Exhibition celebrating 50 years of the Raleigh Greenway System at the City of Raleigh Museum, tracing its history from planning to everyday use.
The Park with a City in It: Celebrating 50 Years of the Raleigh Greenway System is on display at the City of Raleigh Museum from October 11 to 15, 2026. It's a short run—just five days—so if you're planning to stop by, you'll want to pick a day during that window.
The exhibition tells the story of how the Raleigh greenway system came to be, tracing the history of the Capital Area Greenway System from its early planning and construction through to its everyday use. Along the way, it displays artifacts that span 50 years of greenway history, so you get to see the actual objects that mark the system's growth rather than just reading about it on a wall. If you spend any time on the trails, it's a chance to see where they started and how they've expanded over five decades.
The museum itself is a local history spot located in the historic Briggs Hardware Building at 220 Fayetteville Street, right in downtown Raleigh. It's a place that keeps a steady rotation of exhibits and programs, many of which are free to the public, so this fits right in with what they usually do. The greenway exhibit is just one of the things you can find there during your visit.
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Admission is free. The museum is open from 9 AM to 4 PM every day of the run, October 11 through 15, so you can swing by on a weekday morning or a weekend afternoon. If you're already downtown, it's an easy stop on Fayetteville Street.
