# Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at the NC Museum of Art > Place to go for families in the Raleigh–Cary area (NC). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Park open daily including holidays, dawn to dusk. Galleries, store and café… - Where: North Carolina Museum of Art — Museum Park, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free; some special exhibitions and programs are ticketed - Schedule: Park open daily including holidays, dawn to dusk. Galleries, store and café Wednesday–Sunday 10 am–5 pm; Welcome Center food and retail currently Wednesday–Sunday 10 am–5 pm. - Organizer: North Carolina Museum of Art - Official page: https://ncartmuseum.org/plan-your-visit/museum-park/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/ann-and-jim-goodnight-museum-park-at-the-nc-museum-of-art--listing-526918abe87a8062d5de4f9c ## About A 164-acre park around the North Carolina Museum of Art with 4.7 miles of paved and natural-surface trails, a terraced pond, gardens and large outdoor artworks that kids love to find, including Jeppe Hein's Mirror Labyrinth, Roxy Paine's 46-foot steel tree Askew and the giant Gyre rings. Families can download or pick up the Art + Nature + People scavenger hunt at the Welcome Center, use the bird checklist, or follow the All-Access Eco Trail: 13 stops with audio-described stories, large print, braille and touchable images, with a short wheelchair-accessible quarter-mile option on paved paths. Bikes and scooters are allowed on paved trails only; the Capital Area Reedy Creek Greenway runs through the park. 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