Carolinas Textile Exhibit:
The Ties That Bind -
Experience the Collection Online
Objects
Photographs
The Ties That Bind is an exhibit spanning the history
of Carolinas textile manufacturing from the first North
Carolina textile mill to the present.
Offering photos, artifacts and video, the exhibit provides
a glimpse into the mill community, the economy of mills
and the technology of manufacturing -- including one of
the first 1884 Edison Hydroelectric power plant donated
by Pharr Yarns.
High Seas
to High Shoals
A joint exhibition of Gaston County Museum and The
Schiele, featuring great works of art, historic artifacts,
and rare scientific specimens through December 2003!
Learn about America's first great exploring expedition led
by Charles Wilkes, who discovered and named Antarctica, as
well as running gold mining and iron forging firms in High
Shoals and Charlotte. Click here for
more information!
Civil War Letters
The text of six Civil War Era correspondences between a
Confederate soldier stationed in Wilmington, NC and his
wife and family in Gaston County are now availible online
as the first effort by GCM to digitize its archive collection,
making accessible to researchers and the general public
thousands of historic documents relating to Gaston County
and the region.
Hotel Parlors
Hotel Rooms Carriage House
|