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Monday 9:30am - 4pm Tuesday 9:30am - 4pm Thursday 9:30am - 4pm Friday 9:30am - 4pm Saturday 9:30am - 4pm

Macon County NC Historical Museum

Name: Macon County NC Historical Museum
Address: 36 W Main Street, Franklin, NC, 28734, US
Telephone: (828) 524-9758
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Macon County NC Historical Museum official page. Research history for Macon County NC and local Native Americans.

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09/19/2026

Anybody recognize this house, possibly owned by a local doctor? Is it still standing? Where might we find it?

Thank you so much.

09/14/2026

I'm working on a story and exhibit on Frances Higdon. If you have any pictures of her parties at her house, other interesting photos or stories that you would like to share, please contact me at [email protected].

Thank you so much

08/10/2026

Our town crier and photographer Bob Scott came by the museum this morning and created this beautiful image of Macon County Historical Society Wayne English's Model A Coupe in front of the Pendergrass Store/museum.

08/05/2026

In person meetings at the museum start two weeks from today, Wed, Aug 19. Online meetings start three weeks from today on Aug 26.

Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/amrevhistseminar

07/31/2026

In just a few weeks, the next history seminar will start both in-person at the Macon County Historical Museum and on Zoom. We will be discussing Ray Raphael's "The People's History of the American Revolution" which covers how ordinary people both participated in and were impacted by the American Revolution, including women, African Americans, Native Americans, and the mostly poor who fought in the war with Great Britain and their Loyalist countrymen and women.

We will meet four times as noted on the flyer, 5:30 - 7pm for the in-person discussions at the Museum and 7 - 8:30pm on Zoom. This all starts August 19th in-person, and August 26th on Zoom.

You can register for the free seminar at tinyurl.com/amrevhistseminar. I've been doing this for over seven years and the discussions are always lively and engaging. Hope to see you there.

05/26/2026

This Saturday, May 30th, The Macon Antique Car Group will host a Franklin Area History tour. We'll drive vehicles over 50 years old on a 25 mile ride around the area seeing the area's history. Come join us with your old car, reading glasses and a Navigator to read history and directions.

Tour starts at 3:30 PM from The Town Hall parking lot, Downtown Franklin.

Let me know if you are coming, so we have enough copies of the directions. Call Paul at 828-200-4060.

02/09/2026

The museum was recently gifted a copy of the 1942 FHS Laurel Leaf yearbook which we have digitized for your perusal.

After you click the link below, click again on the blue cover and the file will open.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/nijpbsnpm55nav0j043n0/Laurel-Leaf-1942-whole-yearbook.pdf?rlkey=bfl927xqnaiidjos92l1hfrov&dl=0

01/15/2026

Last chance to sign up for the Spring seminar.

tinyurl.com/amrevseminar

11/02/2025

We had a recent visitor who gave the town a nice review.

Signed,
"The guy next door at the museum."

https://www.facebook.com/share/17JQTN8TR2/

Address

36 W Main Street
Franklin, NC
28734

Opening Hours

Monday	9:30am - 4pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 4pm
Thursday	9:30am - 4pm
Friday	9:30am - 4pm
Saturday	9:30am - 4pm

Telephone

(828) 524-9758

Website

http://www.maconnchistorical.com/

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