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WNCHA News is now available on-line. Whether you read it on-screen or print it out (for newer issues, set your Print Preferences to "Landscape"), it's packed with news and information you won't find elsewhere!


Current Issue

* Sign up for special Christmas bus visit to Old Salem, the Moravian town.
* What do muskets and trumpets have in common?  John Turk makes it clear.
* Meet your new board members and say thank-you to some old friends.
* Learn about this year's Wolfe Award and Achievement Award winners.

 

All this and more awaits you in this PDF:

November/December 2011



Archive
 

Sept/Oct 2011 Welcome new Executive Director - The Crafty Historian children's program - lecture series "Civil War Comes to the Mountains" - the "lost art" of handwriting.
 

July/Aug 2011Back-of-the-house Bash - educational programs including prize-winning student group's trip to Raleigh - the History of slavery at the Smith-McDowell House - Latest fundraising and volunteer news.
 

Nov/Dec 2010 Asheville archival-photo calendars - Wolfe Award winner Wayne Caldwell - new board president Gwin Jones - former Smith-McDowell House residents the McKee women.
 

Sept/Oct 2010 Grove Park Inn event - Smith-McDowell owners the Garretts - Quilt exhibit - UNCA Special Collections talk.
 

May/June 2010 Exhibit: Antique Quilts & Coverlets - Former House Interpreter Bill Adam - Local Masonic lodges - Upcoming programs - Asheville Antiques Fair.
 

May/June 2010 New Executive Director Rich Loveland - Southern Buncombe Turnpike Tour - For Rent, Part II - Chautauqua 2010 - New wayfinding signs to the museum - WNCHA Award presentation.
 

March/April 2010 Arts & Crafts Dress exhibit - Fernihurst fundraiser dinnner - For Rent, Part I, on renters of the Smith-McDowell House - Spring/Summer exhibit plans - 1839 sampler on exhibit.
  

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