Museums - Yadkin Valley, NC

Andy Griffith Museum

Explore the life and times of Mt. Airy's most famous son at the Andy Griffith Museum. It also houses items donated by other actors, including Don Knotts (Barney Fife), George Lindsey (Goober) & Betty Lynn (Thelma Lou).

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Blue Ridge Music Center

Established by the U.S. Congress in 1985, the site includes an outdoor amphitheater and indoor interpretive center used to highlight an important strand of American musical culture, which is still alive and thriving in the region.

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Donna Fargo Collection

The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History houses an exhibit on the musical career of Grammy Award winning country music star Donna Fargo, including stage outfits, photographs, records and other memorabilia.

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Earle Theatre

The Historic Earle Theatre, circa 1937, is an art deco theater open year-round for live music, touring concerts, select movies and the Saturday morning Merry-Go-Round radio broadcast. Known for bluegrass and Old Time music acts.

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Edwards Franklin House

It is also home of the annual Sonker Festival, held the first Saturday in October to honor Surry County's celebrated local dessert.

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Gertrude Smith House

Gertrude loved historic preservation, and her passion for preservation led her to form the Gilmer-Smith Foundation to oversee perpetual care of the home as a living museum after her death in 1981.

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Historic Mount Airy Ghost Tours

On Friday and Saturday nights from the last weekend in May through November, take a latern-lit walk through time to experience local ghost stories and legends.

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Historic Rockford

There is a stop on the NC Civil War Trail, as well as a Yadkin River Adventures, a canoe and kayak outfitter.

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Horne Creek Living Historical Farm

Other events focus on the lifestyles of folks who lived on a rural farm in the 20th century including sheepshearing, baking, and plowing with animals.

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J.E.B. Stuart Birthplace

Just across the state line from Mount Airy in Ararat, Va., is Laurel Hill Farm, birthplace of Confederate Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart.

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Mount Airy Cyclery & Bike Museum

More than just a full-service cycle shop, Mount Airy Cyclery is also a museum.

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Mount Airy Museum of Regional History

Displays and exhibitions are about arts and culture, the natural history of the area, old-time music, the Saura Indians, Eng and Chang Bunker, the way of life and culture of settlers who came to the area, the granite quarrying industry, life at the turn of the century and more.