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50th Anniversary Summer Celebration

Hosted by The Durham Museum

Dates: June 28, 2025

Time: 10 am-4 pm

Price: Free

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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.”