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During your Charlotte vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Discovery Place & the Nature Museum
Discovery Place is one of the top hands-on science and technology museums in the region. This uptown center features such permanent exhibits as a tropical rain forest and an aquarium. There's also an OMNIMAX theater. The static-electricity demonstration, which literally makes your hair stand on end, is a perennial favorite. Temporary exhibits on loan from other science centers keep the place forever changing.
Mint Museum of Art
With the recently added Dalton Wing, this stately museum displays a fine survey of European and American art, as well as the internationally recognized Delhom Collection of porcelain and pottery. Also featured are pre-Columbian art, contemporary American prints, African objects, vast collections of costumes and antique maps, and gold coins originally minted at the facility. New galleries exhibit studio glass and pottery from North Carolina studios. An admission ticket also gains you admittance to the Mint Museum of Craft & Design (220 N. Tryon St.).
Wing Haven Gardens & Bird Sanctuary
Since 1927, one of Charlotte's special attractions, created by Elizabeth and Edwin Clarkson, has been a 3-acre enclosed area in the heart of a residential neighborhood. Mrs. Clarkson was known as the city's "bird lady." Some 142 winged species have been sighted in the walled garden, which was once a bare clay field. Birders and garden lovers will have a field day as they browse through the Upper, Lower, Main, Wild, Herb, and Rose gardens. The gardens are at their most splendid in the spring, when birds are returning from their winter migration. A bulletin board tells you which birds are around at the moment.
AmeriSuites Charlotte Arrowood
The AmeriSuites Charlotte Arrowood is located near downtown, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte Douglas Airport, Ericsson Stadium, Charlotte Convention Center, Westinghouse, and Hoechst ...
Residence Inn by Marriott Charlotte SouthPark
Please note that guest rooms and public areas at the Residence Inn Charlotte SouthPark will be under renovation during June and July 2007. * Residence Inn by Marriott is designed to make you feel at home for a day, a week, a month or more. Our suites give you fifty percent more space than most traditional hotel rooms. The Residence Inn Charlotte SouthPark is located adjacent to SouthPark Mall and three miles from Charlotte Coliseum. Downtown Charlotte is seven miles northeast of the ...
Hyatt Summerfield Suites - Charlotte Airport
The Summerfield Suites Charlotte is centrally located just 10 minutes from the Charlotte Douglas Airport - 2 miles from Charlotte Coliseum - 10 minutes from the Paramount Carawinds Amusement Park and 30 minutes from the Charlotte Motor ...
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