PAST EXHIBITS

Exhibit Dates: 1/20/25 – 2/1/25 When Amelia Watson arrived in Tryon, NC in 1892 at the invitation of renowned actor William Gillette, the small railroad town that served as a […]

Exhibit Dates: 1/13/24 – 12/30/24 Born of the Broad River: The Life and Career of Earl Scruggs in His Own Words 1924-1945 Featuring new research taken directly from Earl’s own […]

Exhibit Dates: 8/8/23 – 11/4/23 Based on collections at the University of South Carolina Lancaster’s Native American Studies Center, the Language of Clay exhibit examines Catawba Indian pottery through contemporary and historical […]

Exhibit Dates: 2/7/23 – 7/1/23 The Jagged Path: The African Diaspora in Western North Carolina in Craft, Music, and Dance is an exhibit which was produced by the Blowing Rock […]

Exhibit Dates: 10/11/22 – 12/31/22 By the middle of the 20th Century, photography had undergone a complete metamorphosis in American culture. The process of taking a photograph had gone from […]

Exhibit Dates: 2/8/22 – 9/4/22 A Symphony for the Road: An Avett Brothers Retrospective Featuring the Photography of Daniel Coston is the first-ever authorized exhibition to detail the ongoing career […]

Exhibition Dates: 9/10/21 – 12/23/21 “Jack,” a classic folk hero whose stories and adventures have become entwined in Appalachian history and culture, has worldwide origins. Through the books of author […]

Exhibit Dates: 2/9/2021 – 8/7/2021 African American Builders and Architects explores the extraordinary buildings across the state of NC constructed by free black artisans and slaves during the pre-Civil War […]

Exhibit Dates: 2/14/2020 – 12/31/2020 For as long as country music has existed in its many forms, including bluegrass and folk, women have played important roles. Most of us are […]