Textile Heritage Museum
Textile Museum
Why pick this one
Textile Heritage Museum offers free admission to hundreds of original textile artifacts in Historic Glencoe’s restored 19th-century mill village.
Best for
- Visitors interested in original textile machinery and mill records
- Visitors exploring North Carolina textile history
- Visitors seeking a free museum experience
- Visitors touring a restored 19th-century textile mill village
Look elsewhere if
- Visitors needing Sunday or Monday admission
- Visitors seeking a modern textile manufacturing facility rather than a historical museum
Specialties
- textile history exhibits
- historic mill village interpretation
- textile machinery and artifact exhibits
What makes them different
- Admission is free, with donations accepted
- Located in the former Glencoe Company Store and administrative offices
- Exhibits include hundreds of original textile artifacts, including machine looms, knitting machines, sewing machines, office equipment, documents, and ledgers
- Located in Historic Glencoe, described as one of the best-preserved and restored 19th-century textile mill villages in the southern United States
- Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 2406 Glencoe St, Burlington, NC 27217-8892
- Phone
- +13362706374
- Website
- http://www.textileheritagemuseum.org/
Services
- museum exhibitions
- historic site visits
- self-guided mill village tours