Folk Art Center
The Folk Art Center is a museum of Appalachian folk art and crafts located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. It also houses offices for three separate Parkway partners: the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and Eastern National (known as EN). The Center is a cooperative effort between the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and the Appalachian Regional Commission and is the most popular attraction on the Parkway, seeing a quarter of a million visitors per year.
Folk Art Center
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- Folk Art Center
- Founded
- 1980
- Headquarters
- Asheville
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The Folk Art Center is a museum of Appalachian folk art and crafts located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina. It also houses offices for three separate Parkway partners: the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and Eastern National (known as EN). The Center is a cooperative effort between the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and the Appalachian Regional Commission and is the most popular attraction on the Parkway, seeing a quarter of a million visitors per year.
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Opened to the public at its current location in 1980, the Center contains three galleries, a library, and an auditorium, and also houses the Eastern National bookstore and information center. Admission is free.
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• Name — Folk Art Center • Established — 1980 • Location — Asheville, NC • Type — Art museum • Collection Size — 3,500 • Visitors — 250,000 • Parking — On site (no charge)
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1980
Folk Art Center established.
1980
Folk Art Center was established or created on 1 January 1980.
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Folk Art Center is recorded at coordinates 35.5924, -82.4821. Established or created on 1 January 1980. Situated in United States.
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- 1.Google map location
- 2.Southern Highland Guild - Folk Art Center official website.
- 3.Folk Art Center a Rare Jewel on the Blue Ridge Parkway
- 4.Alvic, Philis, Weavers of the Southern Highlands, p. 22, University Press of Kentucky (2003),
- 5.Alvic, P. 24
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