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Exhibits & Artifacts
Our exhibitions illustrate the natural world and mountain societies, past and present.  Temporary exhibits have been produced around such themes as blacksmithing traditions, Cherokee myths and legends, the history of an Appalachian watershed, and the southern Appalachian handicraft movement.

Gallery Exhibits

The Center maintains three major galleries. Gallery A houses the Center's only permanent exhibit while Galleries B and C house traveling or temporary exhibits. Smaller photographic and thematic displays are exhibited along the wormy chestnut-lined lobby areas.

Gallery A
Migration of the Scotch-Irish People
Permanent Exhibit

Gallery B
Our State Dog: North Carolina's Plott Hound
October 8, 2009 - April 8, 2010

PLOTT HOUND  State dog.  Prized for big game hunting skills.  Breed refined in 1800s by Henry Plott & family. Their home 2 mi. SW Plott Hound

Gallery C
Decoration Day in the Mountains
April 23 - May 31, 2010

Brendle Hill Cemetery, September 2, 2004 Image Courtesy of Karen JabbourDecoration Day in the Mountains graphic

Lobby
People of the Land - Ongoing
A Craftsman's Legacy: The Furniture of Jesse Bryson Stalcup

Online Exhibits (open in a new window)

More Online Content Including......
Click on The Digital Heritage Network for: 
Digital Heritage Moments
WCU's Adventure of the American Mind
WCU student contributions.
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Traveling Exhibits

"Bartram's Journey: The 1775 Journey of William Bartram to Western North Carolina", at the Albert Carlton-Cashiers Community Library, N.C., through December 11, 2009.

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