Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame. Wilkesboro, NC.  For information, call (336) 667-3171.

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center. Call (828) 726-2401 for event schedule.

Baird House: see Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum below.

Burke County History Museum: see History Museum of Burke County below.

Caldwell Arts Council, 601 College Ave., SW, Lenoir, NC  28645. (828) 754-2486

Caldwell County Genealogical Society. Meets first Tuesday of month. Caldwell Co. Library, Lenoir.   (828) 758-1075.

Caldwell County Public Library. The main library is at 120 Hospital Ave. Lenoir, NC. Branches are in Hudson & Granite Falls.

Local History Room. Mon, Wed & Fri 8:30-5:30; Tues &Thurs 8:30-8:30; Saturday, 9-4. (828) 757-1271.

Chapel of Rest, Happy Valley, 1964 Highway 268.  Open daily.  Events as announced.(828) 758-0906

Collettsville Historical Society, Inc. (828) 728-5817.

Foothills Performing Arts Theater.  2855 Hickory Blvd. SW, Hudson.  Performances as announced. (828) 726-2318.

Fort Defiance. Highway 268 (1792 Fort Defiance Drive), Yadkin Valley.  (828) 758-1671. 

"From This Day Forward." See under Valdese (below)

Gamewell History Committee.  (828) 754-1991.

Granite Falls History and Transportation Museum (Baird House).  Saturday, 10-4; Sunday, 2-4. (828) 396-3131

Harper School of Music.  Concerts as announced.  (828) 754-2297.

Hickory Museum of Art. American art, incl. paintings & prints, art glass & pottery, contemporary folk art, & North Carolina clay.

History Museum of Burke County, 201 W. Meeting St.  Morganton, NC  28655.  (828) 437-1277.

"Horn in the West." Outdoor drama about the Revolutionary War, in Boone, NC.  June-August.  (828) 264-2120.

Hudson Depot Museum. Hudson, NC.  Open by appointment, call (828) 728-8272.

North Carolina School of the Deaf, Morganton. History Display in 1880 Superintendent's House.  (828) 432-5202.

Old Rock School Railway Museum. 400 W. Main St., Valdese, NC

Piedmont and Western Railroad Club. "One of the finest DCC-controlled HO scale layouts in the Southeast ."400 W. Main St., Valdese, NC.

Telephone Pioneers Museum showcasing the history of the Blue Ridge Telephone Pioneers. Lenoir, NC.  (828) 728-4511.

"Tom Dooley: A Wilkes County Legend."  Benton Hall, 300 D St., North Wilkesboro, NC, July-August.  (336) 838-PLAY.

Tuttle Educational State Forest in Lenoir. Mid-March to Friday before Thanksgiving. (828) 757-5608 

Twin Poplars: legendary location of a peace treaty entered upon by the Cherokee and Catawba Indians in Caldwell County.

Valdese Travel and Tourism.  Valdese, NC  (828) 879-2126..

Waldensian Museum, Valdese, NC.  3:00-5:00 Sundays. (828) 874-3370 or (828) 874-2531.

Waldensian Trail of Faith, Valdese, NC . For information, (828) 874-1893 or (800) 635-4778.

"From This Day Forward." Valdese, NC. Play about the Waldensians. July-Aug. (828) 874-1893 or (800) 635-4778.

Whippoorwill Academy and Village, Highway 268, Ferguson, NC.  Saturday-Sunday, 3-5 p.m., April-Dec. (336) 973-3237.

Wilkes Heritage Museum.  Wilkesboro, NC. For information, call (336) 667-3171.

Wilson Creek Visitor Center.  7805 Brown Mountain Beach Rd., Collettsville, NC. (828) 759-0005

North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) provides listings by county (Caldwell) and city,
for another approach to finding additional historic and cultural connections in the Caldwell County region.

Caldwell County history, records, facts and genealogy: a exhaustive compilation of Caldwell County links from My North Carolina Genealogy.
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