Just as the turning leaves in the trees began to paint the mountains, I made my journey from Lincoln, Nebraska down to Mountain City to start as the Assistant Curator and Education Outreach...
An old pile of wood lay dormant in a dusty cabin at The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center for 40 years until it was discovered by Milissa Ellison Dewey of Bobbin Boy this summer. This short film...
We are just about a week away from the autumnal equinox, though the weather here has been flirting with cooler temperatures for nearly a month. There is something absolutely wondrous about the fall....
The majority of my time as a Foxfire intern is dedicated to researching the history behind many of the log buildings here at the museum. Using resources like Foxfire’s own archives and online...
This Sunday, we will be hosting former Foxfire students and past Foxfire contacts for a little homecoming dinner at The Land. It’s a chance for those of us who can make it to come together,...
What a week! What a rewarding, enriching, and fun-filled week! Foxfire has been alive with so much activity, I can hardly focus my memory to catch it all. This marked the first week of Summer...
School’s out, the days are getting warmer, and the coming weeks on the The Land are gearing up to be very productive. A large part of our summer goals revolve around enhancements to the...
Foxfire’s mission is to preserve and develop the public’s appreciation for Southern Appalachian history – its history, people, and traditions – through artifacts, oral history, and programs that interpret, document and celebrate the region, and fosters self-directed, community-based classroom instruction following the Foxfire Core Practices.