Two museum projects are being planned for Fayetteville and Cumberland County, with coordinators and local leaders emphasizing that both will not “whitewash,” or omit history.
The NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction aims to focus on the Civil War and the period that followed through the lens of North Carolinians from all backgrounds across the state.
The Black Voice and History Museum will tell the stories of Fayetteville and Cumberland’s Black residents, pre-civil War to the present day.
Here’s a look at what we know about the two projects.
Where each museum will be located
The NC History Center on the Civil War, Emancipation & Reconstruction will replace the Museum of the Cape Fear and be at the site of the United States Arsenal, a historic Civil War site.
The main 60,000-square-foot building will be off Hay Street near the overpass for the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway.
The exact site for the Black Voice and History Museum hasn’t been finalized, but the Fleishman family, who own local Fayetteville businesses, have offered to provide land they own, where the Fayetteville Commons parking lot is at 122 Person St.