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Museum of Art, is housed in what was once the first branch of the United States Mint. Its sister institution, the Mint Museum of Craft & Design, has a new home under construction that will provide additional space for the collections of both museums, as well as space for traveling exhibits. The Charlotte Museum of History has the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite located on its grounds. The home is the oldest surviving building in Mecklenburg County. The Levine Museum of the New South, with its award-winning "Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers" exhibit, focuses on post-Civil War Southern history. Kids will love exploring Discovery Place, a hands-on science and technology museum in Center City whose exhibits include a live rain forest. A great outing for any meeting group with tots in tow would be a visit to ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center, which fea- tures a 570-seat theater, a children's library and a story-telling area. Recreational amenities range from 80 area golf courses to the U.S. National Whitewater Center's raft- ing course. Auto racing fans will be able to tour the new NASCAR Hall of Fame after its 2010 opening. GREENSBORO The Sheraton Greensboro Hotel & Koury Convention Center offers the city's most spacious accommodations for meeting groups, including 1,106 guestrooms, 250,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and a business center. Greensboro has several Black heritage sites for del- egates and family members to explore during their leisure. The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum at Historic Palmer Institute, is located at the site of the preparatory school for African-Americans that Brown founded in 1902. Other points of interest include the African-American Atelier, one of four art galleries at the Greensboro Cultural Center at Festival Park; Guilford College, where a haven for escaped slaves was located; and the Greensboro Historical Museum, which includes an exhibit on the Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins. The local Woolworth store where the demonstrations took place is being turned into a muse- um that is now under construction. Art Exhibit on display at the Mint Museum of Art Photo Credit: Charlotte CVB