Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center

Sir please kindly provide the location details of the Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Centre from the Webster RD 1362???

[Kiran Chandar]

As you are looking for the Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Centre from the Webster RD 1362 so here I am p[roviding you the location details:

From Webster :

move towards the south-west on Webster Rd towards Buchanan Loop for 0.5mile.

than form there Turn left onto S River Rd and move for 1.6 mile.

From there Turn on right on to NC-107 S and move for 2.4 miles.

Now Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto State Rd 1325
and move for 348 ft

Enter in the traffic circle.

On the Right side is your destination:

Mountain Heritage centre.

Address: 150, H F R Admin Building, Cullowhee, NC 28723, United States

Phone:+1 828-227-7129

For more detailed information I am providing you the map:-

Map:

[MAP]Western Carolina University Mountain Heritage Center[/MAP]

Can you tell me about the Outreach Group Programs offered by Mountain Heritage Center at WCU (Western Carolina University) as I want to join it?

[Neelu Bhasin]

The Mountain Heritage Center at WCU (Western Carolina University) is a regional resource for education and research. It connects people with local history and culture and build bridges between WCU and the region.

The Center works with youth and adult audiences through specially designed gallery, school, and outreach programs. Students discover how history relates to their own lives as they explore through its educational programs the many themes relevant to western North Carolina's past, present, and future.


Outreach Group Programs

NATIVE AMERICANS IN WESTERN NC - TRAVELING TRUNK
For: Schools, grades 2-5
Length: 2-4 Week Loan
Description: Learn about Cherokee and other Native Americans through stories, images, games, and contemporary, historic, and pre-historic artifacts.


A DAY IN THE LIFE - TRAVELING TRUNK
For: Schools, grades 2-5
Length: 2-4 Week Loan
Description: Learn about pioneer settlers hands-on artifacts, books, activities, music, and lesson plans.

Trunk includes:
Mountain Heritage Day CD
Historic Documents
15 fiction and non-fiction books

A is for Appalachia!
The Cabin Faced West
Cabin on Trouble Creek
George Washington's Breakfast
Historic Buildings of the Smokies
If you grew up with Abraham Lincoln
Our Vanishing Landscape
A Piece of the Smokies
The Quilt-Block History of Pioneer Days
6 Cobblestones: Arts and Crafts of the Middle Atlantic Colonies, The Cherokee Indians, Genealogy: A personal History, Old-time Schools in America, Daniel Boone, and What is History
14 copies of Only the Names Remain
9 Work Reproduction artifacts
5 Play Reproduction artifacts


READING A QUILT - TRAVELING TRUNK
For: Grades K-6
Length: 90 minutes
Description: Learn how "reading" a quilt can uncover the past. Students will hear quilt-related stories and create a paper quilt square. They will also be introduced to quilt design, technology, and use.


APPALACHIAN PASTIMES
For: Schools, grades 2-8
Length: 1 hour
Description: Explores how our ancestors passed the time on the back porch or out in the yard. What stories did they tell, what games did they play, and what toys did they make? Try making some toys and playing with others.


COVERING UP
For: Schools, grades 2-8
Length: 1 hour
Description: An introduction to the rich textile history of the southern Appalachian region. Encompasses weaving and quilting with hands-on experiences engaging many senses.


NATIVE AMERICANS IN WNC
For: Schools, grades K-6
Length: 1 hour
Description: Learn about Cherokee and other Native Americans through stories, images, games, and artifacts.



HOEING AND HARVESTING
For: Schools, grades 2-12
Length: 1 hour
Description: Agricultural traditions from native American to modern times. Includes large format photographs, artifacts, and hands-on experiences


NEW LIGHT ON OLD TIMES
For: Schools, grades 2-8
Length: 1 hour
Description: An exploration of candles, lamps, and lanterns. Experience tallow, beeswax, oil, and electric forms of lighting


A VISIT FROM A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER
For: Schools, grades 4-12
Length: 1 hour
Description: Hear about the experience of a Union or Confederate soldier who discusses equipment, tactics, and the home front during the Civil War. Lots of hands on items to experience


CATALOOCHEE: MOUNTAIN TOWN TO NATIONAL PARK
Length: 55 min
Description: In this program, students will discover that the creation of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park uprooted local communities in the 1930s. Through hands-on time-line and census activities, students will learn why the parks were created and the accompanying costs of their formation. The lesson will focus on historic Cataloochee Valley Township in Haywood County.


Contact Detail:
Mountain Heritage Center
176 Central Drive #240
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
28723