Kenly, NC Exit 107: Come visit the Tobacco Farm Life Museum and step back in time to a turn-of-the-century homestead, including a restored house and detached kitchen, smokehouse, schoolhouse, log tobacco barn, and even an outhouse, all of which have been furnished with period artifacts (bedspreads and rugs made out of tobacco twine), to re-create farmstead life revolving around the Golden Leaf of tobacco. 
Get a glimpse of the social and community life of tobacco farming families.
Exhibits showcase a typical kitchen, toys, home remedies, school life, rural doctors, a store, the Tuscarora Indians (first tobacco farmers), farm machinery, and a kids’ hands-on gallery. Catch a video on modern tobacco farming.
The 6,000 square foot museum features both permanent and rotating exhibits on farm life, southern medicine, domestic skills, rural social life, and artifacts. Take a trip back in time to a simpler way of life.
Each Saturday from 10am-3pm demonstrations and displays of traditional arts, crafts and trades are featured on-site. All activities are included with regular admission to the Museum. List of Activities: tobaccofarmlifemuseum.org/events/stepping-into-the-past
March & April Activities:
March 5 – Working the Land: Antique tractor displays/farmer appreciation
March 12 – North Carolina Agribusiness: Information and activities regarding NC Agriculture
March 19 – Day of Sharing: Volunteer Projects, Museum Closed
March 26 – Spinning, Casting and Knotting: Fabric art demonstrations
April 2 – Blacksmith: Metal work demonstrations
April 9 – North Carolina Agribusiness: Information and activities regarding NC Agriculture
April 16 -Basket Weaving: Handmade basket demonstrations
April 23 – Let the Games Begin: Traditional games, hands on activities
April 30 – Spinning, Casting and Knotting: Fabric art demonstrations
Location: Tobacco Farm Life Museum, 709 N Church St., Kenly, NC 27542
Hours: Tue – Sat 9:30 – 5pm
Tel: 919-284-3431
tobaccofarmlifemuseum.org
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