St. James Place Museum

This is a private folk art museum housed in the restored old Robersonville Primitive Baptist Church. It features pieces from the personal collection of Dr. Everette James, Jr., a native of Robersonville and former chair of Radiology at Vanderbilt University.

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• NC Folk Artists It is important to recognize and preserve the art forms of North Carolina. On this site the artists explain their art through audio, video, images, and text.
• Hands on Crafts Learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions in online studios.
• Lesson plan: Observing connections: North Carolina pottery and face jugs This is the third lesson in a series of three in which students are creating art based on their observations: Lesson 1 Observing connections—art, poetry and the environment; Lesson 2 Observing connections—changing landscapes; Lesson 3 Observing connections—North Carolina pottery and face jugs.
• Lesson plan: Quilts This lesson plan in designed to be one part of a fourth grade social studies unit on the Appalachian Mountains. It is based on the mountain custom of quilt making. This plan uses the book The Quiltmakers Gift by Jeff Brumbeau. It also uses the book internet site and other related sites. Enrichments of this lesson would be to display quilts, have a real quilt maker visit, have the class create their own paper quilt, etc.

Related pages

• Bea Hensley, Blacksmith: A National Heritage Fellowship Award winner, Bea Hensley has been blacksmithing since he was a young man. Today, he and his son give demonstrations of traditional techniques to create fine ornamental ironwork.
• North Carolina Pottery Center: Interprets the history and technology of pottery-making in North Carolina and preserves a collection of North Carolina pottery and related artifacts.
• May Museum and Park: The museum houses the collection of May family artifacts and artifacts pertaining to the history of the Farmville area.

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• Learn more about Martin County, North Carolina, arts, crafts, folk art, folk life, historic house museums, and history.

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This restored primitive Baptist church in Robersonville serves as a fascinating museum of southern folk art. The building now houses original furnishings, folk art, and antique duck decoys . More than 100 North Carolina quilts, including 42 African-American examples, and hundreds of pieces of North Carolina pottery are exhibited.

The museum is located on the corner old US 64 and Outerbridge St. in Robersonville. Open year-round, daily by appointment. Call the library at 252-795-3591, Monday through Friday (9 AM to 5 PM) and Sat. ’til noon. Or call 252-795-4576. Admission is free.

From NC ECHO, see these photographs of St. James Place Museum