North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences at Whiteville

"Nice museum! Friendly and informative staff. Nice outside areas for walking and playing as well."

"We absolutely love this museum.. they operate from donations so each dollar in the drop box helps our kids have a indoor learning and playing place. They have everything truly.. costume dress up, building blocks, cooking set, reading area with huge pillows, bee hive playhouse. For older children they have 17-20 lab experiments and handson activities.. me and my son Carson go almost every week for a couple hours and we never run out stuff to do.. The have outside shark tooth and fossil dig, they have outside wood building and water table activities that include panting thru dirt and of course big fenced in area to run circles safely.. I could write all day stuff they have and never stop writing but I love Kellie, Amanda Germaine, Everyone at whiteville museum.."

"Place is incredibly nice inside. The kids play area is also tremendous. Only downsides are that there is a serious mosquito problem on their little trail. We were outside for 10 minutes and absolutely covered in welts. Inside everything is in drawers and on shelves that any height can reach. As I was telling my 3 year old daughter not to touch things about 2 months ago an employee heard me and decided she should also raise her voice and tell my daughter exactly what I was already parenting her for. I make it a point not to let my children run around and cause havoc. I was quite embarrassed. Then today there was a farmer's awareness event. Assumed there would be animals since there were live cows in the cover photo. It was just a lady in a field talking and 3 kids asking their parents to please let them go inside. Overall a huge asset to the community but has a few issues as listed.I still think everyone should support the Museum."

"Great educational and activity spaces for children. Staff was fantastic with all of the children. Special activities are scheduled on the website, and they show movies on the lawn on Thursday nights. I think any child will enjoy the hands-on activities. Allow 1 1/2 - 2 hrs."

"This place was both fun and educational for the kids. Outside they have an outdoor nature area where the kids can free play with sand, mud, trees trunks, and find fossils. Inside they have multiple hands-on science experiments, with lab coats, for the kids to dress up and be scientists. Then there is another indoor area especially for younger kids to play and learn, which is gated so they can't get out. All the staff was very friendly and patient. They took the time to make sure my kids had fun and learned something. And it was all free. Thank you to the staff for all they do. The woman helping us was a volunteer!"