Chapel Hill Museum

The Chapel Hill Museum was founded to exhibit the Character and Characters of Chapel Hill.
The building in which the museum is housed was built and dedicated in 1968 as the Chapel Hill Public Library. Though contemporary in design, the structure incorporated familiar elements of Chapel Hill construction, such as the stone walls.

After a new library was built on Estes Drive, the building had multiple uses, including the housing of the Chapel Hill Historical Society. In 1997 it was chosen as the site for a new Chapel Hill Museum.