MAMRH - Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

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The Museum is open from 10am - 5pm Tuesday through Saturday

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Water/Ways- a Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit

Upcoming Events

Thu Mar 05, 2026 @ 3:30pm - 04:30pm
Tar Heel Junior Historians Club

Fri Mar 06, 2026 @ 8:00pm - 09:00pm
Historic Pilot Mountain Ghost Tours

Sat Mar 07, 2026 @ 1:00pm - 04:00pm
Ukrainian Pysanky Easter Egg Workshop

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Who We Are

Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

IMG_8201_-_Copy_606x640 Ours is an all American story - typical of how communities grew up all across our great nation. While our story takes place in the back country of northwestern North Carolina at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it is likely to bear many similarities to the development of crossroads, towns, and cities throughout America.

It had taken little more than 100 years for the corridors along the coastline of this still-new continent to overflow. As tensions grew and conflicts flared, the pioneer spirit set in. Families literally packed up everything they owned and headed into the unknown-searching for the "promised land."

Mission Statement:

The Purpose of the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is to Collect, Preserve and Interpret the Natural, Historic, and Artistic Heritage of the Region

Adopted by the Board of Directors October 9, 1995

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Mount Airy Museum Of Regional History

2012 African American Read-In

At the second annual African-American Read-in held at the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History on Wednesday, more people turned out than there was time to read.

The read-in is put on by the Plaid Cloth Literary Society in conjunction with the museum. The read-in began at noon and lasted for just one hour. It was to honor the written work of African-American writers.

Museum's Holiday Open House

In a day and age when finding something free to do is hard to come by, the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History opened its doors on Sunday afternoon for its annual Holiday Open House.

There was free music and food at the event, which is always well attended, according to the museum’s Executive Director Matt Edwards.

Museum hosts lecture on tobacco and culture

With the Autumn Leaves Festival as a backdrop, history buffs and festival attendees gathered in the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History courtyard Sunday afternoon to hear Billy Yeargin deliver a lecture about tobacco and American culture.

Yeargin, a professor with extensive knowledge of the history of the tobacco industry, was the guest speaker for the October “History Talks” program at the museum. He spoke at 2 p.m. on Sunday about tobacco’s impact on Amerian society over the years.

Though the event was originally scheduled to be held inside the museum, organizers decided to move it outside to the courtyard where many festival-goers sat throughout the weekend to eat and socialize. Some people who visited the courtyard on Sunday were surprised to find that a lecture was taking place there, and they stopped to listen while they ate festival treats. Others came specifically to hear the presentation.

Museum activities for kids a success during festival

The trial run of programming for kids at the Museum Annex during the Autumn Leaves Festival on Saturday proved more than successful, as hundreds of people passed through the doors.

Matt Edwards, executive director for the Mount Airy Museum of Regional History, said early Saturday afternoon, “It’s been great so far.”

The museum partnered with CenturyLink and Rainbow Child Care Center to host “Kids Patch” at the Museum Annex to correspond with the Autumn Leaves Festival on Saturday. The Kids Patch featured a free kids zone where they could make arts and crafts and enjoy a play area, which included mats, tunnels, tricycles, hoops and more.

A highlight of the Kids Patch was two programs, offered at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., by renowned herpetologist and wildlife adventurer Roark Ferguson.