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The Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center is a divisional museum of the North Carolina Museum of History that focuses on Southern Appalachian heritage, and the culture and history of western North Carolina. The museum is located in Old Fort, North Carolina, and is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.

Admission is free, and the museum is open year round. Exhibits include antique tools and household items, photographs, and two historic log cabins that were moved to the site.^[1]

Housed in a 1936 WPA stone building and featuring an outdoor amphitheatre, the museum offers many cultural programs, including crafts demonstrations, folk music and concerts, and farming.^[2]

References

^ http://vickilanemysteries.blogspot.com/2008/12/log-cabins.html Log Cabins
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) North Carolina Arts Council

External links

Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center - official site
North Carolina Echo photos of the museum

35°37′39″N 82°10′51″W / 35.6276°N 82.1808°W / 35.6276; -82.1808

[1] ttp://vickilanemysteries.blogspot.com/2008/12/log-cabins.html Log Cabins

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-21. Retrieved 2009-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) North Carolina Arts Council

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+{{Short description|History museum in Old Fort, North Carolina}}
-The '''Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center''' focuses on Southern [[Appalachian]] heritage, and the culture and history of western [[North Carolina]].  The museum is located in [[Old Fort, North Carolina]], and is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
+{{Sources exist|date=March 2021}}
+The '''Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center''' is a divisional museum of the [[North Carolina Museum of History]] that focuses on Southern [[Appalachia]]n heritage, and the culture and history of western [[North Carolina]].  The museum is located in [[Old Fort, North Carolina]], and is part of the Division of State History Museums, Office of Archives and History, an agency of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
 Admission is free, and the museum is open year round.  Exhibits include antique tools and household items, photographs, and two historic log cabins that were moved to the site.<ref>http://vickilanemysteries.blogspot.com/2008/12/log-cabins.html Log Cabins</ref>
-Housed in a 1936 [[WPA]] stone building and featuring an outdoor [[amphitheatre]], the museum offers many cultural programs, including crafts demonstrations, folk music and concerts, and farming.<ref>http://www.ncarts.org/press_release.cfm?ID=399 North Carolina Arts Council</ref>
+Housed in a 1936 [[Works Progress Administration|WPA]] stone building and featuring an outdoor [[amphitheatre]], the museum offers many cultural programs, including crafts demonstrations, folk music and concerts, and farming.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ncarts.org/press_release.cfm?ID=399 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-03-24 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090321015909/http://www.ncarts.org/press_release.cfm?ID=399 |archivedate=2009-03-21 }} North Carolina Arts Council</ref>
+==See also==
+*[[Open-air museum]]
 ==References==
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-==See also==
-*[[Open air museum]]
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/osm/mgw.html Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center] - official site
+*[https://www.mgmnc.org/ Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center] - official site
-*[http://www.inst.ncecho.org/Thumbnail.aspx?searchterm=00335&pagenum=1 North Carolina Echo photos of the museum]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727113548/http://www.inst.ncecho.org/Thumbnail.aspx?searchterm=00335&pagenum=1 North Carolina Echo photos of the museum]
-{{coord missing|North Carolina}}
+{{coord|35.6276|-82.1808|display=title}}
 [[Category:Museums in McDowell County, North Carolina]]
 [[Category:Rural history museums in the United States]]
 [[Category:History museums in North Carolina]]
+[[Category:Open-air museums in North Carolina]]