American Museum of the House Cat
Museum
Why pick this one
American Museum of the House Cat in Sylva features resident-cat tours and a house-cat-focused collection, with $3 Museums For All admission.
Best for
- Cat lovers seeking feline-focused art, artifacts, and literature
- Visitors interested in house-cat history and human-feline relationships
- Guests wanting resident-cat museum hosts
- Visitors interested in unusual roadside museums and large-scale cat sculpture
- Guests seeking a museum that supports a cage-free no-kill cat shelter
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors seeking a broad, non-feline-focused museum collection
Specialties
- House cat art, artifacts, and literature exhibitions
- Resident-cat museum tours
- Curated museum tours by appointment
- Feline historical and educational interpretation
Certifications
- 509(a)(2) Tax Exempt Public Charity
- Jackson County Chamber of Commerce member
- Smoky Mountain Host member
What makes them different
- Collection dedicated solely to the art, artifacts, and literature of the house cat
- Resident cats serve as feline hosts for museum tours
- Supports the Catman2 cage-free no-kill cat shelter
- Permanent home for Scooby Doo, a large metal cat sculpture created for Burning Man 2019
- $3 Museums For All admission is available
- Serves
- Sylva
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 5063 US Hwy 441 S, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- +18284769376
- Website
- http://www.wnccatmuseum.org/
Services
- Museum exhibitions
- Educational programming
- Historical interpretation
- Curated tours
- Cat shelter adoption referrals