Asheville Art Museum
The
Asheville Art Museum, founded in 1948, is located on Pack Square in downtown
Asheville. This first-rate museum features outstanding traveling exhibitions
and a unique and important permanent collection of 20th century American
art.
Biltmore House and Gardens Estate
250 rooms, 65 fireplaces, 43 bathrooms, 34 bedrooms, and 3 kitchens!
Cherokee Indian Museum
So begins your trip through the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Totally renovated in 1998, the new museum tells the story of the Cherokee people using high-tech wizardry along with an extensive artifact collection.
North Carolina Museum of Art
As the single visual arts facility serving Western North Carolina, the Asheville Art Museum, its collection and programs are the only such resources available to the diverse communities in the region.
Wheels Through Time
A consummate collection of over 250 rare antique American Motorcycles and Automobiles.
Mountain Farm Museum
The Mountain Heritage Center celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the southern Appalachian region.
The Health Adventure
Over 12,000 square feet of hands-on fun.
We were one of the first health education facilities of our kind in the United States.
Emerald
Village
If you like gem mining...you'll LOVE Emerald
Village! The indoor portion of the tour features uses of the minerals &
gems found in these mines. A collection of mining lamps, dynamite plungers
and other mining memorabilia are on display. The village also features the
Mining Museum and offers underground mine tours.
The Southern Appalachian Radio Museum
Radio Equipment of Various Kinds and Vintage.
Antique Car Museum
- On the grounds adjacent to the Grove
Park Inn Resort on Macon Avenue in Asheville. Closed January-April. Free
Admission. Call (828)253-7651.
Colburn Gem & Mineral
Museum
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The Colburn Earth Science Museum's Mission is to foster an appreciation
of the Earth and its mineral resources through exhibits, educational
programming,
and the collection and care of specimens. Explore Asheville's hidden
treasure where
you will be dazzled by exhibits of mineral crystals and gemstones from
North
Carolina and around the world. Call 828.254.7162 or
info@colburnmuseum.org
Folk
Art Center
- located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway
features a museum, galleries, craft exhibits, demonstrations and a craft
shop. Open 9am-6pm daily. Call (828)298-7928.
The Health Adventure
The
Health Adventure, a nonprofit, health and related sciences education center
located in Asheville, North Carolina. The Health Adventure is open 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. We are also open Sundays from 1 p.m.
to 5 p.m. during the months of June, July, August, September, and October.
1-800-935-0204 or (828)257-4535.
National Railroad Historical Society
- Located at 35
Oakland Circle, Canton, NC 28716. Call (828)648-0816.
Pack Place
located at
2 Pack Square in downtown Asheville. This $14 million complex houses the
Asheville Art Museum, Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum, The Health Adventure,
YMI Cultural Center, and Diana Wortham Theatre. Call (828)257-4500.
Jim
Bob Tinsley Museum
The museum primarily houses the
western items Jim Bob Tinsley collected over his life time. In addition it
houses his music awards and the many books he has written.
Smith McDowell House Museum
- 283 Victoria Rd. in Asheville. Asheville's oldest surviving residence built near 1840 and fully restored. Guided tours available. Call (828)253-9231.
Thomas Wolfe Memorial
- Located at 52 North Market Street
in downtown Asheville, NC 28801. Call (828)253-8304.
WNC Arboretum
Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way in Asheville, NC 28806. Call (828)665-2492.
WNC Air Museum
If you remember the roar of a big radial engine thundering into life, or even if you only know it from Dad's reminiscences, come hear it again at the Western North Carolina Air Museum.
WNC Creative Arts Hall of Fame
- Located in Tuckasegee, NC. Call (828)293-5550.
WNC Nature Center
Located
at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. in Asheville, NC. Call (828)298-5600.
Zebulon Vance Birthplace
- Located on Reems Creek Rd in Weaverville, NC. Call (828)645-6706.
Scottish
Tartans Museum & Heritage Center
The Museum is the
only American extension of the Scottish Tartans Society in Pitlochry,
Scotland. The Franklin Museum not only displays Scottish Tartans, but covers
various aspects of the Scottish experience, culture, history, dress, and
military.
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