Growing up in Charlotte, I've always found it the most boring place ever. So when my dad said he wanted to go to this museum for his birthday, I felt like it was going to be the most boring way we could spend the day. A whole Museum with a focus on the history of Charlotte?! Blah.
But I was really impressed! They had a lot of old timey stuff, and they did a great job showing how the area has grown. I hadn't know that much really about the history before I was born, so it was cool to see what it used to be like. Also being with my dad he was able to tell me a lot about what I saw also. It's a good idea to bring a native Charlottean if you can find one!
One weird thing I thought was that they had a decent amount of KKK stuff there. That didn't surprise me, but below the pieces it said who it was on loan from. I question people who want to put their name below the KKK clothing saying it belongs to them. That just seems so odd to me.