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Apr
6
Sat
Apr 6 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
10:00 AM
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The Museum will be CLOSED while our volunteers are busy dusting, sweeping, raking, vacuuming, brushing… during our semi Annual American Battlefields Trust Park Day. Volunteers will be receiving a t-shirt from ABT and the newest[...]
Apr
11
Thu
Apr
12
Fri
Apr 11 @ 9:00 AM – Apr 12 @ 4:00 PM
9:00 AM
Tickets
The Smith-McDowell House will be closed Thursday, April 11 and Friday April 12 for Living History Days. 4th and 5th grade classes will learn about history, traditional crafts, reenactors and more during the day-long event.
Apr
24
Wed
Sep
28
Sat
Apr 24 @ 10:00 AM – Sep 28 @ 4:00 PM
10:00 AM
Tickets
Beginning April 24, come to the Smith-McDowell House and add TEA to your TOUR! Each of our exhibit rooms will feature tea-related items and educational panels about the history, use and practice of taking tea.[...]
Smith McDowell House

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Child of the Woods- A Presentation of New Work by Susi Seguret

Child of the Woods is a treatise to the sense of wonder that gripped me as a child, a journey for the reader into the magic of the woods, all senses on the alert. In the fifty-some odd years that have elapsed since I first wandered forth alone, my awe at entering the...
Read the story

Infused in History: A Tea Exhibit

Beginning April 24, come to the Smith-McDowell House and add TEA to your TOUR! Each of our exhibit rooms will feature tea-related items and educational panels about the history, use and practice of taking tea. We have searched our collection and will have some 'new'...
Read the story

Charles Frazier Wins 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for Varina

The Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) is pleased to announce the selection of the 63rd winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  This year the winner of the Award is Charles Frazier for his novel, Varina. In making the award the...
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Upcoming Events

Apr
6
Sat
Apr 6 @ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
10:00 AM
Tickets
The Museum will be CLOSED while our volunteers are busy dusting, sweeping, raking, vacuuming, brushing… during our semi Annual American Battlefields Trust Park Day. Volunteers will be receiving a t-shirt from ABT and the newest[...]
Apr
11
Thu
Apr
12
Fri
Apr 11 @ 9:00 AM – Apr 12 @ 4:00 PM
9:00 AM
Tickets
The Smith-McDowell House will be closed Thursday, April 11 and Friday April 12 for Living History Days. 4th and 5th grade classes will learn about history, traditional crafts, reenactors and more during the day-long event.
Apr
24
Wed
Sep
28
Sat
Apr 24 @ 10:00 AM – Sep 28 @ 4:00 PM
10:00 AM
Tickets
Beginning April 24, come to the Smith-McDowell House and add TEA to your TOUR! Each of our exhibit rooms will feature tea-related items and educational panels about the history, use and practice of taking tea.[...]
Smith McDowell House

View all events

Child of the Woods- A Presentation of New Work by Susi Seguret

Child of the Woods is a treatise to the sense of wonder that gripped me as a child, a journey for the reader into the magic of the woods, all senses on the alert. In the fifty-some odd years that have elapsed since I first wandered forth alone, my awe at entering the...
Read the story

Infused in History: A Tea Exhibit

Beginning April 24, come to the Smith-McDowell House and add TEA to your TOUR! Each of our exhibit rooms will feature tea-related items and educational panels about the history, use and practice of taking tea. We have searched our collection and will have some 'new'...
Read the story

Charles Frazier Wins 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award for Varina

The Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA) is pleased to announce the selection of the 63rd winner of the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.  This year the winner of the Award is Charles Frazier for his novel, Varina. In making the award the...
Read the story

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