Museums In Buncombe County, North Carolina
Name - Asheville Area Arts Council
City/State - Asheville, NC
County - BUNCOMBE
Region - Western North Carolina
Description - Promoting the arts of WNC, the Asheville Area Arts Council's 1,400 square ft. Front Gallery represents emerging and established local artists. Some of the Arts Council's grants programs include Regional Artist Project Grants, Grassroots Arts Grants, and the RBC Centura AIE Initiative Grants. http://www.ashevillearts.com
Name - Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site
City/State - Asheville, NC
County - BUNCOMBE
Region - Western North Carolina
Description - The boyhood home of North Carolina author Thomas Wolfe, the historic Old Kentucky Home boarding house was made famous as the setting of Wolfe's 1929 novel "Look Homeward, Angel." Today the home stands as both a literary landmark and a reminder of a bygone era in American life. http://www.wolfememorial.com
Name - Smith-McDowell House Museum
City/State - Asheville, NC
County - BUNCOMBE
Region - Western North Carolina
Description - Discover Asheville, NC’s first mansion, built around 1840 as the center of a mountain plantation. Now restored with period rooms spanning 1840 to 1900, and changing history exhibits. Located less than 2 miles from Biltmore Estate. http://www.wnchistory.org
Name - Colburn Earth Science Museum
City/State - Asheville, NC
County - BUNCOMBE
Region - Western North Carolina
Description - See the fantastic shapes and colors of minerals from around the world and discover the vast hidden treasures that lie beneath North Carolina’s soil. At the Colburn Earth Science Museum, discover how Earth Science is a part of your everyday life. http://www.colburnmuseum.org
Name - The Vance Museum
City/State - Weaverville, NC
County - BUNCOMBE
Region - Western North Carolina
Description - Located in Weaverville, NC. Features the birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance. The five-room log house-- reconstructed around original chimneys--and its outbuildings are furnished to interpret the period from 1795 to 1840. Also included is the history of Vance's famous mountain family. http://www.nchistoricsites.org/vance/vance.htm
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