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The Iredell Museums: The Iredell Museum of Arts and Heritage

Visit the museum to explore exhibits with scientific and historic interest.

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  • Hands on Crafts Learn about pottery, weaving, quilting, and basketry techniques and traditions in online studios.
  • Crafting North Carolina: A Hands on Exploration of North Carolina's Hand-made Heritage North Carolina's geography, history, and resources brought to life through the crafts of the state.
  • Colonial Kids: A Celebration of Life in the 1700s Explore the life of a colonial child growing up in Pennsylvania with a look at their homes, clothing, chores, school, transportation, and, yes, even career options!
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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  • Freeman-Marks House and Isaiah W. Snuggs House: Both listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the I.W. Snuggs House and the Freeman-Marks House are important reminders of the heritage and culture of Stanly County.
  • Johnston County Heritage Center: Learn about the history of Johnston County at this Heritage Center which houses interpretive exhibits and primary source documents.
  • Wright Brothers National Memorial North Carolina: The official website for the Wright Brothers National Memorial. The site has all the information needed for planning a trip to the memorial and in-depth information of value in classrooms where a trip is not planned.

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The new Iredell Museums is a merger of the old Arts and Sciences Museum, now the Iredell Museum of Arts and Heritage and the Children’s Museum. Tee mission of the museums is to "preserve, promote, and provide learning experiences in culture, heritage, science, and the arts."

Originally called the Arts and Science Center, the Iredell Museum of Arts and Heritage is housed in a former water pump station from the late 1800s and contains various permanent and changing exhibits. The Egyptian Art and Artifacts Gallery contains a 2,000-year-old mummy and a Lebanon cedar coffin. The museum also exhibits an antique toy and game collection, a large collection of glassware from the 19th century, a diorama of North Carolina habitat and many other objects of scientific and historic interest.

The museum’s Living History program is centered around two Colonial era log cabins, a smokehouse, barn, corncrib, schoolhouse, and herb garden, all in a natural setting. The two-story cabin, circa 1790, formerly stood on Midway Road, and the one room cabin, circa 1820, formerly stood in the Amity Hill area. The schoolhouse was moved to the site in 1999. Demonstrations and events that feature life in early Iredell are presented here by a dedicated and knowledgeable group of specialized volunteers.

The Iredell Museum of Arts and Heritage is located at 1335 Museum Road and is open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 2-5pm. Call 704-873-4734 for more information.

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