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R-9 The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center 200 Foxfire Lane Mountain City, GA 30562 Phone: 706-746-5828 Toll Free: Fax: Contact: Paulette Carpenter Cell Phone: E-mail: giftshop@foxfire.org Website: http://foxfire.org/ |
| Imagine a time before electricity, hot-and-cold running water, and the comfort of department stores. Time felt different then, its rhythm and urgencies shaped by the most basic needs. Visitors to the Foxfire Museum in Mountain City, GA, can imaginatively re-create the works and days of southern Appalachia in the 1800s.
Rooted in the work that hundreds of high school students, in The Foxfire Magazine classes, have put into documenting their local history, the Museum provides visitors a rare glimpse of what life was like for the mountaineers who settled this area. A collection of over 20 historic log cabins and replicas of traditional log construction designs, containing artifacts and crafts, the Museum provides a glance into the past, including a look at a wagon used in the Trail of Tears - the forced Cherokee migration from these mountains to Oklahoma.
A gift shop filled with pottery, handcrafted items, and books, including The Foxfire Book series, is located in the Gate House. Admission to the Gift Shop is free. Admission to the Museum, which includes one free self-guided tour book per family, is $6.00 per person and children 10 and under are free.
The Foxfire Museum is tucked away on a mountainside in Mountain City, in the northeastern tip of Georgia in beautiful Rabun County. We are within two hours drive from Asheville, Atlanta, Greenville, and Knoxville. Scenic US Highway 441 is the route to take. Once you have reached Mountain City, turn onto Black Rock Mountain Parkway near the middle of town. TOUR EVENT: We will have Scot Peppers , a Georgia Folk Artist on June 11 & 12. We will have a Spinning Bee on June 12, hosted by Sharon Grist, The Village Weaver. Our Museum Curator, Barry Stiles will blacksmith on June 12. We are planning to have other heritage based demos going on all three days. |