The Durham Museum is turning 50 in 2025 and we’re throwing a big party! We’re celebrating this extraordinary milestone with FREE ADMISSION and a day full of special activities on Saturday, June 28, 10AM-4PM. Enjoy live music, drop-in programming, photo-ops and much more as we celebrate our history and amazing guests and supporters.
• Listen to live music from local bands The Shucks Brothers, Daniel & The Deliverance and Finding Dixie
• Join drop-in tours to learn about our building’s history and hear more about some notable objects housed at the museum
• Enjoy “throwback” prices on Soda Fountain faves: $1 hotdogs (limit one per person), 50-cent popcorn and 50-cent one-scoop sundaes while supplies last
Contribute your museum memories to our memory wall
• Create a memory at our 360-degree photo-op set up in the Suzanne and Walter Scott Great Hall
• Explore our must-see summer exhibition “The Animation Academy: From Pencils to Pixels.”
