- Asheville
Art Museum The Asheville Art Museum,
founded in 1948, is located on Pack Square in
downtown Asheville. This first-rate museum
features outstanding traveling exhibitions
and a unique and important permanent
collection of 20th century American art.
- Biltmore House and Gardens
Estate
250 rooms, 65 fireplaces, 43 bathrooms, 34
bedrooms, and 3 kitchens!
- Cherokee Indian
Museum So begins your trip through
the Museum of the Cherokee Indian. Totally
renovated in 1998, the new museum tells the
story of the Cherokee people using high-tech
wizardry along with an extensive artifact
collection.
- North Carolina Museum of
Art As the single visual arts
facility serving Western North Carolina, the
Asheville Art Museum, its collection and
programs are the only such resources
available to the diverse communities in the
region.
- Wheels Through Time A
consummate collection of over 250 rare
antique American Motorcycles and
Automobiles.
- Mountain Farm Museum The
Mountain Heritage Center celebrates the
natural and cultural heritage of the southern
Appalachian region.
- The Health Adventure Over
12,000 square feet of hands-on fun. We were
one of the first health education facilities
of our kind in the United States.
- Emerald
Village If you like gem
mining...you'll LOVE Emerald Village! The
indoor portion of the tour features uses of
the minerals & gems found in these mines.
A collection of mining lamps, dynamite
plungers and other mining memorabilia are on
display. The village also features the Mining
Museum and offers underground mine
tours.
- The Southern Appalachian
Radio Museum Radio Equipment of
Various Kinds and Vintage.
- Antique Car Museum- On
the grounds adjacent to the Grove Park Inn
Resort on Macon Avenue in Asheville. Closed
January-April. Free Admission. Call
(828)253-7651.
- Colburn Gem & Mineral
Museum- The Colburn Earth Science
Museum's Mission is to foster an appreciation
of the Earth and its mineral resources
through exhibits, educational programming,
and the collection and care of specimens.
Explore Asheville's hidden treasure where you
will be dazzled by exhibits of mineral
crystals and gemstones from North Carolina
and around the world. Call 828.254.7162 or
info@colburnmuseum.org
- Folk Art Center-
located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge
Parkway features a museum, galleries, craft
exhibits, demonstrations and a craft shop.
Open 9am-6pm daily. Call (828)298-7928.
- The Health
Adventure The Health Adventure, a
nonprofit, health and related sciences
education center located in Asheville, North
Carolina. The Health Adventure is open 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. We
are also open Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
during the months of June, July, August,
September, and October. 1-800-935-0204 or
(828)257-4535.
- National Railroad Historical
Society- Located at 35 Oakland
Circle, Canton, NC 28716. Call
(828)648-0816.
- Pack Place located at 2
Pack Square in downtown Asheville. This $14
million complex houses the Asheville Art
Museum, Colburn Gem & Mineral Museum, The
Health Adventure, YMI Cultural Center, and
Diana Wortham Theatre. Call
(828)257-4500.
- Jim Bob
Tinsley Museum The museum primarily
houses the western items Jim Bob Tinsley
collected over his life time. In addition it
houses his music awards and the many books he
has written.
- Smith McDowell House
Museum- 283 Victoria Rd. in
Asheville. Asheville's oldest surviving
residence built near 1840 and fully restored.
Guided tours available. Call
(828)253-9231.
- Thomas Wolfe Memorial-
Located at 52 North Market Street in downtown
Asheville, NC 28801. Call (828)253-8304.
- WNC Arboretum
Located at 100 Frederick Law Olmstead Way in
Asheville, NC 28806. Call (828)665-2492.
- WNC Air Museum If
you remember the roar of a big radial engine
thundering into life, or even if you only
know it from Dad's reminiscences, come hear
it again at the Western North Carolina Air
Museum.
- WNC Creative Arts Hall of
Fame- Located in Tuckasegee, NC.
Call (828)293-5550.
- WNC Nature Center Located
at 75 Gashes Creek Rd. in Asheville, NC. Call
(828)298-5600.
- Zebulon Vance
Birthplace- Located on Reems
Creek Rd in Weaverville, NC. Call
(828)645-6706.
- Scottish
Tartans Museum & Heritage
CenterThe Museum is the only
American extension of the Scottish Tartans
Society in Pitlochry, Scotland. The Franklin
Museum not only displays Scottish Tartans,
but covers various aspects of the Scottish
experience, culture, history, dress, and
military.
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