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Explore Winston-Salem’s Harvest Heritage at Old Salem

September 14, 2021

Old Salem Museums & Gardens is so rooted in history that the living history community has prioritized seed-saving for future…

July 15, 2021

The Hortus Medicus is the nation’s oldest and most well-documented medicinal herb garden — and it’s located right here in…

April 9, 2021

Ahh, springtime, when talk of the birds, blooms, and bulbs inevitably leads gardeners to dust off their gloves and leaf…

September 16, 2020

What many know to be “the strangest home in America,” the architectural wonder that is Körner’s Folly kicks off fall…

September 15, 2020

How much do you know about Old Salem’s Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA)? Maybe a little or nothing…

July 25, 2020

No visit to Winston-Salem is complete without a stop at Reynolda House Museum of American Art – the 1917 bungalow…

July 9, 2020

Few topics are more sensitive than the history of enslaved people in the South. But at Winston-Salem’s Old Salem Museums…

July 9, 2020

Known as a City of Arts and Innovation, Winston-Salem is no stranger to trailblazers, game changers, rule breakers, and history…

March 15, 2019

Enrich your Easter traditions with a historic celebration that dates to 1772 in Winston-Salem. Held continuously for the past 247…

November 23, 2018

Winston-Salem is home to the first European Medicinal Garden ever planted in America. If you’ve ever walked the grounds at Historic…