Things To Do
UNC Chapel Hill Campus
Take a stroll around UNC Chapel Hill's campus. Visit North Campus including the Quad (McCorkle Place), Coker Arboretum, and the Old Well for beauty, nature and picturesque buildings dating back centuries. For sports fans, visit South Campus to see the student store, bell tower, football stadium, basketball stadium, soccer fields and more. If it's open, head into the Wilson Library at the bottom of the South Quad to see some beautiful library rooms.
Franklin Street (Downtown Chapel Hill)
Walk along Franklin Street to explore the shops and restaurants in downtown Chapel Hill. Bar and restaurant favorites include: Linda's Bar and Grill (the loaded tots are a must), Sup Dogs for casual drinks and fun hot dogs, the Yogurt Pump (YOPO) for frozen yogurt, Top of the Hill for drinks and/or a higher-end meal, He's Not Here for 32oz beers on the patio, and Cosmic Cantina for burritos.
The Carolina Basketball Museum
Free admission. Campus museum showcasing the history of UNC basketball with game videos, artifacts & photo displays. The museum opened in 2008, underwent an extensive refurbishment in 2017 and includes numerous new artifacts, including the ball Luke Maye shot to beat Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Elite Eight en route to UNC's sixth NCAA title, the shoes Roy Williams wore in the final coaching win of his Hall of Fame career and updated historical panels and video to illustrate the hiring of Hubert Davis as the newest Tar Heel head coach.
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Free admission. One of the largest native plant botanical gardens in the Southeast. The display gardens feature plants that occur naturally in the region, herbs, native habitats, the most diverse carnivorous plant collection in the southeastern United States, children’s wonder garden, nature trails and more.
Varsity Theatre
Set in a circa-1927 building, this landmark cinema has been screening films for half a century.
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center
See a show at Morehead Planetarium! Morehead Planetarium and Science Center is located on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is one of the oldest and largest planetariums in the United States.
Ackland Art Museum
With free admission to all, the Ackland Art Museum presents more than a dozen exhibitions every year, offering a wide stylistic range of art, from contemporary American photography to European master paintings, video installations to Early Modern portraits.