Editing Wake County, North Carolina (section)

==Culture==
===Museums===
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* [[North Carolina Museum of Art]]
* [[North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences]]
* [[North Carolina Museum of History]]
* [[City of Raleigh Museum]]
* [[Marbles Kids Museum]]
* [[J.C. Raulston Arboretum]]
* [[Joel Lane House]]
* [[Page-Walker Hotel]]
* [[Mordecai House]]
* [[North Carolina Railroad Museum]]
* [[Pope House Museum]]
* [[Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh]]
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===Performing arts===
A number of outdoor concert venues regularly host major international touring acts. Among these are [[Coastal Credit Union Music Park]], located in Southeast Raleigh, [[Red Hat Amphitheater]], located in downtown Raleigh, [[Koka Booth Amphitheatre]], located in Cary, and the North Carolina Museum of Art's Amphitheater, located in West Raleigh. Numerous smaller theaters and clubs also host concerts throughout the county. Occasionally the larger sporting venues such as PNC Arena and Carter-Finley Stadium do as well.

The [[Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts]] complex houses the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, the Fletcher Opera Theater, the Kennedy Theatre, and the Meymandi Concert Hall. Theater performances are also offered at the [[Raleigh Little Theatre]], Theatre in the Park and Stewart Theater at North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Applause! Cary Youth Theatre, Cary Players Community Theatre, Sertoma Amphitheater at Bond Park, are located in Cary. Other theaters and performing arts locations include The Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex and Garner Historic Auditorium in Garner. Local colleges and universities add to the options available for viewing live performances.

Wake County is home to several professional arts organizations, including the [[North Carolina Symphony]], the Opera Company of North Carolina, the North Carolina Theatre, and Carolina Ballet.

===Visual arts===
The North Carolina Museum of Art, occupying a large suburban campus on Blue Ridge Road near the State Fairgrounds, houses one of the premier public art collections between Washington, D.C., and [[Atlanta]]. In addition to collections of [[Visual art of the United States|American art]], [[Western art history|European art]], [[African art]], and [[ancient art]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/north-carolina/raleigh/attraction-detail.html | work=The New York Times | access-date=May 27, 2010 | title=Raleigh Attractions }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> the museum recently has hosted major exhibitions featuring [[Auguste Rodin]] (in 2000) and [[Claude Monet]] (in 2006–07), each attracting more than 200,000 visitors.<ref>Lemberg, David. (September 2, 2006) {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20111105142619/http://www.artscapemedia.com/podcasts/archives/2006/09/dr_lawrence_whe.html ARTSCAPE: Dr. Lawrence Wheeler, Director, North Carolina Museum of Art, 8-25-06]}}. Artscapemedia.com.</ref><ref>[http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/1137143/ Monet Exhibit Sets New Attendance Record at N.C. Museum of Art]. WRAL.com (January 15, 2007).</ref> The museum is currently hosting a special exhibition of contemporary installation art called ''You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncartmuseum.org/exhibition/you_are_here_light_color_and_sound_experiences|title=You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences {{!}} North Carolina Museum of Art|website=ncartmuseum.org|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> Unlike most public museums, the North Carolina Museum of Art acquired a large number of the works in its permanent collection through purchases with public funds. The museum's outdoor park is one of the largest such [[sculpture park|art parks]] in the country.<ref>[http://www.ncartmuseum.org/museumpark.shtml North Carolina Museum of Art&nbsp;– The Museum Park] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210200011/http://www.ncartmuseum.org/museumpark.shtml |date=February 10, 2012 }}</ref>

Located in downtown Raleigh, the [[Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh]] offers a continuously rotating and updated exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and multimedia.