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Museum of Anthropology 1834 Reynolda Rd. Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336-758-5282 |
As both a university and public institution, the Museum of Anthropology is committed to balancing research, teaching, public programs, visitor services, and the development, documentation, and preservation of collections through its unique blend of professional and academic staff, students, and volunteers. | ![]() |
| Reynolda
House Museum of American Art 2250 Reynolda Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336-758-5150 |
Reynolda House is renowned for its collection of American art. In the mid 1960s the founding directors set out to obtain the best examples of work from American artists of major significance. Today, masterpieces from three centuries of painting and sculpture make up the collection, including works by such distinguished artists as Albert Bierstadt, Mary Cassatt, Frederic Church, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Grant Wood. The collection is extraordinary for its quality and provides audiences with a thorough survey of major developments in American art in a warm and welcoming setting. | ![]() |
| Old
Salem Children's Museum 924 S Main St. The Horton Museum Ctr. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-721-7300 |
The Old Salem Children’s Museum is the original play space in Winston-Salem, where children and adults learn about colonial life through interactive play. The hands-on exhibits and play spaces stimulates the 21st century child’s imagination with 18th century concepts. | ![]() |
| Old
Salem Museums & Gardens 900 Old Salem Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-721-7300 |
Old
Salem Museums & Gardens is America's most comprehensive history attraction.
Our four museums - the Historic Town of Salem, the Museum of Early Southern
Decorative Arts (MESDA), the Old Salem Children's Museum, and the Old
Salem Toy Museum - engage visitors in an educational and memorable historical
experience about those who lived and worked in the early South. |
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| Angela
Peterson Doll and Miniature Museum 101 W Green Dr. High Point, NC 27260 336-885-3655 |
One
of the south's largest doll & miniature museum, featuring more than
2,700 dolls, miniature displays, dollhouses and unusual artifacts, which
includes the lifelong collection of one woman. Also a special exhibit of
over 130 Shirley Temple dolls, 17 African-American Personality dolls, and
other rotating doll and miniature exhibits. Groups and individuals welcome.
Guides for groups of 15 or more by reservation. Museum Gift Store available.
Mon-Fri 10 am-4 pm, Saturday 9am-4pm and Sun 1-4 pm. Museum closed on Mondays
from November to March. |
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| Museum
of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) 924 S Main St. The Horton Museum Ctr. Winston-Salem, NC 27101 336-721-7360 |
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, called MESDA for short, opened in 1965. It grew from the vision of Frank L. Horton and his mother, Theo Taliaferro, who saw a need to preserve, document, exhibit, and interpret the decorative arts of the early South. MESDA offers visitors a wide range of southern artistry and craftsmanship from the 1670s through the early nineteenth century. Then as now, a rich cultural diversity characterized southern lifestyles and material culture. | |
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Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) 750 Marguerite Dr. Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336-725-1904 |
The
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (or SECCA) is an art museum and
non-profit located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was founded in 1956
to provide gallery space for local artists, but has expanded since then
to provide a venue for artists from around the United States, with an emphasis
on the Southeastern states. In addition to a gallery space, SECCA also has
art, yoga and Tai Chi classes, and in collaboration with the Winston-Salem
Cinema Society, exhibits international films in the Cinema at SECCA film
series. SECCA is also used as the performance space for many of the shows
put on by the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance.
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