Hickory, NC is full of cultural activities to expose your children to! While there are many creative outlets to take part in and display in the Hickory area, you will find that there are many opportunities to bring the kids along! They’ll have a fun, educational time at any of our local museums!

1. Decide what comes first – the chicken or the egg – by playing the "Before and After" puzzle in the cartoon exhibit, Doug Marlette: His Art and His Words, on the 1st floor (through September 14).

2. Pick up a Family Scavenger Hunt in the museum gift shop and explore the high-speed photography of "Doc" Edgerton, famous for his frozen-motion images in the 2nd floor exhibit, Stopping Time: The Art & Science of Harold "Doc" Edgerton's Life Work (through August 24).

3. Go on a trek through the museum to find the life-size sculpture of a Sumo wrestler.

4. Point out and identify all of the animals in, The World Within: Folk Art of Sarah Britt, on the third floor (through August 24).

5. Put on puppet show of your very own or act out one of the many books in the children's interactive gallery on the second floor