Gaston County Museum  Open to the public T-F 10 am - 5 pm & Sat. 1-5 pm; 
fourth Sunday each month 2-5 pm    704-852-6025 info-line  

 

Boys with MarblesEdison Generator The Ties that Bind

Gaston County Museum's new interactive Carolinas Textile Exhibit tells the story of the communities and people who transformed the Carolinas into one of the world's centers of textile yarn manufacturing.

Baseball Team Mill WorkersCramerton Cotton Pickers
Real objects - from baseball uniform to spinning frame; ID badge to cotton bale; from company script to cog-wheel wagon - will connect visitors to the vibrant history associated with textile manufacturing

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Exhibit Objects

Exhibit Photographs


Professionally produced videos use archival film and authentic voices of today's Carolinas textile people to recall manufacturing and mill village life
 
Labels and text panels place significant events of the past in the context of national history; they will identify important questions, and ask visitors to contemplate a variety of answers
 
A video booth will open regularly to capture new recollections from visitors, and document more of the changing story of textiles in the Caolinas
 
The Family Learning Area provides in-depth learning resources, as well as hands-on activities for all ages to enjoy together
 

 

 

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