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Rutherford County Farm Museum

This museum offers something for everyone - from a large collection of farm equipment, to household items and many other artifacts.

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  • Lesson plan: Learn about your county This activity will allow fourth grade students in North Carolina to learn more about the counties that surround their home county. Using online images, students will create a multimedia presentation to share with others.
  • Like a Family: The Making of a Southern Cotton Mill World Explore Southern textile mills from their beginnings to the 1930s, drawing largely on the perspectives of mill workers themselves.
  • Lesson plan: Why is the past important? As an introduction to the study of North Carolina's archaeological heritage, students will use personally owned object to share the importance of their past and connect this importance with reasons why the human past is important.

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  • Tobacco Farm Life Museum: This history museum provides "an informative insight into early 20th century farm family life."
  • 4-H Rural Life Center: A great place to experience rural life in Halifax County in the early 1900's.
  • Border Belt Farmers Museum: Not only will students learn about the history of tobacco farming, they will discover other important industries to this southern North Carolina county.

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Wilbur Burgin has gathered hundreds of items from a time gone by - items used in Rutherford County farms and homes from decades ago, even back to the nineteenth century. These items reflect a way of life important in Rutherford County until after World War II. Two large murals, depicting the cycle of growing cotton, and the early textile mills of the county, are outstanding features of this museum.

The Farm Museum is located at 240 Depot Street in Forest City. To arrange group tours call the museum Wednesday through Saturday at (828) 248-1248 or call Mr. Burgin at home evenings at (828) 453-0157. Admission is free to children.

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