The Capitol, Dr. Pope's House, and a Working Mill
North Carolina State Capitol opens its 1840 Greek Revival building for free self-guided visits and limited tours. City of Raleigh Museum fills a former hardware store with local artifacts and exhibits organized around the city's past, present, and future. Pope House Museum preserves more than 3,000 objects from Dr. Manassa T. Pope, a Black physician, military veteran, businessman, and mayoral candidate during Jim Crow.North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences offers free galleries and visible research labs across two connected buildings. North Carolina Museum of Art keeps its main collection free and extends into a 164-acre park with sculpture, gardens, trails, and native planting.Dix Park carries the complicated history of North Carolina's first mental-health hospital into a 308-acre public landscape still under development. Historic Yates Mill County Park protects a working 12-foot overshot wheel, restored milling machinery, and a wildlife refuge. Admission, tours, special exhibitions, parking, and programs are separate from the PopHops Pass.