The Shelton House Museum of North Carolina Handicrafts

Housed in a historic home in Waynesville, NC, the Museum of NC Handicrafts displays 19th century crafts, musical instruments, and Native American artifacts.

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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.
• 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.
• Quilts and Quiltmaking in America Interviews with quilters highlight quilting within the context of daily life. The online collection shows both highly traditional and innovative quilts, and demonstrates the artisans' excellent design and technical skill.
• Lesson plan: History in quilts Students will recognize how people from different cultures and time periods have passed down the tradition of quiltmaking.
• 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

• Homegrown Handmade: Culture and agriculture come together on these unique “agri-cultural” trails which can be found in 72 North Carolina counties.
• 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.
• 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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• Learn more about Haywood County, North Carolina, architecture, crafts, folk art, handicrafts, historic houses, museums, musical instruments, textiles, and woodworking.

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The Shelton House was built in 1875 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum features comprehensive exhibits of 19th Century crafts and furniture. Artists who have participated in the North Carolina State Fair’s Village of Yesterday have a selection of crafts displayed. There is also a fine collection of Native American artifacts. The museum collection includes hand-woven coverlets, quilts, sculptured porcelain, dulcimers and masterpieces of pottery work.

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The museum is located at 49 Shelton Street in Waynesville. Call Carmilla McConnel 828-452-1551

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