes the only complete set of Colonial weights and measures in the U.S. and the desk of Governor Thomas Burke. A second-floor gallery features special exhibits on local history. Suggested donation, $2.

UNC Visitors’ Center

View Website

250 East Franklin St (West Lobby)
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3475

phone (919) 962-1630

Open Mon.-Fri., 9am-5pm.