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Buncombe County
Field trip opportunities in Buncombe County
- Asheville Art Museum
- Through works of art in permanent and special exhibition, students will learn about the rich history of visual arts in North Carolina.
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- Biltmore Estate: Discover the Destination
- Includes a selection of Biltmore Estate images, virtual tours, and activities for kids. Limited historical information is found on this website.
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- Blue Ridge Parkway
- Contains information about various cultural, natural, and recreational resources located along this beautiful and historical roadway.
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- Blue Ridge Parkway Folk Art Center
- Students will enjoy visiting the folk art center and learning about the heritage of the southern Appalachian mountain people.
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- Center for Diversity Education
- The CDE is entirely curriculum-focused to assist teachers in embedding a knowledge base of many peoples into the daily content of the classroom in grades K-12. It is the mission of CDE to prepare all students with the necessary skills to maintain a pluralistic democracy in an increasingly complex and diverse nation and world.
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- Colburn Earth Science Museum
- The best rock and mineral specimens from the Burnham Standish Colburn collection are housed in the Colburn Earth Science Museum. Students will enjoy the programs that are centered around this collection of fossils, gems, and North Carolina minerals.
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- The Health Adventure: A Health and Science Education Museum
- Features information about the museum and its exhibitions. Teachers will find a free lesson plan for 4th and 5th graders about world climate change, reservations for school classes, and downloadable teacher visiting guide.
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- Long Branch Environmental Education Center
- This educational center teaches students the importance of recycling, resource conservation, ecological issues, and more.
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- North Carolina Arboretum
- A wide variety of classes and workshops are provided to students at the NC Arboretum, ranging from bonsai demonstrations to nature walks.
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- North Carolina Homespun Museum
- Visit the North Carolina Homespun Museum and see crafts, photographs and other memorabilia from the Biltmore Industries of yesteryear.
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- The Old Depot Association
- The museum provides exhibits that honor the local and mountain heritage and crafts. A photographic exhibit in the Caboose Museum shows the pictures of the history of the depot and has railroad memorabilia and music of the era.
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- Smith-McDowell House Museum
- Discover Asheville's first mansion and oldest surviving structure, now restored as a history museum.
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- Thomas Wolfe Memorial (NC Historic Site)
- Thomas Wolfe wrote fiction and used the setting of his mother's boardinghouse in Asheville, NC in his autobiographical novel Look Homeward, Angel. The house is now the location of The Thomas Wolfe Memorial. Read a biography of Wolfe on this website and learn about visiting the memorial.
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- Vance Birthplace (NC Historic Site)
- Learn about the birthplace of Zebulon Baird Vance and his famous mountain family on this site.
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- Western North Carolina Nature Center
- Like a field trip into the western North Carolina outdoors, this site will introduce you to the plants, animals and environs of the Southern Appalachians.
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- YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly
- Learn about the wildlife of the mountains and practice using a compass at this conference center located outside of Asheville, NC.
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- YMI Cultural Center
- This cultural center was created to preserve the visual and performing arts heritages of African-Americans and other minorities. The Center has an art gallery with over 100 works of art from renowned artists such as Elizabeth Catlett, Romare Bearden, John Biggers. It also offers art classes to all age groups.
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- Weaving on an old loom
- A woman is seated and working at an old loom in a cabin in this photograph from the 1930s. A spinning wheel stands on the hearth of the fireplace in the room. A couple of braided rugs are on the floor. Writing at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Weaving...
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- Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel
- The Young Pisgah Ridge Tunnel on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Buncombe County.
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- Zebulon Vance
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 6.2
- Biography of Zebulon Vance, who served as North Carolina's governor during most of the Civil War.
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