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Winston-Salem Museum Guide
from FC 2018
by Forsyth Mags
BY MALLORY HARMON
KALEIDEUM DOWNTOWN:
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(formerly Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem & SciWorks)
The Children’s Museum allows plenty of space for creation and creativity in art rooms and child-sized theaters. Childhood bedtime stories encase them as children enter the diverse habitats of the protagonists and take on their roles. The miniature grocery store and Krispy Kreme donut factory brings the adult world to the children’s eye level, so they can experience life as their parents do.
SCIWORKS:
Many of the activities are designed to entertain a younger demographic; however, every display, station and puzzle have a scienti c purpose and a fascinating lesson to teach that inspires curiosity and demands questions. Children love to explore together and discuss the implications of what they have learned; spurring each other to accomplish all that is possible at SciWorks.
400 West Hanes Mill Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27105, 336.767.6730, North.Kaleideum.org, (30 minutes from 27012)
REYNOLDA HOUSE MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART:
The Reynolda House encases American History speci c to the area. It is quite enjoyable to examine the stunning architecture, art, furnishings, and grounds. All visitors are welcome to explore the historic house and surrounding village on foot.
SOUTHEASTERN CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART:
SECCA has a collection of modern art from all over the world. The always-changing museum endeavors through its collection to re ect current, relatable movements and interests of the 21st century. SECCA proves that history collections do not have to be a thing of the past. Members of our community who strive to capture this day and age through thoughtful, provoking art are creating history every day.
OLD SALEM MUSEUMS & GARDENS:
Whether you are hand-pumping water or frying apple fritters, Old Salem brings you back in time to the colonial era. The staff members, adorned in colonial attire, embody the past for the edi cation of their visitors. Blacksmiths, weavers, tailors and more inhabit Old Salem each brimming with knowledge about our nation’s history and eager to teach all who are willing to learn. Old Salem is the successful collaborative effort of the village inhabitants and museum employees to keep history alive.
WINSTON CUP MUSEUM:
Racecars in pristine condition as well as cars savaged by their time on the track ll this museum, as well as naked engines exposed for the viewer’s enlightenment. Dummies adorned in original racing attire and photos of the races, wrecks and winners ll the spaces not occupied by the racing machines. The Winston Cup 33-year era was the time when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was sponsoring NASCAR and is now immortalized in the Winston Cup Museum.
1355 North Martin Luther King Jr Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27101, 336.724.4557, WinstonCupMuseum.com, (23 minutes from 27012)
MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY:
MOA displays myriad evidence of global cultures. In fact, it is the only museum in North Carolina that embodies this role. Handmade dolls, clothes and pottery are displayed in the nostalgic environment which gives visitors a glimpse into the murky past.
Wake Forest University, Wingate Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, 336.758.5282, MOA.WFU.edu, (24 minutes from 27012)
RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING MUSEUM:
RCR Museum encloses feats of engineering, some frozen in their habitats, that mimic the car’s historic victories. This racecar museum explores the career of Richard Childress and the team members he passed the keys to after his retirement.
HISTORIC BETHABARA PARK:
Visitors can sign up for tours with guides in full costume or wander freely around the beautiful estate. The largely preserved landscape of Bethabara Park holds traditional, ourishing medicinal gardens and original war forts awaiting eager eyes.
