The Foxfire Museum vs Hart Square

The Foxfire Museum app will enhance any visitors experience to our museum. Foxfire started over 50 years ago with a group of high school students deciding to create a magazine series dedicated to preserving the Southern Appalachian culture. Excerpts of the magazines were used to create the national best-selling Foxfire Book. Royalty money from book sales was used to purchase land and high school students created the museum we have today. With our app you will have a truly interactive experience. Use the map feature to find you way around our 22-site facility. Listen to some of Foxfire’s cherished contacts recall aspects of mountain life. Learn more about the Southern Appalachian culture with fun and interesting facts. Each site on the tour is filled with information only available in our app.

Hart Square Foundation preserves the nation's largest collection of historic log cabins known as Hart Square Village. Here, we preserve cultural heritage through living traditions, both past and present, celebrating the rich diversity of crafts, trades, and practices of our region in North Carolina. We host community events such as square dances, musical performances, films, heritage festivals, and historic dinners throughout the year as well as folkways classes. Members can visit the village Tuesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Children 18 and under are free with a member.