The Folk Art Center is a museum of Appalachian folk art and crafts located at milepost 382 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Asheville, North Carolina.Google map location It also houses offices for three separate Parkway partners: the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and Eastern National (known as EN).
The Center is a cooperative effort between the Southern Highland Craft Guild, the National Park Service, and the Appalachian Regional CommissionFolk Art Center a Rare Jewel on the Blue Ridge Parkway and is the most popular attraction on the Parkway, seeing a quarter of a million visitors per year.
Opened to the public at its current location in 1980, the Center contains three galleries, a library, and an auditorium, and also houses the Eastern National bookstore and information center. Admission is free.
History
Alvic, Philis, Weavers of the Southern Highlands, p. 22, University Press of Kentucky (2003), Alvic, P. 24
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