Levine Museum of The New South Welcoming Student Field Trips with Start of New School Year

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More than a century of Charlotte history can be found sprawling through the gallery of the Levine Museum of the New South in Downtown. Charlotte resident, Joe Flora and his family said it’s a lot to take in, “I think the history of African Americans in Charlotte and how that developed and how the land was appropriated by white settlers in the early history, all of that was something I wasn’t that familiar with.”

Field trips are more than welcome; additionally guided tour options are available for students aged K thru 12. That includes a walking tour of Charlotte’s Brooklyn neighborhood geared toward the middle school and older crowd.
That experience is enhanced with an app called “Know-CLT,” that uses augmented allowing you to visualize the now torn down community.

Lindsay Fairbrother-Hennige with the Museum said the goal is for guests to, “feel that connection between what they may be learning in North Carolina or U.S. History in their classrooms and their local history. We want to bring it alive. We want to have lifelong learners. We want to have people that fall in love with history.”

Virtual tour options also gives visitors the chance to experience Charlotte history through the lens of three different themes: Women’s History, Civil Rights and Growing up in the New South. For more information on the Museum and future programming, you can head to their website.