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Mountain Farm Museum

U.S. 441 at Oconaluftee Visitors Center, Cherokee, NC
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Ranked #5 of 19 attractions in Cherokee
Type: History Museums
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Paoli, Indiana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013 NEW

The Mountain Farm Museum is located behind the visitors center, and was a nice surprise on our visit to Cherokee. We strolled through the outdoor museum and took lots of pictures. It was so interesting to see and read about how people lived and worked on family farms in the Smoky Mountains. I would highly recommend stopping and seeing this,... More

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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2013

This is a great place to visit! Great for anyone who likes history. Very educational for all. Right next to the creek which is also beautiful to see. Lots of benches to sit along the water.

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Knoxville, Tennessee
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 February 2013

This is a lovely farm settlement area that is well maintained. Beware of "Bob". There is a lovely creek that runs along side the farm where the kids had a ball. On the farm you will learn about life over 100 years ago as it was. Many photo opportunities. Park Rangers on site. Very safe and a convenient location.

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Mooresville, North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 January 2013

This attraction is located at the entrance to the Great Smokey Mtn National Park. It is located in a beautiful mountain valley along a sparkling clear stream. The Farm is an excellent rendition of a family farm compound dating back to the mid 1800's. Very educational (many signs explaining the building uses), along a circled gravel pathway. Located behind the... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 November 2012 via mobile

The farm is well tended and if you are there at the right time you can see different activities that would have happened on a working farm. Worth the visit.

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Granite Falls, North Carolina
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 November 2012

So nice to see all the buildings brought in and kept up the way they were when the area was first settled. The gardens are grown as they would have been then and on occasions they have crafts people showing the way things used to be made. The elk that can be seen hanging around the nearby fields are a... More

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Nottingham, Maryland, United States
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 October 2012

Super interesting to see an actual setup of what a homestead was like. So much of the park is abandoned buildings (which are totally cool, don't get me wrong) that it's really neat to see buildings furnished as they would have been. There's meat in the smokehouse, corn in the corncrib, plows in the barn, and bellows in the blacksmith's... More

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Christiansburg, Virginia
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 September 2012

This is well done and even the little kids in my family enjoyed this visit. There are chickens and hogs running around and the buildings were even interesting to my 4 year old!

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Clyde, North Carolina
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 September 2012

Its like visiting my grandfathers farm when I was a kid. I A great peek into the past when life was a little harder to live...

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Muncie, Indiana
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 August 2012

The museum is free. It was hot the day we went. There's more shade on the river trail than out in the open at the museum. Very educational. Stop in the Visitor's center first and check out the educational stuff in there first. It's kind of boring for adults, but the kids loved it. And again, it's free.

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