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Cowan Museum
A trip through Cowan Museum is a hands-on learning and entertaining experience for all ages.
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- Lesson plan: Reading, writing and 'rithmetic in the one-room schoolhouse This lesson focuses on the universal experience of attending school, using original photographs to give students a vivid impression of how American children received an education a hundred years ago.
- 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.
Related pages
- Historic Oak View County Park: This nineteenth century farmstead has been made into a county park and is devoted to interpreting the area's agricultural and rural heritage for the citizens of Wake County.
- The Davenport Homestead: See what everyday life was like over 200 years ago at the Davenport Homestead. The main house is the original home of Washington County's first state senator, Daniel Davenport.
- 4-H Rural Life Center: A great place to experience rural life in Halifax County in the early 1900's.
Learn more
- Learn more about 18th century, 19th Century, Duplin County, North Carolina, farming, heritage, history, history museums, rural life, and woodworking.
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The museum features several thousand rare and unusual artifacts highlighting early rural America. Among the items is an extensive collection of wood-working tools, farm implements and household utensils. The grounds have several outbuildings: a one-room log schoolhouse, a furnished one-room log cabin, and a restored log tobacco barn.
Open 10am - 4pm Tuesday - Saturday, and 2pm - 4pm Sunday. The museum is closed Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. Call 910-296-2149 for more information.