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Old Salem - MESDA - The Old Salem Toy Museum - Reynolda
House - Korner's Folly - Historic Bethabara Park -Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm - Mrs. Hanes' Hand-Made Moravian Cookies -Piedmont Craftsmen
Gallery - Krispy Kreme "Donuts" Tour
Package Includes:
3 night's Superior
Class Accommodations - Deluxe Continental Breakfast, Baggage Handling
Tour of Old Salem,
MESDA, and The Old Salem Toy Museum
Tour of Reynolda
House & Shopping in historic Reynolda Village with 10 discounted
vouchers per person
Tour of Körner's
Folly
Historic Bethabara
Park
Horne Creek Living
Historical Farm
Piedmont Craftsmen
Gallery
Krispy Kreme "Donuts"
Tour
Mrs. Hanes' Hand-Made
Moravian Cookies Tour
FULLY escorted by
Jean Wells Travel tour escort
*Excellent dinner and lunch recommendations
*Reservations must be made in advance and are subject to availability
*1 complimentary package per 15 paying participants
*2 complimentary packages per 30 paying participants
Come let us show you how it all began...
At Old Salem, one of the most authentic and inviting living history
towns in the United States - costumed interpreters carry on the work
of European and African American Moravians in the backcountry church
town and trading center of Salem. Every day, in all seasons of the year,
the town comes to life with the household activities and trades common
two hundred years ago. Residents enjoyed one of the first public water
systems, one of the first fire departments, and one of the first schools
for girls in America. Enjoy the beautiful gardens - Visit the Winkler
Bakery and take home a very special treat, baked in the wood-fired beehive
oven.
MESDA - in Old Salem
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) is the only museum
dedicated to exhibiting and researching the regional decorative arts
of the early South. With more than twenty period rooms and six galleries,
MESDA showcases the furniture, paintings, textiles, ceramics, silver,
and other metal wares made and used in Maryland, Virginia., the Carolinas,
Georgia, Kentucky, and Tennessee through 1820.
The Old Salem Toy Museum
The Toy Museum is a 1700-year survey of toys dating from 225
A.D. to 1925 A.D., presented in an informative and exciting format --
and places in context those toys that were owned and used by the Moravians
that settled Salem, North Carolina (1766-1850s). The Toy Museum appeals
to "kids" of every age. It is also regarded by collectors
as one the most prestigious antique toy collections in the world.A centerpiece
of the new museum are the toys owned by Moravian children of Piedmont
North Carolina. These are a rare regional survival, and include a unique
collection of wooden German toys and locally made dolls cherished by
generations of Salem residents.
Reynolda House, Museum of American Art
Browse in the 1917 estate of industrialist R.J. Reynolds which contains
original furnishings, including the only unaltered Acolian residence
organ still in its original site, handsome family clothing dating from
1905, and charming children's toys. The sixty-four-room home had some
furniture added in the 1930's when a second generation moved in and
built elaborate recreational facilities in the basement. The extensive
art collection, dating from 1755 to the present, now housed in this
National Historic Property, is considered to be the best selection of
American art south of Washington DC. Visit the beautiful formal gardens
and the estate's original outbuildings, now converted to specialty shops,
and lunch in historic Reynolda Village. The Village is now the home
of many shops, restaurants, and offices. The beautifully maintained
grounds are open 365 days of the year. Take time to explore the historic
significance and charm. Come visit...and enjoy!
Körner's Folly - Kernersville, NC
The Strangest House in the World! The Folly defies simple description.
It is said that no two doorways are exactly alike. It has 20 fireplaces
of differing designs. Its cubbyholes and trap doors fascinate; its pivoting
"windows" and other openings anchor a unique air distribution
system. Its murals and artworks add a sense of fancy. Children-sized
rooms give way to an airy elegant, high-ceilinged Receptions Room. A
former stable becomes a library and a sewing room. Superlatives fail
- from tile to woodwork, brick to decorative murals and frescos by German
master Caesar Mitch, the Folly is truly like no other home in the world.
And it is one whose charms and enchantments deserve to be shared with
generations yet to come.
Historic Bethabara Park
Visit Historic Bethabara (be-THA-ba-ra) for an imaginative journey to
the Carolina Backcountry of nearly 250 years ago. A small group of Moravians
daringly settled this religious village and trade center in an 18th
century wilderness full of bears, wolves, Indians and outlaws. Today's
Bethabara evokes this era. A National Historic Landmark, this 1753 site
of the German-speaking, Protestant settlement nestles in a picturesque,
wooded 175-acre wildlife preserve (with 126 kinds of area birds.) The
museum features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church, archaeological
ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours with
costumed guides, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian
War fort and colonial and medical gardens. Explore the nature trails
to the mill site, stroll the boardwalk over the beaver pond (an spot
otters, mink, foxes, deer and woodchucks) or picnic overlooking the
village. Begin your visit to Winston-Salem at the place where it all
began.
Horne Creek Living Historical Farm
At Horne Creek Living Historical Farm in Pinnacle, North Carolina, a
multi-year project is underway to reconstruct the physical environment
and seasonal work cycle of a North Carolina family farm from a century
ago. Visitors may encounter archaeologists investigating the site of
an early farm building or watch as staff experiment with traditional
log construction techniques. You can try your hand at cutting grass
with a scythe or listen to an eighty-year-old woman explain how to make
lye soap. Horne Creek Living Historical Farm provides a unique opportunity
to learn about our rural past.
Mrs. Hanes' Hand-Made Moravian Cookies
- where Eva Foltz Hanes is the seventh generation of cookie
makers in her family! The tour begins in the warehouse where supplies
are stored and continues to "Grandma's kitchen," complete
with an old wood stove. You will proceed to the packing room, and then
on to the mixing room where you will see a mixer that can mix up to
1,000 pounds of dough. The most popular area is the special "glassed-in
viewing window" where you will watch the "artists in aprons"
at work. Along the way you will sample all six flavors of the cookies:
Ginger, Sugar, Chocolate, Lemon, Butterscotch, and Black Walnut. These
cookies are made from an old family recipe handed down for generations.
Each cookie is rolled and cut by hand; the flavor is rolled into the
cookies - Come Taste and See!
For more information
call Jean Wells at:
336 725-1624 (Fax: 336 724-5852)
OR email:
jean@jeanwellstravel.com
