Mountain Heritage Center

Mountain Heritage Center The MHC celebrates the natural and cultural heritage of the southern Appalachian region. There is no admission fee.

The Mountain Heritage Center at WCU is a regional resource for education and research: We CONNECT people with local history and culture.We BUILD bridges between the University and wider community.We SERVE as a resource for cultural heritage organizations in the region. Guest parking: Please write VISITOR on a piece of paper and put on your dashboard. You may park in lots designated for Staff/Facu

lty/Students with this temporary parking designation. The Mountain Heritage Center, founded in 1979, is located in the front corner of Hunter Library at Western Carolina University, 176 Central Drive, Cullowhee, NC.

Meet our Summer Team! This group of super awesome people are here Monday to Friday, 10-4, come swing by to say hi and br...
05/26/2026

Meet our Summer Team! This group of super awesome people are here Monday to Friday, 10-4, come swing by to say hi and browse our exhibit.

On Memorial Day we remember service men and women who fell in the line of duty. George Richard Ensley of Dillsboro was k...
05/25/2026

On Memorial Day we remember service men and women who fell in the line of duty. George Richard Ensley of Dillsboro was killed on March 8, 1945 in Germany. His unit, the 60th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Infantry Division had just crossed the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on the Rhine River. Ensley had enlisted before the war in February 1941 and served in the regiment’s Medical Detachment for four years. Prior to the war, he was part of the CCC and worked in Camp ​F23 at Otto, NC. He’s buried at Franklin Cemetery in Dillsboro.

05/20/2026
Looks like Dolly got lost finding her way to the Mountain Heritage Center. Luckily she was able to find us, and you can ...
05/19/2026

Looks like Dolly got lost finding her way to the Mountain Heritage Center. Luckily she was able to find us, and you can too! Come to the Mountain Heritage Center 10-4 every weekday!

Congrats to all of our MHC graduates! 💜🎓
05/09/2026

Congrats to all of our MHC graduates! 💜🎓

Tommorow night! We hope to see you there.
04/21/2026

Tommorow night! We hope to see you there.

Save the date!
The Mountain Heritage Center is excited to invite you to a special screening of new documentary, "A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story"
📆April 22nd
🕢7pm
📍WCU UC Theater
Free and open to the public- we hope to see you there!

04/21/2026

Music Schedule for Greening Up the Mountains!

Mountain Heritage Center hopes to see you tomorrow for "A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story" 7pm at the UC Theater
04/21/2026

Mountain Heritage Center hopes to see you tomorrow for "A Life Reimagined: The George Masa Story"

7pm at the UC Theater

Address

Hunter Library, WCU, 176 Central Drive
Cullowhee, NC
28723

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Telephone

+18282277129

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