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  • Postcard entitled “Moonshine Still, in the heart of the mountains.” Image originally taken by George Masa. Courtesy Special Collections, Hunter Library, WCU.

    ĢƵMountain Heritage Center opens new ‘Moonshine: Spirit of Independence’ exhibit

    Peter Koch
    February 11

    The Mountain Heritage Center at ĢƵ welcomes visitors to its new exhibit entitled “Moonshine: Spirit of Independence.”

  • Image courtesy of Cherokee Language Repertory Choir

    ĢƵto host Echoes Across the Smokies

    Rachel Hood
    October 1

    ĢƵ Bardo Arts Center, in collaboration with the ĢƵMountain Heritage Center, invites you to Echoes Across the Smokies: A Night of Stories, Strings, and Songs. This program offers the WNC community an opportunity to explore Appalachian culture in new ways on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the BAC Performance Hall.

  • Clogging

    Mountain Heritage Days to spotlight Appalachian language, history and music

    Julia Duvall
    September 16

    ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Days will be a weeklong celebration of Southern Appalachian culture, featuring a compelling lecture on the Appalachian dialect, the annual Rooted in the Mountains symposium and a Friday evening concert. The week of events will lead up to the Saturday heritage demonstrations, music and food everyone has loved for the past 50 years.

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    ĢƵMountain Heritage Center opens new Clearing the Hurdles exhibit

    ĢƵStories
    September 8

    The Mountain Heritage Center at ĢƵ (WCU) is proud to announce the opening of its newest exhibit on Sept. 2, Clearing the Hurdles: Women and Sport at WCU, 1889 to the Present.

  • J-Creek Cloggers

    Schedule announced for WCU’s weeklong Mountain Heritage Days celebration

    Julia Duvall
    September 3

    For the past 50 years on the last Saturday of September, ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Day festival has honored the music, stories, and traditions of Appalachia.

  • Cassie Dickson demonstrates spinning and dyeing at a past event

    Mountain Heritage Center to host Mini-Mountain Heritage Day July 17

    July 11

    The Mountain Heritage Center, a museum of Appalachian culture at ĢƵ, will hold a crafts demonstration and music performance from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 17.

  • Mountain Heritage Center

    Mountain Heritage Center invites public to explore George Masa exhibition through August 15

    June 19

    ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center (MHC) invites the public to explore a powerful new exhibition, “A Stranger No More: George Masa and His Art,” on display now through August 15.

  • Mountain Heritage Day award

    Mountain Heritage Awards now accepting nominations

    Julia Duvall
    June 10

    ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center is now accepting nominations for the 2025 Mountain Heritage Awards, honoring individuals and organizations whose work preserves, interprets, and celebrates the rich cultural traditions and history of Southern Appalachia.

  • Peter Koch

    Peter Koch promoted to associate director of Mountain Heritage Center

    May 20

    Effective May 1, Peter Koch was promoted from the position of museum education associate to associate director of ĢƵ’s Mountain Heritage Center.

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