East Carolina Village and Farm Museum
History Museum
Why pick this one
Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum presents hands-on rural Eastern Carolina history in authentic structures dating from the 1840s to the 1940s.
Best for
- Hands-on exploration of rural Eastern Carolina life
- Visitors interested in agricultural history from the 1840s to the 1940s
- Learning about historic country stores, one-room schools, chapels, and farm buildings
- Families or groups seeking costumed docent-led living history
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors seeking modern, urban, or non-Eastern-Carolina history
- Visitors seeking history primarily outside the 1840s–1940s period
Specialties
- Rural Eastern Carolina history from the 1840s to the 1940s
- Living history interpretation
- Agricultural and rural trades exhibits
What makes them different
- Historic structures relocated and reassembled from across Eastern North Carolina
- Includes an original one-room schoolhouse, country store, chapel, log cabin, and County Home barn
- Hands-on activities include using an antique scale, selecting penny candy, and turning a butter churn
- Artifacts include a Conestoga wagon and traveling blacksmith's tools
- Located on the original site of the Pitt County Home for the Aged & Infirm, established in 1827
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 4570 County Home Rd, Greenville, NC 27858
- Phone
- +12525312771
- Website
- http://ecvillageandfarmmuseum.com/
Services
- History museum exhibits
- Hands-on historical activities
- Costumed docent interpretation
- Educational interpretation of historic buildings and artifacts