Opening at a time when the street is undergoing a major renaissance project, the exhibit will incorporate historical photographs, interpretive text panels and loaned artifacts to present the story of the avenue once known as "North Carolina's Main Street." Themes presented within the exhibit will include Fayetteville Street's past and present roles as a site for shopping, entertainment, hospitality, civic celebrations, political protests, living and working. Its conversion into a pedestrian mall in the 1970s, and the Fayetteville Street Renaissance Project going on today, will also be examined.

For the public opening on November 19, the museum will also host an open forum discussion entitled "Memories of Fayetteville Street." This program, moderated by Museum Educator Ken Peters, will allow visitors the chance to talk about their remembrances of times past along Fayetteville Street. The discussion program will be held at the museum beginning at 2:00 p.m. that day. For more information, please contact the museum at 919-832-3775.

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