High Point Museum hosts free community day Saturday
High Point Museum and Historical Park will host a Community Heritage Day 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The museum also opened its new furniture exhibit Tuesday. The interactive exhibit features oral histories, furniture and a driving tour educating the public about the furniture industry’s past and its effect on the city and region.
Community Heritage Day will include historical demonstrations — blacksmithing, weaving, spinning and woodworking. The museum offers the demonstrations throughout the year, but not at the same time.
There will also be militia encampments, a field hospital, archaeological research, a Quaker wedding re-enactment, historical games and quill pen writing.
Inside the museum, visitors can participate in crafts, sit in on history seminars and listen to the Health Force, an African drumming group, and the High Point Celebration Band.
Seminars are every half hour from noon to 3 p.m. Music is at noon and 1:30 p.m.
For information, contact the museum at 885-1859 or visit the museum’s Web site at www.highpointmuseum.org.
Contact E.A. Seagraves at 883-4422, Ext. 241, or elizabeth.seagraves@news-record.com
Want to go?
What: High Point Museum’s Community Heritage Day
Where: High Point Museum, 1859 E. Lexington Ave.
When: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30
Costs: Free
Music: noon, The Healing Force; 1:30 p.m., High Point Celebration Band
History seminars:
noon: Residential Architectural Styles, Benjamin Briggs
12:30 p.m.: African Americans, Glenn Chavis
1 p.m.: Stories and songs of High Point and the furniture industry, David Williams
1:30 p.m.: Hosiery, Amos Kearns
2 p.m.: Firefighting, Damon Tobin
2:30 p.m.: Quakers, Brenda Haworth
3 p.m.: Transportation, Kathy Carter
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